WIMAX in Malaysia

Posted on the August 10th, 2008 under Lifestyle by (Beaulife) Altis Lo

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Malaysia will very soon be launching WIMAX service, in August 2008 as seen in the recent PC Fair 2008 (II) at KLCC. There are a lot of media coverage about WIMAX in Malaysia, and all 4 licensees are working hard to roll it out soon. When I did a search in The Edge Daily, with search from 1st January 2008, it looks like Packet One, also known as P1, is standing out from the other 3 licensees awarded by Malaysian Communications And Multimedia Commission.

With the news releases about P1’s WIMAX, their showcase in the WCIT 2008 and PC Fair 2008 (II) in KLCC were attracting a lot of interest from Malaysian public. They have determined to achieve the Government’s target to cover 25% of population by end of year 2008, and to achieve at least 60% within the next 5 years. One of our pro-blogger, Mr. Liew CF, who has a very popular blog (http://www.liewcf.com/) and could be the first full time blogger in Malaysia, had a hands-on test during his visit to PC Fair 2008 (II) in KLCC, and his comment was positive. Read his first trial at http://www.liewcf.com/blog/archives/2008/08/back-from-pikom-pc-fair-2008-ii-klcc/

We are anticipating a trully mobile IP broadband service to cope with our highly demand in speed, stability and growing Internet applications, especially on-the-go. Although it will take years to grow the coverage, we are not very far from becoming a mobile broadband country. P1 is offering trial accounts to some invited Internet users, in Klang and Johor Bahru. From a local Malay language newspaper, the service is expected to be available to Internet users in Klang, Johor Bahru and other major towns in the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

For more information about P1 WIMAX service, you may visit http://www.p1w1max.com.my/ where you may find interesting information for knowledge and subscription later. The subscription packages are expected to be available after their launching.

It is interesting to read about Acer to launch WiMAX-enabled Montevina-based notebooks in June-July and Nokia Plans to Sell WiMAX Cell Phones in 2008.

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