Malaysian WiMAX carrier Packet One Networks
plans to roll out WiMAX services in East Malaysia in July 2010 at the earliest,
Bernama reported on December 15. 48 cities in Sabah are expected to see WiMAX
deployment and implementation in 2010 and 58 others are planned for 2011. The
three largest Sabah cities Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan, and Tawau are on the list. For
2010, Packet One Networks has earmarked a capital expenditure of between 200
million Ringgits (US$58.8 million; US$1=3.4 Ringgits) to 300 million Ringgits (US$88.2
million), including the spending on network expansion in Sabah and Sarawak.
Meanwhile, Green Packet, the parent company of
Packet One Networks, announced that it has secured three WiMAX modem supply
orders in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a press release by the company on
December 21. The three customers are Vee Telecom of Taiwan, Globe Telecom of
the Philippines, and Vividwireless of Australia. Vee Telecom will procure Green
Packet's 2.5GHz WiMAX USB modem for trial service launch in Taichung, central
Taiwan. Globe Telecom plans to purchase Green Packet's 2.5 GHz WiMAX indoor modem,
while Vividwireless has ordered Green Packet's new Tower WiMAX indoor modem for
its WiMAX network in Perth.