List of deployed WiMAX networks
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This is a list of proposed and deployed WiMAX
networks by country.
Angola
Australia
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
Cayman Islands
Colombia
Congo, D.R.
Costa Rica
Croatia
Estonia
Ethiopia
France
Germany
Greece
Guyana
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Italy:
Japan
Jordan
Six companies offer WiMAX
services in the Kingdom
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Korea (South)
Kuwait
Lithuania
Macedonia
Malta
Mexico
Mongolia
Montenegro
Myanmar
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Norway
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Russia
WiMAX operators are allowed to use 2.3 GHz, 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz frequency bands; since outdoor UMTS-2100 is not allowed in Moscow
, WiMAX is gaining widespread adoption for wireless broadband access in that region.
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
South Africa
St. Maarten (Dutch Caribbean)
Tajikistan
Tanzania:
The United Kingdom
The United States
Uganda
WiMAX
WiMAX is a communication technology for wirelessly delivering high-speed Internet service to large geographical areas. The 2005 WiMAX revision provided bit rates up to 40 Mbit/s with the 2011 update up to 1 Gbit/s for fixed stations...
networks by country.
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Algéria- Smart Link CommunicationSmart Link CommunicationSmart Link Communication is an Algerian communications company founded in 2001. It made the first commercial deployment of WiMax in the Arab world, in the 3.5 GHz and 5.8 GHz bands, aiming to establish a wireless broadband network across the country. As of mid-2005, their network...
SPA, deployed and operated a fixed WiMAX network since 2005. The company is present over the major cities in Algeria.
Angola
- MSTelcomMSTelcomMSTelcom is a subsidiary of Sonangol Group, the state petroleum company of Angola. MSTelcom provides a range of telecommunications services for the oil industry as well as for residential and corporate clients. Its name comes from "Mercury Telecommunication Services SARL"...
is deploying a nationwide project at 2.5 GHz. About 60% of LuandaLuandaLuanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city of Angola. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative center. It has a population of at least 5 million...
is covered. Data and voice over IPVoice over IPVoice over Internet Protocol is a family of technologies, methodologies, communication protocols, and transmission techniques for the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol networks, such as the Internet...
are among the services to be supplied to the end-users.
Australia
- Adam InternetAdam Internet-Background:Originally founded in 1986 as the Adelaide Amiga club, Adam Internet grew out of the original bulletin board system of the Adelaide Amiga User Group. The bulletin board was set up in 1987 and was originally run by the user group, but was co-opted by its sysop, Greg Hicks...
operates a fixed WiMAX network in the Metropolitan area of Adelaide, South Australia in the 5.0 GHz band. Speeds up to 12 Mbps are achievable. - Agile Communications operates Fixed WiMAX networks in the Coorong, Yorke Peninsula, and Riverlands areas of South Australia, retailed by partner ISP.
- BigAirBigAirBigAir is a telecommunications company in Australia listed on the Australian Stock Exchange .BigAir manages one of the largest metropolitan fixed wireless networks in Australia which provides coverage across the seven major metropolitan areas including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast,...
owns and operates Australia's largest metropolitan fixed WiMAX broadband network providing near-blanket coverage across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Adelaide and Perth. This network provides Australian businesses with symmetric broadband services at speeds up to 1000Mbps and distances up to 30km from its base stations. - Vividwireless owned by Television Broadcast station Channel 7, offers products ranging from 1GB of data to Unlimited data, with speeds of up to 20 Mbit/s.
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Bahrain- zain BH was Launched the nationwide WiMAX service in Bahrain in 2008 branded as Zain At Home
- MenaTelecom is a licensed telecommunications operator based in the Kingdom of Bahrain. In January 2007 Mena secured a nationwide Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) licence in Bahrain to provide fixed and nomadic telecommunications services throughout the Kingdom. In partnership with Motorola, Mena deployed WiMAX technology. The objective is to provide customers, both business and mass-market consumer, with innovative products and services based on quality, reliability and exceptional value for money.
Bangladesh
- BanglaLionBanglaLionBanglalion Communications Ltd is a private limited company incorporated in Bangladesh on 5 Nov 2008 under the Companies Act, 1994. The company obtained license from Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission to operate Broadband Wireless Access services nationwide using WiMAX technology...
BanglaLion Communications Ltd using WiMAX standard 802.16e and onward revisions only. It has the largest coverage in Bangladesh. - QubeeQubeeQubee is the customer facing brand of Augere, the wireless broadband business founded in 2007 by the former CEO of Orange, Sanjiv Ahuja. It has a mission to provide 'broadband for all' and is working to bring available, affordable and accessible broadband internet services to underserved...
Launched wireless broadband Internet services for residential and business customers in Dhaka in October 2009.
Barbados
- TeleBarbadosTeleBarbadosTeleBarbados Inc. is a recent start-up telecommunications company in the country of Barbados.Started as one of the first competitors in the new liberalised telecommunications market of Barbados, TeleBarbados is reforming itself to be a major competitor of the long time monopolistic incumbent...
uses WiMAX to cover most of the island of BarbadosBarbadosBarbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
in partnership with its subsidiary Freemotion.
Belarus
- Beltelecom has developed WiMAX network under the ByFly brand.
Belgium
- ClearwireClearwireClearwire Corporation is a wireless internet service provider serving markets in the United States, Belgium, and Spain...
placed the antennas
Bulgaria
- Trans Telecom (4ever) deployed a network with mobile WiMAX technology in several cities. As of beginning of 2011 they are in financial difficulties.
- Max TelecomMax TelecomMax Telecom is a mobile telecommunications company in Bulgaria. It was launched in October 2007 by Krasimir Stoychev, the founder of Bulgaria's first GSM operator MobilTel ....
holds a class A license in the 3.5 GHz band (2 x 21 MHz) and deployed a network with mobile WiMAX technology in 48 cities and several resorts so far. - Nexcom Bulgaria has deployed a WiMAX network in Bulgaria that has coverage in the biggest cities.
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Cameroon- 4G Africa operates a Mobile WiMAX (802.16e-2005) network using Alvarion Technologies equipment covering Douala, Yaounde and soon others cities. He has the service up and running.
Canada
- Bell CanadaBell CanadaBell Canada is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Including its subsidiaries such as Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for telephone and DSL Internet services in most of Canada east of Manitoba and in the northern territories,...
, and Rogers CommunicationsRogers CommunicationsRogers Communications Inc. is one of Canada's largest communications companies, particularly in the field of wireless communications, cable television, home phone and internet with additional telecommunications and mass media assets...
offer a shared WiMAX-like network in partnership with Inukshuk Wireless (although Inukshuk uses mostly pre-WiMAX for its own network). Bell Canada offers their Portable and Rural Bell WiMAX Internet services in many cities in Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec. Rogers offers their Portable Internet (WiMAX like) service in over 150 communities across Canada. - EvoShift Communications Launched its WiMAX network in Victoria, BC on Jan 19, 2011. Using Purewave 802.16e 3.65 GHz WiMAX equipment they can provide competitive Internet and VoIP solutions.
- SogetelSogetelSogetel is a private Canadian telecommunications company founded in 1892.Sogetel is an Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier that serves multiple areas in Quebec.- Services offered :* Local telephony* Toll* Cellular phone...
offers WiMAX service for Nicolet-YamaskaNicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality, QuebecNicolet-Yamaska is a Regional County Municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec in Canada.The county seat is Nicolet.-Communities:*Cities and Towns** Nicolet*Municipalities** Aston-Jonction** Baie-du-Febvre** Grand-Saint-Esprit...
and BécancourBécancour, QuebecBécancour is a town in the Centre-du-Québec region of Québec, Canada; it is the seat of the Bécancour Regional County Municipality. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the confluence of the Bécancour River, opposite Trois-Rivières.Wôlinak, an Abenaki Indian reserve, is...
in QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. - Craig Wireless is planning on offering commercial 2.5 GHz WiMAX service to Vancouver, British Columbia and Winnipeg, Manitoba.
- Primus Canada and Mipps Inc. are now (May'07) jointly conducting WiMAX IEEE 802.16e-2005 (3.5 GHz) trials in Hamilton, Ontario, using Alcatel-Lucent's new WiMAX equipment
- ABC Communications (www.abccommunications.com) offers 3.5 GHz WiMAX service in a number of communities in the interior of BC.
Cayman Islands
- Digicel deployed 802.16d & 802.16e technology for its Digicel Broadband solution.
Colombia
- In July 2006 Orbitel launched in CaliCalìCalì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily.For the surname Calì is assumed the origin of the Greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time."The surname refers to:...
the first WiMAX network of Colombia. - On January 20, 2006, Colombian company Telecom launched a PRE-WiMAX network in BucaramangaBucaramangaBucaramanga is a Colombian city, and capital city of the department of Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth largest city economy and sixth largest population in Colombia, with 1,212,656 people in its metropolitan area...
. Orbitel, ETB and Telecom hold 3.5 GHz licences for the entire country. Nowadays other cities with WiMAX are CaliCalìCalì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily.For the surname Calì is assumed the origin of the Greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time."The surname refers to:...
, BogotáBogotáBogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
, CúcutaCúcutaCúcuta is a Colombian city, capital of Norte de Santander, in the northeast of the country. Due to its proximity to the Colombian-Venezuelan border, Cúcuta is an important commercial center. The city has the constitutional category of Special District. It is located at the most active...
, BarranquillaBarranquillaBarranquilla is an industrial port city and municipality located in northern Colombia, near the Caribbean Sea. The capital of the Atlántico Department, it is the largest industrial city and port in the Colombian Caribbean region with a population of 1,148,506 as of 2005, which makes it Colombia's...
, CartagenaCartagena, ColombiaCartagena de Indias , is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department...
and MedellínMedellínMedellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...
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Congo, D.R.
- Elix has deployed a citywide WiMAX network in the city of Kinshasa, using licensed spectrum at 3.5 GHz.
Costa Rica
- Radiografica Costarricense S.A. (RACSA, a part of the state owned Grupo ICE) started offering the service on the second week of 2008.
Croatia
- Novi-net offers WiMAX in Međimurje county, Dubrovnik telekom in Dubrovnik
- Optima Telekom have operating WiMAX with Siemens equipment in Osijek, Rijeka, Split, Cakovec, Opatija, Valpovo and Djakovo but getting out of business.
- WiMAX Telecom started to build network with Alcatel-Lucent equipment.3.5 GHz frequencies .
- OiV just get licences.
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Dominican Republic- Since October 2007, Onemax delivered both telephony and internet access, using licenced spectrum at 3.5 GHz, to both home and business customers in Santo DomingoSanto DomingoSanto Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
. Also, TRICOMTricomIn 2008, Tricom was the first Australian broking house in many years to fail to settle its trades with the ASX. Controversially, it held ownership of shares that its borrowers had used margin loans to purchase until the loan was repaid. Tricom would then lend those shares to other traders so that...
it offered WiMAX services to its business customers, on a first implementation phase (town Bavaro; also the municipalities of Haina, Santo Domingo Oeste, Santo Domingo Norte and Greater Santo Domingo). A third WiMAX provider, Wind Telecom, offers not only telephony and data, but also subscription-based digital television broadcastingDigital televisionDigital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV...
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Egypt- The National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) issues WiMAX licensed bands to companies requiring license for using the technology for data transfer.
Estonia
- A total of 4 licenses in the 3.5-3.6 GHz range have been issued to 5 companies. Three of them (Norby Telecom, Baltic Broadband and Tele2) have national-wide licenses and two companies (Levira and Elion) share the same frequency, but Elion can use it only in Tallinn and Harjumaa region and Levira in the whole country except of Tallinn and Harjumaa.
Ethiopia
- The incumbent operator (and state-owned monopoly) ETC has deployed a fixed WiMAX network in the capital city of Addis Ababa using the 3.5 GHz band.
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Finland- There are 15 WiMAX operators in FinlandFinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
spread throughout the country. The coverage is mainly concentrated on the rural areas and Lapland.
France
- HDRRHaut Débit Radio RégionalHaut Débit Radio Régional is a French WiMAX service provider consortium. Members of the consortium include TDF Group , Axione and LD Collectivités, with extra investment provided by the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations...
, a subsidiary of TDF announced the deployment of mobile WiMAX in the Loiret region of France. It was bought by Bolloré Telecom in 2008.
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Georgia- VTEL-Georgia utilizes a spectrum in the 2.3 GHz band to operate a WiMAX network in 802.16e standard. Commercial operation in cities of TbilisiTbilisiTbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...
, BatumiBatumiBatumi is a seaside city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia. Sometimes considered Georgia's second capital, with a population of 121,806 , Batumi serves as an important port and a commercial center. It is situated in a subtropical zone, rich in...
, PotiPotiPoti is a port city in Georgia, located on the eastern Black Sea coast in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti in the west of the country. Built near the site of the ancient Greek colony of Phasis, the city has become a major port city and industrial center since the early 20th century. It is also...
and RustaviRustaviRustavi is a city in the southeast of Georgia, in the province of Kvemo Kartli, situated southeast of the capital Tbilisi. It stands on the Mtkvari River at...
has been started in December, 2008.
Germany
- In December 2006, 3.4–3.6 GHz band broadband wireless accessBroadband wireless accessWireless Broadband refers to technology that provides high-speed wireless Internet access or computer networking access over a wide area.-The term broadband:...
(BWA) licenses were issued through an auction by the federal regulator Bundesnetzagentur. ClearwireClearwireClearwire Corporation is a wireless internet service provider serving markets in the United States, Belgium, and Spain...
, Inquam and DBD now hold licences for the entire country, two smaller companies hold regional licenses. These licenses are designed for the use with WiMAX technology.
Greece
- OTEOTEHellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. , usually known by its Greek initials OTE, is the dominant telecommunications provider in Greece. Formerly a state-owned monopoly, OTE was part-privatized in 1998 and is now listed on the Athens and New York Stock Exchanges...
claims to have set up two large pilot WiMAX networks in operation in Attiki and one in Mount AthosMount AthosMount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. A World Heritage Site, it is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the...
and to be planning nationwide deployment. As of now, no availability, pricing, or expected dates of commercial deployment have been announced.
Guyana
- Within Le Ressouvenir (ECD) and Agricola (EBD), Diamond, E-Networks offers WiMax internet service. They also offer IPTV and VoIP services over their network.
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India- BSNL
Indonesia
- The Indonesian government announced on January 22, 2009, two ministry decrees and three regulations releasing spectrum at 2.3 GHz and 3.3 GHz for wireless broadband access across all regions of Indonesia. This means Indonesia will using 2.3 GHz band for the Wimax 16.e standard while 3.3 GHz will be used for the 16.d standard.
- Indonesia already able to build their own total solution for Wimax including chips and equipments
- Wimax trial had been held by Indonesian government in mid-October 2008 to provide internet broadband in the Bandung area.
- Based on trial and local content requisites, two vendors (TRG & HARIFF) were approved by Indonesian government to sell Wimax 16.d equipment to the operators who won wimax 16.d license.
- XIRKA is focusing their business in Wimax chipset.
- TRG, HARIFF & LEN are preparing their product for Wimax 16.e Auction.
- Commercial deployment planned in 2009.
- In July 2009, Indonesian government had announcement the winner of Wimax 16.d license in 15 zones. The winner for each region are:
- Zone 1 covering North Sumatera region, won by PT First Media Tbk.
- Zone 2 covering Center Sumatera region, won by PT Berca Hardaya Perkasa.
- Zone 3 covering South Sumatera region, won by PT Berca Hardaya Perkasa.
- Zone 4 covering Banten, Jakarta, Bogor, Tanggerang & Bekasi, won by PT First Media.
- Zone 5 covering west Java, won by PT Comtronic System and PT Adiwarta Perdana.
- Zone 6 covering center Java, won by PT Telkom.
- Zone 7 covering east Java, won by PT Comtronic System dan PT Adiwarta Perdana.
- Zone 8 covering Bali and NTB, won by PT Berca Hardaya Perkasa.
- Zone 9 covering Papua, won by APJII' Consortium & PT Telkom.
- Zone 10 covering Maluku won by APJII' consortium & PT Telkom.
- Zone 11 covering south Sulawesi, won by PT Berca Hardaya Perkasa.
- Zone 12 covering North Sulawesi, won by PT Telkom.
- Zone 13 covering west Kalimantan, won by PT Berca Hardaya Perkasa.
- Zone 14 covering east Kalimantan, won by PT Berca Hardaya Perkasa.
- Zone 15 covering Riau, won by APJII' Consortium & PT Berca Hardaya Perkasa.
- Wimax 16.e auction will be start in 2010 and announced in 2011.
Iran
- Irancell Wimax network in Tehran, Karaj, Mashhad, Tabriz, Isfahan, Shiraz and Ahwaz.
- Mobinnet Wimax network with countrywide coverage
- Datak Telecom
- Laser Telecom
- Spadan
- Rayaneh Danesh
Iraq
- Alpha 802.16e Wimax network in Erbil, Massif, developing to all Kurdistan/Iraq cities.
- Tishknet WiMAX network in Sulaymniah.
Ireland
- Irish BroadbandIrish BroadbandIrish Broadband is a telecommunications company in Ireland providing wireless broadband services.In April 2008, Imagine Communications Group acquired Irish Broadband from National Toll Roads and Kilsaran Concrete...
- Intel Ireland WiMAX Trials
Italy:
- Italian Ministry of Defense currently holds the 3.5 GHz band, and is about to free the band through auctions in order to let the government sell licences. Bloggers and members of consumers associations have started protests against this way of assigning the frequencies. The members of the unofficial Italian Pirate Party are currently organizing a Googlebombing. The Ministry of Defense released the band and recently Ministry of Communications has announced that WiMAX licences contest will be in September 2007 or nearly. All licenses available were awarded to different operators in an auction ended on 27 February 2008. Public services should start soon.
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Jamaica- Digicel has deployed an 802.16d network.
Japan
- UQ Communications is a telecommunications company in Japan that provides nationwide WiMAX service, and claimed over a million subscribers as of June 2011. UQ started its mobile WiMAX service in Tokyo, Yokohama, and Kawasaki on Feb. 26, 2009. The highest speed its WiMAX can currently provide is 40 Mbit/s down and 7.2 Mbit/s up. UQ investors include Intel Capital Corporation, East Japan Railway Company, KyoceraKyocerais a multinational manufacturer based in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded as in 1959 by Kazuo Inamori and renamed in 1982. The company has diversified its founding technology in ceramic materials through internal development as well as strategic mergers and acquisitions...
Corporation, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. and others.
Jordan
Six companies offer WiMAX
WiMAX
WiMAX is a communication technology for wirelessly delivering high-speed Internet service to large geographical areas. The 2005 WiMAX revision provided bit rates up to 40 Mbit/s with the 2011 update up to 1 Gbit/s for fixed stations...
services in the Kingdom
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
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- Blue Zone Jordan
- Umniah Mobile CommunicationsUmniahUmniah is a mobile cellular telecommunication network in Jordan. It is the fourth GSM cellular phone service set up in Jordan.Umniah was granted the third GSM license in August 2004 issued by the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission to operate, manage and own a public digital cellular mobile...
- Wi-tribe
- KulacomKulacom JordanKulacom Jordan, also known as MetroBeam Wireless Telecommunications Co., LLC, was founded in 2006 by Jordanian investors as a telecommunications network offering services to individuals and corporations in Jordan...
- Zain Jordan
- Mada Communications
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Kenya:- AccessKenya used WiMAX for its broadband residential service, Access@Home in the cities of Nairobi and Mombasa. AccessKenya has currently deployed one of the largest WiMAX Network in East Africa.
- SafaricomSafaricomSafaricom, Ltd is a leading mobile network operator in Kenya. It was formed in 1997 as a fully owned subsidiary of Telkom Kenya. In May 2000, Vodafone group Plc of the United Kingdom, the world's largest telecommunication company, acquired a 40% stake and management responsibility for the...
WiMAX Internet services for SOHO & residential customers
Korea (South)
- The local brand name is WiBroWiBroWiBro is a wireless broadband Internet technology developed by the South Korean telecoms industry. WiBro is the South Korean service name for IEEE 802.16e international standard...
. KT (olleh WiBro 4G) and SK TelecomSK TelecomSK Telecom Co., Ltd. or Sunkyoung Telecom is a South Korean wireless telecommunications operator, controlled by the SK Group, one of the country's largest chaebol. As a part of SK Group, SK stands for Sun Kyung.SK Telecom is a provider of mobile service in Korea, with 50.5% of the market share as...
(T Login) both operate WiMAX in major metropolitan areas, while KT also operates in minor cities and along major expressways.
Kuwait
- One company that offers WiMAX in Kuwait is Mada
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Libya- Libya Telecom & TechnologyLibya Telecom & TechnologyLibya Telecom & Technology was established in 1997 as a private company. LTT was Libya's main and biggest Internet service provider offering both dial-up and broadband Internet to customers Libya wide. LTT was bought out by the General Posts and Telecommunications Company in 2004...
, the national Internet service provider, deployed the first commercial WiMAX network based on the 802.16e-2005 WiMAX standard in Libya. LTT launched the commercial service on the network in January 2008.
Lithuania
- AB Lietuvos radijo ir televizijos centras deployed the first commercial WiMAX network MEZON based on the 802.16 WiMAX standard in Lithuania. LRTC launched the commercial service on the network in March 2009.
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Malaysia- Licences have been awarded to Green Packet Bhd, REDtone International Bhd, YTL e-Solutions Bhd and Asiaspace Dotcom Sdn Bhd to provide WiMAX services, service rollout began with P1's network in August 2008.
- Packet One NetworksPacket One NetworksPacket One Networks is a Malaysian converged telecommunications, broadband and Wimax service provider. The company was founded in 2002 and is a subsidiary of Green Packet Berhad. In March 2007, P1 was one of four companies awarded 2.3 GHz spectrum licenses by the Malaysian Government to deploy...
has deployed WiMAXWiMAXWiMAX is a communication technology for wirelessly delivering high-speed Internet service to large geographical areas. The 2005 WiMAX revision provided bit rates up to 40 Mbit/s with the 2011 update up to 1 Gbit/s for fixed stations...
in the 2.3 GHz band in Peninsular Malaysia with coverage in most major city areas under the brand P1. It was launched in August 2008. P1 initially offered an up-to-10 Mbps "Wiggy" package (the fastest offered speed for wireless Internet at the time it was introduced), but the package was discontinued for sometime as the system was found to be unable to achieve or sustain the speed in real-world conditions and the company received criticisms as a result. It has since been reintroduced after the company improved their network coverage and backbone. A no-fuss prepaid 800 kpbs package is also available. Packet One Networks' parent company, Green PacketGreen PacketGreen Packet is a technology company first established in Silicon Valley of California, U.S.A. in 2000. On 15 December 2000, Green Packet Berhad was incorporated in Malaysia as a regional research & development and marketing centre to further develop and commercialize the wireless networking...
, builds the transceivers for Packet One Networks. - YTL e-Solutions Bhd launched its WIMAX service under the brand YESYes 4GYes is the brand name of YTL Corporation's foray into the telecommunications industry in Malaysia. Yes promises to be the fastest 4G internet with voice and is set for commercial launch on the 19th of November 2010. Yes claims to have speeds of 3 to 5 times faster than current 3G networks and will...
on 19 November 2010. Like P1's solution, it uses the 2.3 GHz band. Unlike the other providers, it is only offered as a no-fuss prepaid Internet service with voice and Text MessagingText messagingText messaging, or texting, refers to the exchange of brief written text messages between fixed-line phone or mobile phone and fixed or portable devices over a network...
as value added services. There is no official announcement on the speed of the connection of the service, but speeds of up to 12 Mbps have been recorded in metropolitan areas, with speeds of up to 2 Mbps being recorded in rural areas. Coverage is said to be most major city and rural areas in Malaysia, however there are many areas that still lack service coverage. YTL sources its transceivers from Infomark Korea. - Asiaspace Dotcom announced that its WiMAX network will be called AMAX. Currently the service only covers certain parts of the Klang Valley as a market test. No definite launch date is provided. The maximum speed available is 1.5 Mbps to consumers and 2 Mbps to businesses in the trial markets. However, unlike YES and P1, AMAX's service appears to be available on a monthly flat fee with no quota.
- Acting on YTL's deployment of YES, REDtone has since deployed its WiMAX infrastructure under the name of REDtone Broadband WiMAX. Like AMAX, the packages are offered is a flat-rate monthly service, although unlike AMAX there is a quota depending on the package chosen. REDtone's fastest speed offered is 2 Mbps to both home and office. Currently the service only covers the major cities in the East MalaysiaEast MalaysiaEast Malaysia, also known as Malaysian Borneo, is the part of Malaysia located on the island of Borneo. It consists of the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, and the Federal Territory of Labuan. It lies to the east from Peninsular Malaysia , which is located on the Malay Peninsula. The two are...
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Macedonia
- National licences have been awarded to two operators, Cosmoline Greece and Nexcom Macedonia to provide fixed WiMAX services, service roll out targeted by end of 2007.
- Regional licences have been awarded to Neotel, Cosmofon and Istel in 2007. Neotel implements and operates mobile WiMAX 3.5 GHz network and provides services in the whole country.
Malta
- Three licences in 3.5 GHz band were awarded by the Malta Communications Authority to Vodafone, Go Mobile, Cellcom in October 2005. Only Vodafone has commercially launched a broadband and VOIP service over WiMAX in July 2007 and will have country wide coverage by end November 2007.
Mexico
- In October 2005 AxtelAxtelAxtel , is a Mexican telecommunications company, headquartered in Monterrey, that provides telecommunication products and services in Mexico...
commercialized WiMAX for MonterreyMonterreyMonterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...
city. - Ultranet2go provides WiMAX services in four states: VeracruzVeracruzVeracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...
, PueblaPueblaPuebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla....
, TamaulipasTamaulipasTamaulipas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the...
and AguascalientesAguascalientesAguascalientes is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 11 municipalities and its capital city is Aguascalientes....
. - The University of GuadalajaraUniversity of GuadalajaraUniversity of Guadalajara is a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. It is the second oldest university in Mexico, the fifth oldest in North America and the fourteenth oldest in Latin America...
, in collaboration with the Government of JaliscoJaliscoJalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states...
, has begun the development of a WiMAX network in the state of Jalisco, which will provide free Internet access to the population, as well as a better communications infrastructure for the government through a new intranet system.
Mongolia
- Since March 2005 company Ulusnet is providing WiMAX solution for Ulaanbaatar city.
Montenegro
- Licences have been awarded to four operators: T-Mobile, Broadband Montenegro, m:telMTEL CGm:tel is a telecommunications company in Montenegro. It is a 51-49% joint venture between Telekom Srbija and Telekom Srpske .-History:...
and Telenor Montenegro to provide WiMAX services; service rollout began in October 2007 (m:tel).
Myanmar
- Yatanarpon
- Redlink Communications Co,. Ltd.
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The Netherlands- On June 17, 2008 Worldmax launched its WiMAX service in AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
on the 3.5 GHz band, the first commercial WiMAX network in EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. The network was available anywhere inside the A10 motorwayA10 motorway (Netherlands)The A10 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands. This motorway is the ring road around the city of Amsterdam.The motorway has a length of 32 km...
, a ringroad around AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
and promised speeds up to 8 Mbit/s. The service closed down in July 2010 after Worldmax was informed by the Dutch Ministry of Defense that they were causing radio interference with a satellite station owned by the Ministry of Defense. For reasons of national security, they were forced to restrict Worldmax' frequency license. This caused Worldmax to cease their operations in the Amsterdam area IP Specials has since then acquired Worldmax and is offering business to business high speed Wimax connectivity as well as complete wimax IP camera solutions. There also has been a large test rollout for wimax to wifi in city centers for 3G offloading.
New Zealand
- CallPlusCallPlusCallPlus is a New Zealand telecommunications company, parent of internet service provider Slingshot. It provides voice and data communication services to business customers. CallPlus is the fourth-largest telecommunications company in New Zealand, with revenues of over NZ$100 million .Annette...
purchased 3.5 GHz WiMAX spectrum and are deploying Alvarion from Auckland North. This is run under the wholesale brand Blue Reach.
- NetSmartNetSmartNetSmart Limited is a telecommunication service provider based in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand.- Key Company Milestones :*1998 - NetSmart is born;*1999 - NetSmart starts web hosting;...
New Zealand telecommunication service provider operating on the North island providing voice and data services over fixed WiMAX (2.5GHz and 3.5GHz).
Nicaragua
- Russian Mobile WiMAX operator Yota (Scartel)YotaYota is the trademark of a Russian multinational telecommunications services provider . Yota currently operates in Russia, Belarus and Nicaragua and will launch in Peru very soon...
(ru): December 2009 - test operations in ManaguaManaguaManagua is the capital city of Nicaragua as well as the department and municipality by the same name. It is the largest city in Nicaragua in terms of population and geographic size. Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Xolotlán or Lake Managua, the city was declared the national capital in...
.
Nigeria
- MTN Group MTN Nigeria biggest Nigerian GSM operator purchased XS Broadband a privately owned Pre-Wimax company and inherited a 3.5GhZ wimax licence in 24 states.The Nigerian Operations has deployed wimax network in 6 cities targeting the low income masses in a joint project with the telco regulator (NCC) called the SABI PROJECT.
- Other Licencees,include Mobitel , Swift Networks, IpNX etc.
Norway
- Network operated by NextGenTelNextGenTelNextGenTel is a Norwegian telecommunications company located in Bergen , Trondheim, Oslo, Stavanger, and Kristiansand. They offer ADSL, SHDSL, ADSL2+, VDSL2, IP TV, IP Telephony, and are WiMax solutions...
. - NextNet is the leading WIMAX provider in Norway with about 8500 customers
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Pakistan- QubeeQubeeQubee is the customer facing brand of Augere, the wireless broadband business founded in 2007 by the former CEO of Orange, Sanjiv Ahuja. It has a mission to provide 'broadband for all' and is working to bring available, affordable and accessible broadband internet services to underserved...
- Wateen TelecomWateen TelecomWateen Telecom is a Pakistani telecommunication company based in Lahore, Pakistan and is a sister concern of Warid Telecom.With the collaboration of Motorola, they plan on deploying a WiMax country-wide network across Pakistan.- Overview :...
- Wi-tribe Pakistan
- Mobilink Infinity
- PTCLPakistan Telecommunication Company LtdPakistan Telecommunication Company Limited is the largest telecommunication company in Pakistan.The company provides telephony services nation-wide and is the backbone for country's telecommunication infrastructure despite arrival of a dozen other telecommunication comanies, including giants like...
Philippines
- Wi-Tribe
- Globe WiMAX
- Smart WiMAX
Poland
- Netia networks in about 50 Cities
- NASK ~5 Cities
- Crowley Data Poland
- SferaNET
- INEA
Portugal
- ZAPP.PT is a group of telecommunications companies in Portugal trading under the ZAPP brand name, lead by mobiZAPP, that since November 2010 offer WiMAX in major metropolitan areas. ZTE WiMAX/CDMA products are based on its leading edge SDR platform and are a major part of the Uni-RAN solution, Uni-Core core network equipment, and services to support the launch of the WiMAX 4G network over 3.5GHz frequencies
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Romania- In April 2010, Canadian company Redline Communications announced they had signed a contract with the National Society of Radiocommunications - Radiocom - to deliver equipments required for the implementation of the WiMax Network. Redline will deliver the equipment for Radiocom through its Romanian partner, Omnilogic. In order to provide broadband connectivity to authorities, schools and companies in Romania, Redline Communications will deliver its 3.6-3Ghz RedMax UX, according to Agerpress.
- In November 2010, with a delay of a few months, Radiocom officially launched a part of their WiMax network, covering 17 major cities and 7 other cities. The connection fee was set at 7 Eur/month (1Mbps speed limit, unlimited traffic), 9 Eur/month (2Mbps), 14 Eur/month (4Mbps). The provider estimates 2-3000 users connected by the end of 2010 and about 10.000 users by the end of 2011. The company is focused on providing internet access to rural areas or smaller cities.
Russia
WiMAX operators are allowed to use 2.3 GHz, 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz frequency bands; since outdoor UMTS-2100 is not allowed in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, WiMAX is gaining widespread adoption for wireless broadband access in that region.
- Yota (Scartel)YotaYota is the trademark of a Russian multinational telecommunications services provider . Yota currently operates in Russia, Belarus and Nicaragua and will launch in Peru very soon...
(ru) (IEEE 802.16e-2005, 2.5-2.7 GHz, Yota.ru is the first commercial Mobile WiMAX operator in Russia. As of Autumn 2009, commercial operation has commenced in MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
and St. Petersburg with partial coverage of Moscow OblastMoscow OblastMoscow Oblast , or Podmoskovye , is a federal subject of Russia . Its area, at , is relatively small compared to other federal subjects, but it is one of the most densely populated regions in the country and, with the 2010 population of 7,092,941, is the second most populous federal subject...
and Leningrad OblastLeningrad OblastLeningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It was established on August 1, 1927, although it was not until 1946 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position...
, and free public testing started in UfaUfa-Demographics:Nationally, dominated by Russian , Bashkirs and Tatars . In addition, numerous are Ukrainians , Chuvash , Mari , Belarusians , Mordovians , Armenian , Germans , Jews , Azeris .-Government and administration:Local...
, SochiSochiSochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated just north of Russia's border with the de facto independent republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains...
and KrasnodarKrasnodarKrasnodar is a city in Southern Russia, located on the Kuban River about northeast of the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. It is the administrative center of Krasnodar Krai . Population: -Name:...
. A network is under construction in SamaraSamara, RussiaSamara , is the sixth largest city in Russia. It is situated in the southeastern part of European Russia at the confluence of the Volga and Samara Rivers. Samara is the administrative center of Samara Oblast. Population: . The metropolitan area of Samara-Tolyatti-Syzran within Samara Oblast...
. In the next 3 years, coverage should spread to 180 Russian cities and towns with population over 100 000; coverage of Moscow OblastMoscow OblastMoscow Oblast , or Podmoskovye , is a federal subject of Russia . Its area, at , is relatively small compared to other federal subjects, but it is one of the most densely populated regions in the country and, with the 2010 population of 7,092,941, is the second most populous federal subject...
and Leningrad OblastLeningrad OblastLeningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It was established on August 1, 1927, although it was not until 1946 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position...
should improve as well. - Comstar-WiMAX (Comstar-OTS) (ru) (IEEE 802.16e-2005, 2.5 GHz, Wimax.comstar.ru is the second commercial operator in Russia to begin operations; currently offers WiMAX services in Moscow only and does not plan any extension of coverage.
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Saudi Arabia- ITC, Integrated Telecom Company is a DSP (Data Service Provider) who provides internet services to Corporate & Residential Clients and sell bandwidth to ISPs. They have also deployed more than 13,000 KM Fiber Optic in the Kingdom. ITC provides WiMAX internet services via its subsidiary Zooom Broadband to its residential customer. ITC was awarded a licence by CITC (Regulatory body of Telecommunication in Saudi Arabia) to provide fixed telephone line services in the Kingdom.
- GOEtihad Atheeb Telecom Co. "GO"Etihad Atheeb Telecommunications Co. is the second fixed-line operator to acquire a license from the Communications and Information Technology Commission to provide fixed services including voice and broadband services in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.-Background:Etihad Atheeb Telecom Co...
Etihad Atheeb Telecom Co. "GO"Etihad Atheeb Telecom Co. "GO"Etihad Atheeb Telecommunications Co. is the second fixed-line operator to acquire a license from the Communications and Information Technology Commission to provide fixed services including voice and broadband services in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.-Background:Etihad Atheeb Telecom Co...
is an operator that provides Internet and VOIP services.
- MobilyMobilyMobily is the trade name of Saudi Arabia's second Telecommunications company, Etihad-Etisalat consortium . The company, as the winning bidder for Saudi Arabia's second GSM licence, provides mobile telecom services nationwide, breaking Saudi Telecom's monopoly in the wireless business...
MobilyMobilyMobily is the trade name of Saudi Arabia's second Telecommunications company, Etihad-Etisalat consortium . The company, as the winning bidder for Saudi Arabia's second GSM licence, provides mobile telecom services nationwide, breaking Saudi Telecom's monopoly in the wireless business...
is a mobile phone operator that also provides WiMAX internet services via its subsidiary Bayanat Bayanat Al Oula for Network Services.
Spain
- Eurona is a small operator in Catalunya and with deployments all over the country. Eurona deploys WiMAX 802.16d equipment giving services to rural areas and small cities with services from 18 euros for residential users to simetric services of over 20 Mbit/s for companies. Eurona is also completing its offer with phone lines and VOIP services.
- EuskaltelEuskaltelEuskaltel, S.A. is a telecommunications company based in the Spanish autonomous community Basque Country, with its headquarters in Derio . Its name literally translates into English as "Basque-Tel"...
is the cable operator from the Basque CountryBasque Country (autonomous community)The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....
. The initial project includes broadband to rural areas with prices between 22 euros a month for 300 kbit/s and 39 euros for 1 Mbit/s. A phone line costs additional 13.75 euros. - Iberbanda bought by TelefónicaTelefónicaTelefónica, S.A. is a Spanish broadband and telecommunications provider in Europe and Latin America. Operating globally, it is the third largest provider in the world...
in 2006, has the largest number of customers. Iberbanda offers 1 Mbit/s 12 month home contract options Avi (only internet for 29.90 euro/month), or AviPack (internet and phone line for 35.90 euro/month). There are also more expensive 2Mbit/s contracts. - In the past, aLÓAloAlo or ALO can refer to:* Afghanistan Liberation Organization* Ahwaz Liberation Organisation * Air liaison officer* Alloa railway station in Clackmannanshire, Scotland* Alo , also known as Tu`a...
offered WiMAX to corporate customers. - ClearwireClearwireClearwire Corporation is a wireless internet service provider serving markets in the United States, Belgium, and Spain...
is now offering WiMAX service under the name Instanet to MálagaMálagaMálaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...
and will also be available to SevilleSevilleSeville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
soon.
Sri Lanka
- Dialog TelekomDialog TelekomDialog Axiata PLC is Sri Lanka's largest telecommunications service provider, which operates Dialog Mobile, the country's largest mobile phone network with over 6 million subscribers...
began commercial operations in late 2006 and offers speeds of up to 4 Mbit/s. Sri Lanka TelecomSri Lanka TelecomSri Lanka Telecom PLC is the premier telecommunications services provider in Sri Lanka and one of the country’s most valuable blue chip companies with an annual turnover in excess of Rs 40 billion...
has also launched test transmission in certain areas. However there are problems as the local pay television operator Comet Cable uses some of the WiMAX bandwidths. - Lanka Bell launched commercial operations in early 2008.
- SuntelSuntelSuntel is Sri Lanka's 2nd largest fixed phone operator with an island wide digital wireless network. The company uses technologies such as CDMA 2000 1x, DECT, E-1 R2/PRI, CorDECT etc., to connect thousands of residential customers and businesses....
has started the Wi-Max BroadBand - Lanka Bell and Suntel, are already offering WiMAX services on the 3.5G spectrum in 375 base stations throughout the country
- Sky Network (Pvt.) Ltd, (subsidiary of Sri Lanka TelecomSri Lanka TelecomSri Lanka Telecom PLC is the premier telecommunications services provider in Sri Lanka and one of the country’s most valuable blue chip companies with an annual turnover in excess of Rs 40 billion...
) also going to launch the WiMAX network by March 2010. Huawei technologies is providing the equipments for the network implementation. They are going to use 30 bandwidth, 10M per each sector.
Sweden
- Telia Sonera has installed WiMAX in 21 counties.
South Africa
- NeotelNeotelNeotel Ltd., previously SNO Telecommunications, is the second national operator for fixed line telecommunication services in South Africa. It was unveiled on August 31, 2006 in Kyalami in northern Johannesburg...
is working on WiMAXtecnology .
St. Maarten (Dutch Caribbean)
- CaribServe.NET, a subsidiary of United Telecommunication Services (UTS), is a Wireless Broadband Service Provider based on the Dutch/French island-nation of St. Maarten/St. Martin in the Northeastern Caribbean. CaribServe.NET currently offers 4G WiMAX (802.16E) services via 30 base stations on the Dutch-side of the island with expansion to the French-side of the island slated for completion by the third quarter of 2011.
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Taiwan- Global Mobile
- Vee
- Vmax
- FarEasTone
- Tatung Infocomm
- First International Telecom
Tajikistan
- Babilon-T has launched Mobile WiMax at 2.3 GHz in Dec. 2010, covering all major cities. Speeds up to 18Mbps are achievable. NGN telephony is provided for WiMax customers under WiPhone brand.
Tanzania:
- Startel also known as Raha.com, operates a WiMAX network in the Dar-es-salaam city using Airspan. Speeds up to 12Mbps are achievable.
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Ukraine- Giraffe - wireless internet provider. http://www.giraffe.ua
- FreshTel - wireless internet provider. http://freshtel.ua
The United Kingdom
- Bluewave, a WiMax provider in the Isle of Mann
- Metroid 2247, a WiMax start up looking to operate in Yorkshire and Scotland.,
- Attend 2 Ltd, a WiMax service that covers the South East of England.
- ConnectMK, a company owned by the Milton Keynes Council, currently operates a WiMAX network in the town of Milton KeynesMilton KeynesMilton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...
, the first one in the UK to have this service. - Digital Teesdale, a WiMax network that has started operating in the Teesdale area in the North of England.
- LiveWave, a wireless service offered by Wildcard Networks with speeds of up to 40Mb throughout Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tynedale, Northumberland and the surrounding areas.
- Urban WiMax, a WiMax service that covers central London (travelcard Zone 1 and some of Zone 2).
- VFast, a WiMax service that covers Kent.
The United States
- 123Net Provides fixed WiMAX to primarily business customers in the Greater Detroit and Ann Arbor Areas of Michigan.
- Antelecom, Inc. Broadband provides WiMAX service using the 3.65Ghz range in Southern California (North Los Angeles and Southern Kern counties).
- Altazip, Inc. WiMAX in 3.65Ghz and 5.7Ghz Throughout a large area in Central Utah (Sevier, Wayne, Piute, Millard and Sanpete counties).
- AT&T AlaskaAT&T AlascomAlascom, Inc. d/b/a AT&T Alascom is an Alaskan telecommunications company; specifically, an interexchange carrier . AT&T Alascom is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T. AT&T Alascom, previously known as Alascom and many other names, was the first long-distance telephone company in Alaska...
offered WiMAX technology in the 2.3 GHz band in the Anchorage and Juneau areas. AT&TAT&TAT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
had multiple WiMAX trials in other areas in 2006. AT&T owns additional 2.3 GHz spectrum in some Southern states. - Carrier Services Group holds licenses for 2.5&3.6 in several regions in Ohio Cleveland, Youngstown and Warren.
- ClearwireClearwireClearwire Corporation is a wireless internet service provider serving markets in the United States, Belgium, and Spain...
held 2.5 GHz licenses in several regions, and announced a nationwide network. WiMAX deployments in 71 U.S. markets covering 110 million people were marketed under the brand CLEAR. At the end of 2008, Sprint NextelSprint NextelSprint Nextel Corporation is an American telecommunications company based in Overland Park, Kansas. The company owns and operates Sprint, the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, with 53.4 million customers, behind Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility...
merged their WiMAX operations (under the XohmXohmXOHM was the brand name Sprint Nextel Corporation was using to promote its WiMAX services, currently labelled by Sprint Nextel simply as 4G. Sprint was the first service provider in the United States, with its partner Clearwire, to announce the building of a mobile WiMAX network...
brand), with additional investment from five other technology companies to create a "new" Clearwire. ComcastComcastComcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
, Sprint, and Time Warner CableTime Warner CableTime Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...
acting as wholesale providers provided access to the same underlying WiMAX network. - Data Truck LLC offers WiMax internet service to business and residential customers in and around Watertown, South DakotaWatertown, South DakotaWatertown is a city in and the county seat of Codington County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 21,482 at the 2010 census. It is also the principal city of the Watertown Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Codington and Hamlin counties...
. - Northern Michigan UniversityNorthern Michigan UniversityNorthern Michigan University is a four-year college public university established in 1899 located in Marquette, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. With a population of nearly 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, Northern Michigan University is the Upper Peninsula's largest...
, working with Intel, Lenovo, Motorola and Cisco, deployed a WiMAX network covering the City of Marquette, Michigan. Most of the City of Marquette has access to the WiMAX network, as well as some points as far south as Chocolay Township and west as Marquette Township. Currently, students and faculty of NMUNorthern Michigan UniversityNorthern Michigan University is a four-year college public university established in 1899 located in Marquette, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. With a population of nearly 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, Northern Michigan University is the Upper Peninsula's largest...
have access to the network; along with certain city personnel. - Polytechnic Institute of NYU has an experimental WiMAX network installed at their Brooklyn, New York campus.
- Pulsestream Internet Services, LLC holds license for 3.65 Ghz in US for its back hauls and some PTMP in Texas. They also run 5.2, 5.8 Wi-Fi networks in North Texas for Business VOIP and Broadband Services.
- NetX Internet serves businesses in the Cleveland, OhioCleveland, OhioCleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
area. - Rainbow BroadbandRainbow BroadbandRainbow Broadband is a Manhattan-based wireless ISP offering WiMAX-based wireless internet service at speeds exceeding 100Mbit in the New York City area by using the rooftops of tall, fiber connected buildings to beam bandwidth to customers in neighboring commercial buildings. It is very new and...
serves New York City businesses with WiMAX-based internet at speeds exceeding 100Mbit/s in Manhattan and surrounding boroughs (subject to line-of-sightLine-of-sight propagationLine-of-sight propagation refers to electro-magnetic radiation or acoustic wave propagation. Electromagnetic transmission includes light emissions traveling in a straight line...
limitations). - River Canyon Wireless Provides up to 2 Mbit/s point to multipoint with (up to) 8 Mbit/s burst Motorola Canopy internet service in MoabMoab, UtahMoab is a city in Grand County, in eastern Utah, in the western United States. The population was 4,779 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat and largest city in Grand County. Moab hosts a large number of tourists every year, mostly visitors to the nearby Arches and Canyonlands National Parks...
& Green RiverGreen River, UtahGreen River is a city in Emery County, Utah, United States. The population was 973 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Green River is located at , on the banks of the Green River, after which the city is named. The San Rafael Swell region is to the west of Green River, while Canyonlands National Park...
, Utah. Also has Redline based systems in MonticelloMonticello, UtahMonticello is a city located in San Juan County, Utah, and is the county seat. It is the second most populous city in San Juan County, with a population of 1,958 at the 2000 census. The Monticello area was settled in July 1887 by pioneers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
, and BlandingBlanding, UtahBlanding is a city in San Juan County, Utah, United States. The population was 3,162 at the 2000 census, making it the most populated city in San Juan County. It was settled in the late 19th century by Mormon settlers, predominantly from the famed Hole-In-The-Rock expedition...
, UtahUtahUtah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
, however, these systems do not support the 8 Mbit/s burst. Main service area is Moab, Utah. - Sioux Valley WiMAX serves WiMAX to the Southeastern South DakotaSouth DakotaSouth Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...
communities of BrookingsBrookings, South DakotaBrookings is a city in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States. Brookings is the fourth largest city in South Dakota, with a population of 22,056 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Brookings County, and home to South Dakota State University, the largest institution of higher...
, Dell RapidsDell Rapids, South DakotaDell Rapids is a city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 3,633 at the 2010 census. It is known as "The little city with the big attractions."-Geography:...
, HartfordHartford, South DakotaHartford is a city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,534 at the 2010 census. The creators of the international Christian television show Burnnie the Bunnie: Tails From the Light Side live in Hartford.-Geography:...
, and MadisonMadison, South DakotaMadison is a city in Lake County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 6,474 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Lake County and is home to Dakota State University.-Geography:Madison is located at .... - Sling Broadband offers WiMAX-based internet service to businesses in 6 US cities, including Miami, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, and Seattle.
- Spectral NetworksSpectral NetworksSpectral Networks is deploying a WiMAX network in Southern Iowa and Northern Missouri....
is deploying a WiMAX network in Northern Missouri and Southern Iowa. - TowerstreamTowerstreamTowerstream Corporation NASDAQ: is a wireless Internet Service Provider marketing high-speed Internet access to businesses including fixed wireless and WiMAX...
offers WiMAX-based internet service to businesses in 9 US cities, including Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Providence, San Francisco and Seattle. - Xanadoo operates WiMAX networks in Texas, Oklahoma, and Illinois. They also run Navini NetworksNavini NetworksNavini Networks was a company that developed an internet-access system based on WiMAX which was acquired by Cisco in October, 2007.-Company:In January 2000, Wu-Fu Chen and Guanghan Xu formed the company Navini Networks. They developed a wireless internet-access system...
-based pre-WiMAX networks & have holdings in the 2.5 GHz spectrum in multiple markets in the midwest.
- University of Colorado at BoulderUniversity of Colorado at BoulderThe University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
is working on providing WiMAX to to a small area near campus.
Uganda
- TMP (Uganda)
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Zimbabwe- Broadlands Networks operates a Mobile WiMAX (802.16e-2005) network using Huawei Technologies equipment covering Harare, Bulawayo and Gweru. Broadlands has also acquired pre-802.16m WiMAX equipment which is being tried in Harare. Bulawayo & Gweru already have the service up and running.
See also
- List of countries by number of Internet subscriptions
- Municipal wireless network — lists cities with Wi-Fi networks