KUALA LUMPUR (WiMAX Day). Malaysian GSM operator Maxis Communications announced yesterday, in anticipation of being awarded a license for 2.3 GHz radio spectrum, that it has begun to test mobile WiMAX services with Motorola from a site at Kuala Lumpur City Centre.

According to a press release issued by Maxis, this is one of four live trials the company is conducting with Motorola using 2.5 GHz spectrum. Dr Nikolai Dobberstein, senior general manager for Products & New Businesses at Maxis said “mobile WiMAX plays a critical role in our wireless broadband strategy. We see mobile WiMAX as an essential and complementary service to our ongoing HSDPA deployment due to its progressive capacity management capabilities for high broadband traffic.”