Verizon Business Application Assurance is a  Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based offering available to Verizon Private IP customers. This enables Verizon customers to monitor network as well as application traffic. Network Computing reports that Verizon uses passive APM by integrating Fluke Networks Netflow Tracker to capture Netflow and IPFIX  records from your edge router.  Analysis is provided by Fluke's Visual Performance Manager. Verizon Application Assurance also used Fluke's NetAlly, an active APM agent installed on endpoints that reports performance characteristics. Verizon has integrated Fluke's technology into their management portal and doesn't require any equipment on customer premises. 

Verizon says that since the new cloud-based capability is offered to Private IP customers via a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, it eliminates the need for companies to purchase or maintain network-management software and hardware.  

The WiMAX Forum, along with 50 companies, announced the endorsement of IEEE’s submission to ITU-R that proposes an IEEE 802.16m-based candidate for IMT-Advanced. The WiMAX Forum also announced that it will finalize its WiMAX Release 2 specification in parallel with IEEE 802.16m and IMT-Advanced, ensuring that WiMAX Release 2 networks and devices will remain backward compatible with legacy WiMAX Release 1 based on IEEE 802.16e.