PRETORIA (WiMAX Day). Telkom SA, the largest integrated communications company in South Africa, has chosen Alvarion to supply equipment for the roll-out of its WiMAX network on 3.5 Ghz spectrum. According to a company press release, the network first will be deployed in the urban provinces of Gauteng and along the coastal regions of the country. Telkom has been testing WiMAX for several months, and presently it has a trial underway in Pretoria and Centurion. Steven Hayward, Managing Executive for Telkom Retail Marketing, stated recently in a press release, “As a customer focussed company Telkom would like to see that all customers have fair access to broadband technology. The WiMAX product offering will go a long way towards ensuring that customers in remote areas have access to high speed Internet.”