I try to keep a record of my observations of wireless things happening around the world, in particular in Malaysia. My interests are broadband wireless access (BWA), 3G cellular communications, wireless sensor networks and vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET).

Thursday, July 20, 2006

WiMax deployment status in Malaysia: 20 July 2006

The Malaysian Communications & Multimedia Commission (MCMC) received 17 submissions for the controversial 2.3GHz broadband wireless access spectrum – commonly known as WiMax – tender exercise but will only evaluate the applications after addressing the concerns of the government.

The MCMC said this in a statement after Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik called for a tender recall, alleging that the commission did not follow the ministry’s specifications for the tender bid.

Read more on the details at theStar

The 17 applicants was Telekom Malaysia Bhd, Maxis Communications Bhd, MiTV Corp Bhd, DiGi.Com Bhd, NasionCom Sdn Bhd, REDtone-CNX Broadband Sdn Bhd, MIB Comm Sdn Bhd (controlled by Mesdaq Market leader Green Packet Bhd), Jaring Communications Sdn Bhd, Asiaspace dotcom Sdn Bhd, Celcom Timur (Sabah) Sdn Bhd, Fibrecomm Network (M) Sdn Bhd, SGR Capital Sdn Bhd, GO Lightspeed Broadband Sdn Bhd, Bizsurf (M) Sdn Bhd, IP Mobility Sdn Bhd, Optical Communications Engineering Sdn Bhd and Electcoms Wireless Sdn Bhd.


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