ABSTRACT

China’s largest listed telecommunications manufacturer and leading wireless solutions provider, ZTE Corp., has announced a trial of its pre-Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) kit in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, through local operator Telecard. Airspan Networks Inc., a leading worldwide provider of WiMAX-based broadband wireless access networks and carrier-class Voice-over-IP solutions, has deployed the first-ever Russian WiMAX network for MetroMAX. African broadband provider Gulfsat Madagascar has expanded its current network using Alvarion’s BreezeMAX WiMAX system. Brazilian cable TV company TVA Sistema de Televiso and Korean electronics company Samsung have begun testing WiMAX wireless communications in Sao Paulo. Indian telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has rolled out trial WiMAX-based Internet services in ten cities using Motorola equipment, according to the Business Standard. Nortel Networks and German regional power utility NEW Energie have successfully completed a WiMAX broadband service trial. Russian alternative telco Synterra has launched a commercial WiMAX network for business users in Moscow.