WiMAX Development in Asia June 21-27
June 26, 2010
Malaysian WiMAX carrier Packet One Networks and
Korean SK Telecom, which reached a plan for stake sale in late May, said on
June 22 that a partnership agreement to the effect will be signed on June 29,
according to Dow Jones Newswires. It is reported that SK Telecom plans to spend
US$100 million on purchasing a 25.77% stake in Packet One. Furthermore, along
with the partnership agreement, Packet One revealed that it will roll out the
first WiMAX-enabled notebook PCs in Malaysia, which are developed in
partnership with Intel.