ROME (WiMAX Day). The Italian Minister of the Communications, Paul Gentiloni, has re-confirmed that licenses for 3.4 ~ 3.6 GHz spectrum will be auctioned this summer in Italy. Minister Gentiloni also said at a public forum today that access to the Internet should be considered a “universal right” of each Italian citizen. He said the government hopes that the issuance of WiMAX licenses will help to bridge the “Digital Divide” in Italy by extending Internet access to citizens in the country who otherwise are unable to receive broadband connectivity by DSL or fibre optic. The Minister noted that WiMAX can achieve this due to its low cost to deploy, and should become integrated with other technologies to form a “total access” package for Italian telecommunications.