The WiMAX Forum, with partners DoceoTech Inc. and Informa Telecoms & Media, has launched the WiMAX Forum Certified Training Program, a series of education programs designed to help both business and technical audiences in the process of learning about or deploying WiMAX.

The suite of courses provides offerings ranging from introductory technology content to in-depth cellular planning and methodologies to ensure quality assurance, the forum said in a statement. The programs will be delivered by training specialists from DoceoTech, a Danville, Calif.-based provider of technical education solutions, and Informa, the market intelligence firm, during WiMAX Forum-sponsored trade shows, member conferences, on-site training, and in numerous other regional venues.

Initially, several course offerings are available to WiMAX Forum members and other WiMAX technology providers, including: “WiMAX Explained”; “WiMAX Technology and Applications”; “WiMAX 802.16e: Broadband Wireless Standards”; and “RF Network Engineer Certification Boot Camp.” Information about how to purchase the program bundles can be found on the WiMAX Forum’s Web site.

“The WiMAX Forum Certified Training Program brings together the industry’s most knowledgeable training experts in DoceoTech and Informa to offer WiMAX Forum members and other ecosystem providers the industry’s only WiMAX Forum Certified Training curriculum that will equip industry professionals with the necessary knowledge for successful WiMAX network implementations,” said Ron Resnick, president of the WiMAX Forum. “A quality education program of WiMAX technology is essential to its commercialization and success as the global choice for delivery of wireless broadband services.”