Anritsu Company and DoceoTech has announced they will jointly provide a four-day WiMAX (
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The ‘Boot Camp’ provides field personnel with in-depth, product-specific training on a WiMAX system. People who complete the course are expected to understand WiMAX applications and will be able to apply that understanding for a quick up-take on technical, job-relevant training.
According to Anritsu and DoceoTech officials, the course includes all the necessary topics to prepare technical students to take the WiMAX Forum (
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Anritsu’s (
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He explained that WiMAX equipment comes in a variety of configurations, applications, profiles, channel sizes, and frequency bands, and their ‘Boot Camp’ will help field technicians gain the understanding and experience necessary to install WiMAX networks.
John Swart, president, Doceotech stated that this course is an excellent preparation for vendor-specific training, or a great introduction to WiMAX best practices for any operator’s implementation.
The Boot Camp will feature 30 percent tutorial content and 70 percent hands-on exercises. Thanks to the cooperation with Anritsu, as well as Aperto, Telsima, and WirelessLogix, the DoceoTech Lab in Morgan Hill, CA (
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Anuradha Shukla is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Anuradha’s article, please visit her columnist page.
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Stefania Viscusi
