Sometime ago I read that NasionCom is going to introduce wireless broadband using WiMax technologies very soon. However, not much news has been heard since then.
It is glad to hear that another company in Malaysia, namely TM Net Sdn Bhd, is planning to introduce wireless broadband to area with little or no wireline service.
According to the news from the STAR.
TM Net is working closely with Intel and Alcatel. Meanwhile, to my knowledge, Intel is currently planning to conduct trial in Putrajaya and Cyberjaya area. The equipment used is so called pre-WiMAX equipment as there is no certified product in the market at the moment.
The certification process only begin mid of 2005, thus, it is expected that certified WiMAX product would only be widely available in 2006. At the moment, the price of pre-WiMAX transceiver + baseband unit is quite expensive, generally in the range of RM20K to RM40K per unit. However, it is still consider competative in some circumstances when compared with the cost of provisioning of ADSL services.
Refer to my research paper in IEEE VTC 2005 Fall
"Study on the issue of provisioning broadband services: The case of Malaysia" for more details.
However, its advantages as compared to WiFi mesh is still yet to be proven.
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