About WiMax technology & prospect

Here is a good introduction to WiMax.

The prospect of WiMax is definitely good. It is expected that Total Asia Pacific WiMAX Service Subscribers Expected To Reach 13.98 Million In 2011

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.

Potential of WiFi Broadband Wireless Access (BWA)

Although recently WiMax has received much attention, but I do feel that the potential of WiFi has not been fully exploited. Refer to theStar for an article on the potential of WiFi.

With the introduction of WiFi mesh, I have no doubt that it would definitely promote further the exploitation of WiFi for BWA.

Let's read an anticle on the advantages of using WiFi mesh for provisioning of BWA.

Green Packet's last mile wireless solution

Re: theStar

Currently, the only company with last mile connection is Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM), which owns this facility through its fixed phone lines to homes and offices.

However, Green Packet, a Malaysian high tech company, will soon offer competition to TM’s Streamyx Internet service. The company has developed a product called SONmetro. This technology offers high speed, affordable wireless access to “the last mile,”

While there are other technologies for wireless broadband access, Green Packet is convinced its product offers higher speed Internet access at an affordable price. Putting its money where its mouth is, it will soon network Klang Valley to its wireless Internet facilities.

The company will start to deploy its SONmetro infrastructure next month (Aug 2006) and launch the service possibly before year-end (2006). It will extend the network to other towns in a later phase.

At the same time, Green Packet is scheduled to set up a similar wireless Internet network in Bahrain, to be followed by Saudi Arabia and Dubai next year.