Malaysia issues licenses for WiMAX based services

Malaysia issues licenses for WiMAX based services

The Asian country Malaysia has issued licenses to four telecommunication operators. These operators would now be able to provide fourth generation (4G) wireless high speed Internet services nationwide this year using the WiMAX technology.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said in a statement that the licenses have been given to Bizsurf (M) Sdn Bhd, MIB Comm Sdn Bhd, Redtone-CNX Broadband Sdn Bhd and Asiaspace Dotcom Sdn Bhd.

The MCMC further said that they expect all these companies to invest up to 300 million ringgit within the next three years to launch these services.

The commission added: “We expect winners to quickly roll out the service to 25 percent of the population in the area given to them by the end of the year with a service provision of at least 1MBps at affordable rates. At the end of the third year, it is expected that they will be able to roll services to at least 40 percent of the population.”