Press Releases and News

03/28/2008 - WCA Announces Major Training & Certification Program Launch At WCA 2008
WCA will announce next week a major training and certification program to be launched in conjunction with WCA 2008, with follow-ups going forward. The program has three components to start: First is a general session open to all convention registrants at 8:45 a.m. on Monday April 21 led by WCA Board member TESSCO Technologies, which chairs WCA’s new Training and Certification Committee. Introducing that session is Scott McClure, TESSCO’s Product Business Unit Manager for Wireless Broadband & Networking. Beginning immediately afterward is an intensive three-day course entitled “WiMAX Technology & Network Design” that WCA will offer in cooperation with instructors from member company CelPlan Technologies, Inc. This course addresses the needs of engineers and managers who need to understand in-depth WiMAX technology and its network design. The focus is on the latest revision of the standard, which is IEEE 802.16e-2005, corrigendum 2 and task group 802.16m. The course starts with an overview of WiMAX and the IEEE 802.16 family of standards. Then follows a detailed description of the technology techniques, including e2e architecture, permutations (PUSC, FUSC), and MIMO techniques. Next, a WiMAX Network design will be covered, starting from service and traffic definition and then moving to the calculation of network Key Performance Indicators (KPI). The price is $2,910 per student before April 4, and $3,500 after that deadline. On Tuesday morning, WCA and CelPlan will offer a similar course for two days on Long-Term Evolution (LTE), which is described as the future 4G standard of 3GPP. After an overview of 4G standards the course introduces the requirements of LTE, provides insight to the most relevant changes to L1/L2/L3 and the network architecture of E-UTRAN to UMTS, HSDPA, and HSUPA. It is followed by a detailed description of the e2e architecture and MIMO techniques. Next, an LTE Network design will be covered, starting from service and traffic definition and moving to the calculation of network (KPI). The price is $1,940 per student before April 4, and $2,300 after the deadline. Registration for either tutorial is via email: training@celplan.com. Details are available by calling 703-259-4036 or visiting: WiMax Training Registration Site or LTE Training Registration Site.

01/02/2007 - CelPlan / Wi4Net is Cisco's Technology Development Partner
CelPlan Technologies has successfully completed the Product Compatibility Testing process for the following application:
click this link for more information: http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/ctdp/Search.pl In the field "Enter Company Name" write keyword "celplan"

Cisco Solution/Solution Category	CelPlan Technologies Product, Version	Application Status	Membership Level	Cisco Partner Manager
Wireless Networking / Embedded Hardware Systems	FR-200 CardBus 802.11a/b/g/ps/its network adapter, 1.0	Testing Passed and Requirements Met	Partner

01/04/2007 - CelPlan Technologies to provide a surveillance system to Police in Long Beach, CA
The Police Department of the City of Long Beach, CA selected CelPlan Technologies to provide a surveillance system for the City’s main commercial avenue (Pine Avenue). The system transmits continuous video streams from 17 high resolution cameras at 4 CIF to a monitoring center using 10 MHz channels at the police's 4.9 GHz band (4.94 to 4.90 GHz). The cameras were placed at traffic lights and light poles along Pine Avenue, providing video surveillance over more than 2 miles of streets in the down town area. The system is fully operational and is providing a valuable service to the city. Find Pictures here


10/13/2006 - Alcatel & CelPlan Technologies To Outline Global Trends For WiMAX Solutions On WCA’s WCA Live! Radio Program
Download .pdfs:
WCA Live! Show on 4G Trends

08/14/2006 - Leonhard's speech on Designing and Deploying State Wide 4.9 GHz Networks
You can download the slides for the presentation here: Statewide 4.9GHz deployment.
Presentation film will be available at 6:00pm EST today (08/14/1006).

06/23/2006 - CelPlan / Wi4Net awarded Long Beach contract to help fight crime
LONG BEACH — Troublemakers on Pine Avenue be warned. The city is gearing up to install 17 surveillance cameras from Shoreline Drive to Sixth Street to monitor the historic downtown entertainment, dining and shopping district. Digital cameras at nine intersections will monitor public access areas for signs of trouble beginning in late July, with police and prosecutors using those images, stored on computer hard drives, for potential criminal proceedings. Workers will first place remote-controlled cameras, which have the ability to rotate and zoom, at Shoreline Drive and Pine Avenue. From there, cameras will be placed on Pine Avenue at Seaside Avenue, Ocean Boulevard, and First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth streets, said Long Beach Police Sgt. David Cannan. All cameras are expected to be installed by October and will be accompanied by signs notifying people of their presence. Sworn officers aided by police cadets will monitor the cameras from police headquarters downtown and the city is considering technology blocking cameras from peering, for example, into the windows of area apartments, Cannan said. "None of it will be directed at any private residences or private property," Cannan said. "This is meant (strictly) for people walking on public access areas." Similar programs have been established in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City and are widely used throughout England. In Los Angeles, cameras along Hollywood Boulevard, established last year, have led to a decrease in vice, property and violent crimes and even aided police in the arrest of a man who stabbed another man during a dispute inside a fast-food restaurant, said Kerry Morrison, executive director of the Hollywood Entertainment District. "Crimes have really dried up around the cameras," Morrison said. Los Angeles is currently expanding the program east and west on Hollywood Boulevard and onto surrounding streets. In August 2005, the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency allocated $400,000 to create the video system's infrastructure and CelPlan Technologies of Virginia was picked to implement the project. The program is expected to cost about $200,000 annually in maintenance, personnel and electricity, and the Downtown Long Beach Associates, charged with marketing, cleaning and safety for the area, pledged a one-time contribution of $75,000 for operational costs. In recent years, as Pine Avenue has re-emerged as an entertainment destination with the addition of new restaurants, bars and other venues, the area has also seen an increase in unwanted disturbances punctuated with last summer's shooting death of a 24-year-old Long Beach man in the 200 block of Pine. Kraig Kojian, executive director of the DLBA, said the addition of cameras will aid police in their effort to keep things calm. "It's a good resource to have in an area that's seeing much more (recreational) activity than years past," Kojian said. "I think it becomes a strong tool for the police department and prosecutor's office."