Motorola will launch its first mobile WiMax handsets in 2008, reports Unstrung.

Motorola and Texas Instruments are developing chipsets and plan to focus on 802.16e mobile WiMAX, supporting voice, video and data for low-power mobile applications, according to the report.

TI is readying WiMax chipsets for “mobile devices that Motorola plans to launch during 2008,” says Unstung.

Sprint will use Motorola gear in their Chicago rollout this year. Clearwire and Motorola are also teaming up and may also launch a mobile service in Portland, Oregon later this year.

“Everybody is working from IEEE802.16e-2005 as a standard,” a Sprint spokesman said in an email reply to Unstrung on Tuesday evening. “There will be a range of devices: some dual mode — Sprint CDMA and WiMAX network access, WiMAX and WiFi access — and others single mode — WiMAX,” he added. “We are still early in this process and there will be on-going developments, starting with chipsets.”

In other news, Motorola and Maxis Communications Berhad announced a successful call from the first mobile WiMAX site in Malaysia’s City Centre - Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC). KLCC is among four Maxis live trial sites using Motorola’s WiMAX solution on 2.5GHz spectrum.

This is Motorola’s first mobile WiMAX live trial in Southeast Asia. The live trial, consisting of four sites in downtown Kuala Lumpur, when completed in the second quarter of 2007, will provide full wireless connectivity and access to residential broadband users.

Maxis will assess WiMAX traffic channeling capabilities and further evaluate the full mobility and performance of Motorola’s suite of mobile WiMAX solutions in the 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz and 3.5GHz frequency bands.

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