October 9, 2006, BONN (WiMAX Day). The Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) in Germany last week announced the elements of the competitive bidding procedures for the auction of spectrum in the 3.4–3.6 GHz range in December. This announcement follows the ... continue...

October 9, 2006, LJUBLJANA (WiMAX Day). The Agency for Post and Electronic Communications (APEK) in Slovenia last week announced that the national telco operator Telekom Slovenije and a Ljubljana-based telecommunications company Tok telekomunikacije have been awarded 10-year licences ... continue...

October 9, 2006, SOFIA (WiMAX Day). Mobitel has announced that it is deploying WiMAX in the Bulgarian cities of Sofia, Varna and Plovdiv. This is a surprising move for Mobitel, the largest GSM provider in Bulgaria, and part ... continue...

October 6, 2006, KIEV (WiMAX Day). The regulations for radio spectrum in Ukraine don’t explicitly contain any reference to “wireless” and they are highly restrictive on “mobility.” Despite this fact, the market for WiMAX in Ukraine is growing ... continue...

October 5, 2006, SAO PAULO (WiMAX Day) by Joachim Bamrud. The lack of competition among existing broadband providers is a drag on production in Brazil and can only be fixed by letting new entrants provide WiMAX at the ... continue...

October 5, 2006, DUBLIN (WiMAX Day). WiMAX provider Irish Broadband is quickly preparing its network to offer mobile WiMAX services next year that it intends will compete with and complement other slow broadband services offered by GSM operators. ... continue...

October 4, 2006, AMMAN (WiMAX Day). The Jordanian Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) last week announced that it intends to auction spectrum in the 3.5 GHz frequency within the month. The announcement stated that this will be the first ... continue...

October 3, 2006, BOGOTA (WiMAX Day) by Joachim Bamrud. Colombian authorities and independent experts believe the upcoming WiMAX auction will help to boost broadband penetration in the country, which lags behind most of its neighbours in Internet and ... continue...