- India's BSNL launched the country's first
urban commercial mobile WiMAX service in Kerala on February 27, Indian Express
reported. Overall, a total of 900 base transceiver stations are being deployed
in Kerala. In the first phase, BSNL has made an investment of one billion
Rupees (US$21.7 million; US$1=46.1 Rupees) in constructing 450 base transceiver
stations to cover major cities, district headquarters, and important towns.
Another 25 base transceiver stations have been commissioned to cover Ernakulam City
and Tripunithura, Kalamassery, Aluva, and Angamaly Muncipalities.
Another 59 are expected to be commissioned in the near future.
- China's Huawei Technologies has inked a WiMAX
equipment supply contract with KT Telecom of Korea, according to a Xinhua News
report on February 24. The deal is valued at around US$182 million. Meanwhile,
Huawei is also slated to provide 700 WiMAX base stations for Indian carrier
BSNL so as to complete the deployment of BSNL's WiMAX network by the end of
March 2010.