­The WiMAX Forum has announced an updated industry roadmap supporting the continued evolution of the WiMAX technology.

The WiMAX Forum today is publicizing an extension to its roadmap, WiMAX Advanced to enable WiMAX operators to access a broader range of devices and radio access technologies to more easily operate within a multi radio access network environment. WiMAX Advanced will allow WiMAX operators flexibility to support additional broadband wireless access technologies and devices beyond WiMAX Release 1 and Release 2.0.

"WiMAX has always stood for innovation, open standards and low IPR costs," stated Dr. Mohammad Shakouri, Chairman of the WiMAX Forum. "Our focus is to preserve these fundamental values of the WiMAX Forum and continue to build a powerful and broad ecosystem that addresses the needs of operators and customers worldwide."

The WiMAX Forum's updated roadmap is an effort to leverage what it says is the inherent flexibility of the WiMAX standard to provide affordable wireless broadband across multiple industries.