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Broadband access a universal right

May 23, 2007, 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 ... continue...

EU sees € billions from flexible spectrum policies

May 22, 2007, BRUSSELS (WiMAX Day). At a conference last week in Brussels, Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media, delivered a startling speech on the status of broadband in Europe. Reding began ... continue...

Taiwan is buzzing with WiMAX partnerships

May 15, 2007, TAIPEI (WiMAX Day). At the start of the 2007 Taipei Summit Asia-Pacific WiMAX Conference & Exhibition yesterday, it was announced that Steve Chen, Taiwan’s Minister of Economic Affairs, signed a memorandum of understanding with NEC ... continue...

Agcom approves auction procedures

May 11, 2007, MILAN (WiMAX Day). The Italian Communications Authority (Agcom) announced that it has approved the procedures by which it will auction licenses for WiMAX spectrum next month. The licenses will be offered in three lots based ... continue...

Inquam Broadband awarded nationwide Swiss BWA license

May 7, 2007, BERN (WiMAX Day). The Swiss Federal Communications Commission (ComCom) in Switzerland has awarded a license for 3.5 GHz spectrum to Inquam Broadband GmbH of Cologne, Germany. The license covers 100% of the Swiss population. In December ... continue...

More delays for 3.5 GHz in Brazil

May 3, 2007, SÃO PAULO (WiMAX Day). The long-delayed auction of 3.5 GHz spectrum in Brazil may be extended well in to 2008, according to Plínio de Aguiar Júnior, the president of Brazil’s telecom regulator Anatel. Since the ... continue...

Regulator in India pressured to release WiMAX spectrum

May 2, 2007, NEW DELHI (WiMAX Day). The Department of Telecommunications in India (DoT) is coming under increasing pressure to release radio frequencies for use with WiMAX networks. At a seminar last week in New Delhi hosted by Intel, ... continue...

FCC approves WiMAX laptop card

May 2, 2007, WASHINGTON DC (WiMAX Day). The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in America has approved a laptop card made by Motorola that will act as a wireless modem to connect to the WiMAX network of Clearwire. The ... continue...
 

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