ABU DHABI (WiMAX Day). According to a report in ITP, the Emirates-based communications group Wateen Telecom plans to launch a WiMAX network in Uganda this year. Wateen CTO Shohidul Islam Miah said in the report that their “licence in Uganda covers both GSM and WiMAX deployments.”

Wateen already has experience deploying a WiMAX network in Pakistan, and the company is looking to deploy WiMAX in other countries as well. “We will utilise the lessons learned from our work in [Pakistan] as we move to other nations. We will also continue to expand coverage across Pakistan using WiMAX,” said Miah.

The Wateen network in Pakistan began construction last year with Motorola, and the company is planning a further expansion of the network to 22 cities.