Airspan Networks, Inc. a provider of WiMAX and WiFi based broadband wireless access networks, and carrier class Voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) solutions, announced support for Mobile WiMAX on its AS.MAX WiMAX product line and the first details of its Mobile WiMAX USB device (16eUSB). "The 16eUSB is the first Mobile WiMAX USB device. It is designed to be fully compatible with the IEEE's 802.16e-2005 standard and the WiMAX Forum Mobile WIMAX System Profile, and to support the Profile's intelligence with MIMO ("multiple-input multiple-output"), Beam-forming smart antennas, Idle and Sleep modes and Handover. As a quad-band device that will operate in all key WiMAX frequency bands, including 2.3-2.4 GHz, 2.5-2.7 GHz, 3.3-3.7 GHz, and the 4.9-5.4 GHz bands, it will allow a user to have access to WiMAX networks virtually anywhere in the world," said Eric Stonestrom, President and CEO of Airspan Networks. Airspan also announced support for Mobile WiMAX on AS.MAX, a leading WiMAX product line. A software only upgrade enables Airspan's high-end AS.MAX Base Stations, known as HiperMAX and MicroMAX-SDR, to support Mobile WiMAX. With the upgrade, the base stations will simultaneously support both 256 OFDM Fixed CPEs and SOFDMA Mobile WiMAX laptop cards, handsets and USB devices. Paul Senior, Airspan's Vice President of Marketing and Product Management, commented: "Operators combining the 16eUSB with a high performance, mobile-enhanced base station like HiperMAX will deliver a completely new broadband wireless experience for their users. When MIMO and Beam-forming antennas are used with a device such as the 16eUSB that properly supports the full Mobile WiMAX specification, users' experiences are elevated to a new level. Always-on, any-place access to the internet will change the way in which people work, relax and play."