Ali Tabassi Appointed to WiMax Forum Board

Ali Tabassi, senior vice president of global ecosystem and standards for Clearwire Corporation, has been appointed to the WiMax Forum’s Board of Directors.

He has more than 20 years of experience in development, integration, and operation of wireless solutions in the telecommunications, networking, and IP industries. Mr. Tabassi is responsible for leading Clearwire’s industry standards, global advocacy, and intellectual property invention programs, and is also responsible for the company’s international network engineering and operations.

Earlier, Mr. Tabassi served as the VP, Technology Development at Sprint Nextel, US’ 3rd largest wireless operator with nearly 54 million subscribers.

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