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...

October 3, 2006, TALLINN (WiMAX Day). Alcatel announced yesterday that it will supply WiMAX equipment, including base stations and CPE, to Elion Enterprises in Estonia. Elion is the largest telecommunications and IT provider in Estonia. It is owned ... continue...

October 3, 2006, EINDHOVEN (Press Release). NXP, the newly independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, today announced the world’s first fully integrated, high-performance WiMAX family of transceivers specifically for mobile and handheld applications. The 2.3 – 2.4 GHz ... continue...

October 2, 2006, WASHINGTON DC (WiMAX Day). Last week, two US Senators suggested that before the $67 billion merger of AT&T Inc and BellSouth Corp is completed, each company should divest of its WiMAX spectrum to prevent “anticompetitive ... continue...

October 2, 2006, HELSINKI (WiMAX Day) by Joachim Bamrud. Since 1999, spectrum licenses for WiMAX in Finland were awarded based on “beauty contests,” where bidders compete for licenses based on their credentials. However, according to Antti Kohtala, director ... continue...

October 2, 2006, STOCKHOLM (WiMAX Day) by Joachim Bamrud. Patients in the city of Umeå, in northern Sweden, are among the first in the world to benefit from an innovative use of WiMAX. Healthcare personnel now visit patients ... continue...

September 29, 2006, NEW DELHI (WiMAX Day). The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released the Recommendations on Allocation and pricing of spectrum that was announced on 19th September. The TRAI confirmed that it recommends the spectrum ... continue...

September 28, 2006, TBILISI (WiMAX Day). The National Communications Commission in Georgia (GNCC) announced this week that it will auction 3.4–3.5 GHz spectrum on 1st December 2006. The announcement did not detail how many licenses will be available, ... continue...