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The following is a list of WiMAX networks.
Standards
edit- IEEE 802.16 - called fixed WiMAX because of static connection without handover.
- IEEE 802.16e - called mobile WiMAX because it allows handovers between base stations.
- IEEE 802.16m - advanced air interface with data rates of 100 Mbit/s mobile and 1 Gbit/s fixed.
Networks
editOperator | Country | Frequency (GHz) |
Standard | Launch date | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Net One | Angola | 2,5 / 5,0 | IEEE 802.16 IEEE 802.16e |
March 2008 ? |
[1] Subsidiary of MSTelcom. |
Startel | Angola | 3,5 | IEEE 802.16 | July 2007 | [2][3] Joint venture between MundoStartel (MST) and Namibia Telecom. |
MTN | Cameroon | 3,5 | IEEE 802.16 | December 2008 | [4] |
YooMee | Cameroon | 2,5 | IEEE 802.16e | May 2011 | [5][6] Network is upgradable to LTE, if it should be necessary. |
Netpage | Gambia | 2,3 | IEEE 802.16e | March 2012 | [7][8][9] Seamless migration from WiMAX to LTE possible. |
Emtel | Mauritius | 3,5 | ? | December 2009 | [10][11] |
Foris | Mozambique | 2,5 | IEEE 802.16e | May 2011 | [12] |
Mobitel | Nigeria | 2,3 | IEEE 802.16e | November 2010 | [13][14][15] |
Econet | Zimbabwe | 2,5 | IEEE 802.16e | April 2010 | [16][17] |
uMax | Zimbabwe | 2,5 | IEEE 802.16e | June 2012 | [18][19] |
Xplornet | Canada | 3,5 | IEEE 802.16e | March 2011 | [20] |
Digicel | Cayman Islands | 2,3 | IEEE 802.16e | December 2005 | [21][22] |
Claro | Chile | 3,5 | IEEE 802.16 IEEE 802.16e |
March 2007 October 2007 |
[23][24][25][26][27][28] |
Entel | Chile | 3,5 | IEEE 802.16 | September 2006 | [29] |
RACSA | Costa Rica | 3,5 | IEEE 802.16 | January 2008 | [30] |
Onemax | Dominican Republic | 3,5 | IEEE 802.16e | October 2007 | [31] |
Digicel | Jamaica | 2,5 | IEEE 802.16 | 2007 | [32][33] |
Ultranet2go | Mexico | 2,5 | IEEE 802.16e | August 2006 | [34] |
Emax | Peru | 2,5 | IEEE 802.16e | February 2007 | [35] |
Olo | Peru | 2,5 | ? | September 2012 | [36] |
DigitalBridge | United States | 2,5 | IEEE 802.16e | June 2007 | [37] |
Comstar | Armenia | 3,5 / 3,7 | IEEE 802.16e | October 2008 | [38] |
BigAir | Australia | 5,8 | IEEE 802.16m | August 2007 | [39][40] Operates near-blanket coverage across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Adelaide and Perth. This network provides Australian businesses with symmetric broadband services. |
AzQTel | Azerbaijan | 3,5 | IEEE 802.16e | September 2008 | [41] |
Go Broadband | Bangladesh | 3,5 | IEEE 802.16e | April 2014 | [42] Jointly provided by ADN Telecom, Agni Systems and GrameenPhone. |
Vtel | Georgia | 2,3 | IEEE 802.16e | December 2008 | [43] |
PT First Media | Indonesia | 2,3 | IEEE 802.16 | July 2010 | [44][45] |
UQ Communications (KDDI) | Japan | 2,5 | IEEE 802.16e | February 2009 | [46][47][48] |
Unifi Mobile | Malaysia | 2,3 | IEEE 802.16e | August 2008 | Formerly known as P1 [49] |
Ulusnet | Mongolia | 3,5 | IEEE 802.16 IEEE 802.16e |
February 2007 March 2011 |
[50][51] |
Dialog Broadband Networks | Sri Lanka | 3,5 | IEEE 802.16 | November 2007 | [52] |
Lanka Bell | Sri Lanka | 3,5 | IEEE 802.16 | June 2008 | [53] |
Sri Lanka Telecom | Sri Lanka | 2,5 | IEEE 802.16e | January 2011 | [54] |
Butlernetworks | Denmark | 5,8 | IEEE 802.16 | June 2007 | [55] |
Bollore Telecom | France | 3,5 | IEEE 802.16e | ? | [56][57] |
Imagine | Ireland | 3,5 | IEEE 802.16e | October 2009 | [58] |
Slovanet | Slovakia | 3,5 / 10,5 | IEEE 802.16e ? |
? ? |
[59][60] |
Intellecom | Ukraine | 2,3 | IEEE 802.16e | May 2010 | [61] Services offered under the brand name Giraffe. |
UHT | Ukraine | 3,5 | IEEE 802.16e | 2005 | [62] Services offered under the brand name FreshTel. |
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "MTN launches WiMAX services". TeleGeography. 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
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- ^ "DigitalBridge launches WiMAX". TeleGeography. 2007-06-06. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
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