Aperto Networks, one day in advance of the Broadband Wireless World conference in Las Vegas, has announced a marketing relationship with EDX Wireless to offer a network planning tool to WiMAX service providers to help them design, deploy and optimize their WiMAX networks, the companies said in a statement.

The latter vendor's EDX SignalPro planning tool is a software package with specialized modules and customizable features that can be individually tailored to meet a WiMAX service provider's specific needs.

Aperto said the partnership, which includes co-marketing, training and product integration, strengthens its relationships with its customers by enhancing Aperto's in-house network-planning service. Under the relationship, Aperto will broaden its use of its ongoing use SignalPro for its in-house network planning and continue to endorse its use by network planning professionals and WiMAX carriers.

"Our partnership with EDX Wireless is the latest in a series of WiMAX ecosystem announcements," said Manish Gupta, vice president of marketing and alliances for Aperto Networks.