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Six WiMAX licenses for Taiwan

February 14, 2007, TAIPEI (WiMAX Day). The government of Taiwan (Executive Yuan) announced yesterday that it plans to award six licenses for WiMAX spectrum in June 2007. The licenses will be regional and split between the northern and ... continue...

Resorts in Sharm El Sheikh plan to deploy WiMAX for tourists

February 12, 2007, CAIRO (WiMAX Day). The luxury resorts along the Red Sea coast of Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt will soon have Internet broadband connectivity via WiMAX. In an effort to boost Internet connectivity in an area ... continue...

Inquam bids on Swiss 3.5 GHz license

February 12, 2007, BIEL-BIENNE (WiMAX Day). The Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) in Switzerland announced today that it has received an application from Inquam Broadband GmbH of Cologne, Germany to bid for one of two 3.5 GHz BWA ... continue...

Microsoft prepares a WiMAX phone?

February 12, 2007, SAN FRANCISCO (WiMAX Day). According to a report on Friday from Dow Jones, Microsoft filed documents with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in America last week for that agency's approval of a new wireless device ... continue...

Cameroon meeting puts WiMAX on the fast track for IMT-2000

February 2, 2007, YAOUNDÉ (WiMAX Day). The ITU Working Party 8F convened last week in sultry Cameroon for its meeting titled “IMT-2000 and systems beyond IMT-2000.” The general consensus from delegates to the meeting is that WiMAX will ... continue...

Delay for WiMAX auction in Brazil

February 2, 2007, SÃO PAULO (WiMAX Day). The Ministry of the Communications in Brazil has launched another public consultation for the auction of WiMAX radio spectrum. The auction for 3.5 GHz spectrum was set to launch several times ... continue...

French regulator approves first WiMAX spectrum transfers

January 31, 2007, PARIS (WiMAX Day). Following the auction of 3.5 GHz spectrum in France last year, the Ministry of Economics, Finance and Industry announced in August 2006 that it would permit the transfer and re-sale of licensed ... continue...

Maxis hopeful of gaining 2.3 GHz

January 31, 2007, KUALA LUMPUR (WiMAX Day). Malaysian GSM operator Maxis Communications announced yesterday, in anticipation of being awarded a license for 2.3 GHz radio spectrum, that it has begun to test mobile WiMAX services with Motorola from ... continue...
 

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