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Five bidders take 2.6 GHz WiMAX spectrum in Norway

November 15, 2007, OSLO (WiMAX Day). The Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority (NPT) completed an auction this week of 2.6 GHz radio frequencies, the ... continue...

Swiss auction regional WiMAX spectrum

November 2, 2007, BIEL-BIENNE (WiMAX Day). The Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) in Switzerland announced that it will issue  licenses for 3.6 GHz WiMAX spectrum on a regional level. OFCOM has already auctioned national licenses in the 3400 ... continue...

MGM appeals auction rules

October 30, 2007, MILAN (WiMAX Day). The Italian company MGM Productions srl has lodged an appeal against the rules for the auction of 3.5 GHz spectrum in Italy. The case is to be heard in the higher civil ... continue...

Italian auction of 3.5 GHz WiMAX spectrum confused on mobility

October 25, 2007, MILAN (WiMAX Day). This week the Ministry of Communications in Italy published its guidelines for the auction of 3.5 GHz WiMAX spectrum. Unlike recent auctions of similar spectrum in Germany and France, the Italian Ministry ... continue...

WiMAX comes of age and gains IMT-2000 classification

October 19, 2007, GENEVA (WiMAX Day). At a meeting of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) yesterday, it was agreed that a sixth new standard, “IMT-2000 OFDMA TDD WMAN,” be admitted to the family of IMT-2000 radio interface specifications. IMT-2000 ... continue...

NEC takes WiMAX to the hospital

October 18, 2007, TAIPEI (WiMAX Day). NEC Corporation announced that it will provide demonstrations of WiMAX next week at the WiMAX Forum conference in Taipei. According to an NEC press release, "At the Taiwan WiMAX Forum, the demonstration ... continue...

Telstra lodges suit against communications minister

August 7, 2007, SYDNEY (WiMAX Day). Australian telcoms giant Telstra has begun proceedings in the Australian Federal Court against the Australian Communications Minister Helen Coonan. The suit surrounds the recent award of an AU$1 billion WiMAX project to ... continue...

Six licenses granted in Taiwan

July 26, 2007, TAIPEI (WiMAX Day). The National Communications Commission (NCC) in Taiwan awarded six licenses today for WiMAX spectrum in the 2.5 ~ 2.69 frequency range. The three companies awarded spectrum licenses in northern Taiwan are First ... continue...
 

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