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Saudi Arabia
  • GO Etihad Atheeb Telecom Co. "GO" is the key Brand of Etihad Atheeb Telecom Company, the leading Cloud Telecommunications Operator in the Middle East. On 5 April 2009, GO received a license officially from the Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC) after completing all the license issuance requirements. GO Telecom also acquired 2 x 28 MHz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz frequency band across 13 regional divisions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in addition to a license for advanced fixed telephone lines.
  • 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.
  • Mobily is a mobile phone operator that also provides WiMAX internet services via its subsidiary Bayanat Bayanat Al Oula for Network Services.
Spain
  • aLÓ offered WiMAX to corporate customers in the past.
  • Clearwire is now offering WiMAX service under the name Instanet to Málaga and will also be available to Seville soon.
  • 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.
  • Euskaltel is the cable operator from the Basque Country. 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 Telefónica 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.
Sri Lanka
  • Dialog Axiata began commercial operations in late 2006 and offers speeds of up to 4 Mbit/s. Sri Lanka Telecom 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.
  • 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 Telecom) also going to launch the WiMAX network by March 2010. Huawei technologies is providing the equipment for the network implementation. They are going to use 30 bandwidth, 10M per each sector.
  • Suntel has started the Wi-Max Broadband.
Sweden
  • Telia Sonera has installed WiMAX in 21 counties.
South Africa
  • Easttel operates a WiMax network in the Eastern Cape. Preparations underway to upgrade to 16e.
  • Neotel 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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