August 22, 2006, SAO PAULO (WiMAX Day). Brazil’s presidential palace has given communications minister Hélio Costa orders to defy telecoms regulator Anatel and alter the rules for an upcoming auction for WiMax spectrum licenses in the 3.5GHz and ... continue...

August 17, 2006, SAO PAULO (WiMAX Day). The National Agency of Telecommunications (Anatel) in Brazil yesterday confirmed that the auction of 3.5 GHz licenses will proceed on 14 September 2006 as planned. There was some doubt about the ... continue...

August 16, 2006, SYDNEY (WiMAX Day). American companies have never been very good at playing with their neighbors or competitors – the complex and difficult roaming in the US cellular networks being one example. As Sprint, Clearwire et al, ... continue...

August 16, 2006, Wireless DBS, the deep-pocketed partnership between DirecTV and Echostar, has effectively dropped out of the bidding in the advanced wireless services (AWS) sprectum auction in America this week, as the bidding has progressed more quickly ... continue...

August 15, 2006, NEW DELHI (WiMAX Day). While many potential WiMax operators in Asia are focussed on mobile and urban applications for WiMax, many companies are running to develop rural markets, where fixed-line infrastructure is already limited or ... continue...

August 15, 2006, LONDON (WiMAX Day). Pipex Communications PLC report that the latest WiMax trial had exceeded expectations. Pipex this morning said that the trials had delivered download speeds of over 2 Mbts per second on an indoor ... continue...

August 14, 2006, TAIPEI (WiMAX Day). The WiMax industry in Taiwan is projected to generate $3.3 billion by 2012, according to Industrial and Economics Knowledge Center (IEK) in Taiwan. This estimate is based on the current industry forecast ... continue...

August 8, 2006, LOS ANGELES (WiMAX Day). Sprint Nextel Corp, the third-largest US mobile service provider, announced on Tuesday that it intends to build a national WiMAX network using its massive holding of 2.5 GHz frequencies. Sprint is ... continue...