Posted by: Bappy on: April 6, 2009
Nokia has dismissed WiMAX as a failed idea and likened it to the Betamax video format which lost the video tape war in the 1980s. Nokia’s head of sales and manufacturing, Anssi Vanjoki told the Financial Times that he doesn’t “see that WiMax is taking hold anywhere in a big way,”
“I don’t think the future [...]
Posted by: Bappy on: December 17, 2008
The Tk 215 crore bid price for each WiMax licence acquisition has become a ‘double bind’ for the telecom regulator, as majority of the seven bidders are now reluctant to have the technology at such a price.
Three bidders — BanglaLion Communication, BRAC BD Mail Network Ltd and Augere Wireless Broadband Bangladesh Ltd — won [...]
Posted by: Bappy on: November 23, 2008
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has given the BWA services licence to Banglalion Communications Limited (BCL).
BCL Chairman Major (Retd) Abdul Mannan, Bangladesh Finance and Investment Company Limited (BD Finance) Managing Director GM Salehuddin Ahmed and City General Insurance Company Limited Managing Director Md Sujauddin Ahmed received the licence on behalf of the Banglalion at [...]
Posted by: Bappy on: November 11, 2008
The decision to take WiMAX licence would push Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Ltd (BTCL) to have private partnership, form a separate company, invest in excess of $250 million and take significant long-term business and technological risks.
The state-owned company has decided to ask Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to relax its November 16 deadline to obtain the [...]
Posted by: Bappy on: November 8, 2008
Can mobile WiMax work for business users who are looking for high-speed wireless Internet access?
Sprint Nextel Corp. and financial backers that include Intel Corp. and Google Inc. think it can. “We’re definitely targeting businesses,” said Barry West, president of Sprint’s Xohm unit, which launched its namesake network in Baltimore in late September and plans to [...]
Posted by: Bappy on: November 4, 2008
Tee Emm writes that Pakistan has its claim to fame to mostly negative news in the international media. But the Muslim nation of 160 million (half of which are young adults) is a telecommunications pioneer — with a second nationwide Wimax brand going live from Mobilink Infinity.
Mobilink, which has the highest subscriber base of over [...]
Posted by: Bappy on: November 3, 2008
MALAYSIA–The government has issued a stern warning to the country’s WiMax license holders that they may lose their right to offer such services if they fail to meet certain terms and conditions by year-end.
Three of the four licensees only managed to launch their services end of last month, and must now meet the next looming [...]
Posted by: Bappy on: November 2, 2008
New data from TeleGeography’s WiMAX Research Service reveal that WiMAX deployments are gaining momentum around the globe.
The number of commercial WiMAX networks grew 82% between Q3 2007 and Q3 2008, from 69 to 126. This growth has been distributed around the world: the number of commercial WiMAX networks increased by 100% or more in Latin [...]
Posted by: Bappy on: October 20, 2008
Sri Lankan fixed line operator Lanka Bell has launched a new range of wireless broadband internet access services for enterprise and home users, offering connectivity at speeds of between 512kbps and 10Mbps. The telco is offering three tiers of broadband packages: Bell Broadband Home, Bell Broadband Office and Bell Broadband Office Plus. The company says [...]
Posted by: Bappy on: October 20, 2008
Two of the three WiMAX licensees have failed to pay the required fees in time, forcing the regulators to extend the deadline by a month.
BTRC Sunday (19 Oct ‘08) cited the global financial crisis as the reason when it announced the extension of the deadline from Oct 16 to Nov 15.
Brac BDMail Network [...]
