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Mobile
WiMAX Service launched in Singapore
QMAX communications Pvt Ltd has launched a mobile
WiMAX service in the harbour areas of Singapore. Technology for the network has been provided
by POSDATA FLYVO. With the harbor area being the major coverage with a 15 Km radius, it will be the coastal areas and ships
or boats in harbour which will benefit with the connectivity.
The launch of yet another network based on Mobile WiMAX technology puts to rest many doubts which had been raised on
the commercial deployment of the new technology. Wireless broadband provided by Mobile WiMAX provides guaranteed QoS for every
mobile and every application and can enable services ranging from data connectivity for PDAs or Laptops to streaming Video
and audio services over broadband wireless.
Tata Communications to Invest $500 Million in WiMAX
Tata Communications, one of the largest telecommunications companies in India has announced
its intention to invest $500 million in WiMAX technologies. Tata communications has recently been in news for the erstwhile
international long distance and Internet company VSNL ( also a Tata company) being merged in the Tata communications. The
new Avtar of Tata communications is India’s largest local, broadband, long distance and VPN company. The investments
will be made progressively by 2010 and the number of cities and towns where it is provided be over 300.
Tata communications
will initially provide broadband services based on the WiMAX technology in a number of major metros including Delhi, Mumbai,
Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Cochin, Chandigarh, Kolkatta and Hyderabad amongst others. These will be progressively expanded
to other cities. For enterprise customers it has a more aggressive plan of faster rollout ahead of the retail rollout. This
could position Tata Communications as one of the most important WiMAX last mile based VPN providers in the country.
Tata
Communications has selected technology from Telsima for its WiMAX rollout.
The other major players of WiMAX in India are
Bharti Airtel, Sify, Aircel and BSNL.
Wateen
Telecom’s WiMAX network launched in Pakistan
Wateen telecom has now commercially launched its
22 city mobile WiMAX network in Pakistan. With equipment supplied by Motorola, this is one
of the showcase implementations in this part of the globe. .
Latin
America WiMAX customer growth to ride on POSDATA
It is POSDATA again picking up the cudgels for
growth of Mobile WiMAX network in Latin America. With the region being an early adapter to WiMAX technologies much on the lines of many
countries in Asia and Middle East in order to beef up the wireless broadband connectivity,
many networks are now upgrading to Mobile WiMAX. We expect many of the innovative applications of Mobile WiMAX to emerge from
this region much on the lines of the M-Taiwan program.
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