List of WiMAX networks

This is a list of proposed and deployed WiMAX networks by country.

Contents:	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Angola

• MSTelcom is deploying a nationwide project at 2.5 GHz. About 60% of Luanda is covered. Data and voice over IP are among the services to be supplied to the end-users.

Australia

• Adam Internet operates a Fixed WiMAX network in the Metropolitan area of Adelaide, South Australia in the 5.0 GHz band. Speeds up to 12 Mbps are achievable.
• Agile Communications operates Fixed WiMAX networks in the Coorong, Yorke Peninsula, and Riverlands areas of South Australia, retailed by partner ISP.
• Vividwireless owned by Television Broadcast station Channel 7, offers broadband products ranging from 1GB of data to Unlimited data, with speeds of up to 20mbps.

B

Bangladesh

• BanglaLion BanglaLion Communications Ltd using WiMAX standard 802.16e and onward revisions only. It has the largest coverage in Bangladesh and allows VoIP services as well.
• Qubee Launched wireless broadband Internet services for residential and business customers in Dhaka in October 2009.

Barbados

• TeleBarbados uses WiMAX to cover most of the island of Barbados in partnership with its subsidiary Freemotion.

Belarus

• Beltelecom has developed WiMAX network under the ByFly brand.

Bulgaria

• Trans Telecom (4ever) has deployed a network with mobile WiMAX technology in 42 towns.
• Max Telecom holds a class A license in the 3.5 GHz band (2 x 21 MHz) and has deployed a network with mobile WiMAX technology in 14 towns so far.
• Nexcom Bulgaria has deployed a WiMAX network in Bulgaria that has coverage in the biggest cities.

C

Canada

• Bell Canada, and Rogers Communications offer a shared WiMAX-like network in partnership with Inukshuk Wireless (although Inukshuk uses mostly pre-WiMAX for its own network). Bell Canada offers their Portable and Rural Bell WiMAX Internet services in many cities in Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec. Rogers offers their Portable Internet (WiMAX) service in over 150 communities across Canada.
• EvoShift Communications (evoshift.com) Launched its WiMAX network in Victoria, BC on Jan 19, 2011. Using Purewave 802.16e 3.65 GHz WiMAX equipment they can provide competitive Internet and VoIP solutions.
• Sogetel offers WiMAX service for Nicolet-Yamaska and Bécancour in Quebec.
• Craig Wireless is planning on offering commercial 2.5 GHz WiMAX service to Vancouver, British Columbia and Winnipeg, Manitoba.
• Primus Canada and Mipps Inc. are now (May'07) jointly conducting WiMAX IEEE 802.16e-2005 (3.5 GHz) trials in Hamilton, Ontario, using Alcatel-Lucent's new WiMAX equipment
• ABC Communications (www.abccommunications.com) offers 3.5 GHz WiMAX service in a number of communities in the interior of BC.

Cayman Islands

• Digicel has deployed 802.16d & 802.16e technology for its Digicel Broadband solution.

Colombia

• In July 2006 Orbitel launched in Cali the first WiMAX network of Colombia.
• On January 20, 2006, Colombian company Telecom launched a PRE-WiMAX network in Bucaramanga. Orbitel, ETB and Telecom hold 3.5 GHz licences for the entire country. Nowadays other cities with WiMAX are Cali, Bogotá, Cúcuta, Barranquilla, Cartagena and Medellín.

Congo

• Elix has deployed a citywide WiMAX network in the city of Kinshasa, using licensed spectrum at 3.5 GHz.

Costa Rica

• Radiografica Costarricense S.A. (RACSA, a part of the state owned Grupo ICE) started offering the service on the second week of 2008.

Croatia

• Novi-net offers WiMAX in Međimurje county, Dubrovnik telekom in Dubrovnik
• Optima Telekom have operating WiMAX with Siemens equipment in Osijek, Rijeka, Split, Cakovec, Opatija, Valpovo and Djakovo but getting out of business.
• WiMAX Telecom started to build network with Alcatel-Lucent equipment.3.5 GHz frequencies .
• OiV just get licences.

D

Dominican Republic

• Since October 2007, the first WiMAX ISP Onemax delivers both telephony and internet access, using licenced spectrum at 3.5 GHz, to both home and business customers in Santo Domingo. Also, TRICOM ([2]) it is currently offering WiMAX services to its business customers, on a first implementation phase (town Bavaro; also the municipalities of Haina, Santo Domingo Oeste, Santo Domingo Norte and Greater Santo Domingo). Recently, there's a third WiMAX provider, Wind Telecom, that offers not only telephony and data, but also subscription-based digital television broadcasting.

E

Egypt

• The National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) issues WiMAX licensed bands to companies requiring license for using the technology for data transfer.

Estonia

• A total of 4 licenses in the 3.5-3.6 GHz range have been issued to 5 companies. Three of them (Norby Telecom, Baltic Broadband and Tele2) have national-wide licenses and two companies (Levira and Elion) share the same frequency, but Elion can use it only in Tallinn and Harjumaa region and Levira in the whole country except of Tallinn and Harjumaa.

Ethiopia

• The incumbent operator (and state-owned monopoly) ETC has deployed a fixed WiMAX network in the capital city of Addis Abeba using the 3.5 GHz band.

F

Finland

• There are some 15 WiMAX operators in Finland spread throughout the country. The coverage is mainly concentrated on the rural areas and Lapland.

France

• HDRR, a subsidiary of TDF has announced the deployment of mobile WiMAX in the Loiret region of France. He was bought by Bolloré Telecom in 2008.

G

Georgia

• VTEL-Georgia utilizes a spectrum in the 2.3 GHz band to operate a WiMAX network in 802.16e standard. Commercial operation in cities of Tbilisi, Batumi, Poti and Rustavi has been started in December, 2008.

Germany

• In December 2006, 3.4–3.6 GHz band broadband wireless access (BWA) licenses were issued through an auction by the federal regulator Bundesnetzagentur. Clearwire, Inquam and DBD now hold licences for the entire country, two smaller companies hold regional licenses. These licenses are designed for the use with WiMAX technology.

Greece

• OTE claims to have set up two large pilot WiMAX networks in operation in Attiki and one in Mount Athos and to be planning nationwide deployment. [3] As of now, no availability, pricing, or expected dates of commercial deployment have been announced.

Guyana

• Within the geographic boundaries of Le Ressouvenir (ECD) to Agricola (EBD), Diamond , E-Networks offers WiMax internet service. They also offer IPTV and VoIP services over their network.

I

India

• BSNL

Indonesia

• The Indonesian government announced on January 22, 2009, two ministry decrees and three regulations releasing spectrum at 2.3 GHz and 3.3 GHz for wireless broadband access across all regions of Indonesia. This means Indonesia will using 2.3 GHz band for the Wimax 16.e standard while 3.3 GHz will be used for the 16.d standard.
• Indonesia already able to build their own total solution for Wimax including chips and equipments
• Wimax trial had been held by Indonesian government in mid-October 2008 to provide internet broadband in the Bandung area.
• Based on trial and local content requisites, two vendors (TRG & HARIFF) had been approved by Indonesian government to sell Wimax 16.d equipment to the operators who won wimax 16.d license.
• XIRKA is focusing their business in Wimax chipset.
• TRG, HARIFF & LEN are preparing their product for Wimax 16.e Auction.
• Commercial deployment planned in 2009.
• In July 2009, Indonesian government had announcement the winner of Wimax 16.d license in 15 zones. The winner for each region are:
  • Zone 1 covering North Sumatera region, won by PT First Media Tbk.
  • Zone 2 covering Center Sumatera region, won by PT Berca Hardaya Perkasa.
  • Zone 3 covering South Sumatera region, won by PT Berca Hardaya Perkasa.
  • Zone 4 covering Banten, Jakarta, Bogor, Tanggerang & Bekasi, won by PT First Media.
  • Zone 5 covering west Java, won by PT Comtronic System and PT Adiwarta Perdana.
  • Zone 6 covering center Java, won by PT Telkom.
  • Zone 7 covering east Java, won by PT Comtronic System dan PT Adiwarta Perdana.
  • Zone 8 covering Bali and NTB, won by PT Berca Hardaya Perkasa.
  • Zone 9 covering Papua, won by APJII' Consortium & PT Telkom.
  • Zone 10 covering Maluku won by APJII' consortium & PT Telkom.
  • Zone 11 covering south Sulawesi, won by PT Berca Hardaya Perkasa.
  • Zone 12 covering North Sulawesi, won by PT Telkom.
  • Zone 13 covering west Kalimantan, won by PT Berca Hardaya Perkasa.
  • Zone 14 covering east Kalimantan, won by PT Berca Hardaya Perkasa.
  • Zone 15 covering Riau, won by APJII' Consortium & PT Berca Hardaya Perkasa.
• Wimax 16.e auction will be start in 2010 and announced in 2011.

Iran

• Irancell Wimax network in Tehran, Karaj, Mashhad, Tabriz, Isfahan, Shiraz and Ahwaz.
• Mobinnet Only Country width Wimax Network
• Datak Telecom
• Laser Telecom
• Spadan
• Rayaneh Danesh

Ireland

• Irish Broadband
• Intel Ireland WiMAX Trials

Italy

• Italian Ministry of Defense currently holds the 3.5 GHz band, and is about to free the band through auctions in order to let the government sell licences. Bloggers and members of consumers associations have started protests against this way of assigning the frequencies. The members of the unofficial Italian Pirate Party are currently organizing a Googlebombing. The Ministry of Defense released the band and recently Ministry of Communications has announced that WiMAX licences contest will be in September 2007 or nearly. All licenses available were awarded to different operators in an auction ended on 27 February 2008. Public services should start soon.

J

Jamaica

• Digicel has deployed an 802.16d network.

Japan

• UQ Communications is a telecommunications company in Japan that provides nationwide WiMAX service. On Feb. 26, 2009, UQ started its mobile WiMAX service in Tokyo, Yokohama, and Kawasaki. The highest speed WiMAX can suggest is 40 Mbit/s down and 7.2 Mbit/s up. Among UQ investors are Intel Capital Corporation, East Japan Railway Company, KYOCERA Corporation, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. and others.

Jordan

Five companies offer WiMAX services in the Kingdom:

• Umniah Mobile Communications
• Wi-tribe
• Kulacom
• Zain Jordan
• Mada Communications

K

Kenya

• AccessKenya has used WiMAX for its broadband residential service, Access@Home in the cities of Nairobi and Mombasa. AccessKenya has currently deployed one of the largest WiMAX Network in East Africa.
• Safaricom WIMAX Internet services for SOHO & residential customers

Korea(South)

• WiBro is served by KT and SK Telecom.

L

Libya

• Libya Telecom & Technology, the national Internet service provider, deployed the first commercial WiMAX network based on the 802.16e-2005 WiMAX standard in Libya. LTT launched the commercial service on the network in January 2008.

Lithuania

• AB Lietuvos radijo ir televizijos centras deployed the first commercial WiMAX network MEZON based on the 802.16 WiMAX standard in Lithuania. LRTC launched the commercial service on the network in March 2009.

M

Malaysia

• Licences have been awarded to Green Packet Bhd, REDtone International Bhd, YTL e-Solutions Bhd and Asiaspace Dotcom Sdn Bhd to provide WiMAX services, service rollout began with P1's network in August 2008.
• Packet One Networks has deployed WiMAX in the 2.3 GHz band in Peninsular Malaysia with coverage in most major city areas under the brand P1. It was launched in August 2008. P1 initially offered an up-to-10 Mbps "Wiggy" package (the fastest offered speed for wireless Internet at the time it was introduced), but the package has since been discontinued as the system was found to be unable to achieve or sustain the speed in real-world conditions and the company received criticisms as a result. The fastest package offered is now an up-to-3 Mbps "Wiggy" package. A no-fuss prepaid 800 kpbs package is also available. Packet One Networks' parent company, Green Packet, builds the transceivers for Packet One Networks.
• YTL e-Solutions Bhd launched its WIMAX service under the brand YES on 19 November 2010. Like P1's solution, it uses the 2.3 GHz band. Unlike the other providers, it is only offered as a no-fuss prepaid Internet service with voice and Text Messaging as value added services. There is no official announcement on the speed of the connection of the service, but speeds of up to 12 Mbps have been recorded in metropolitan areas, with speeds of up to 2 Mbps being recorded in rural areas. Coverage is said to be most major city and rural areas in Malaysia, however there are many areas that still lack service coverage. YTL sources its transceivers from Infomark Korea.
• Asiaspace Dotcom announced that its WiMAX network will be called AMAX. Currently the service only covers certain parts of the Klang Valley as a market test. No definite launch date is provided. The maximum speed available is 1.5 Mbps to consumers and 2 Mbps to businesses in the trial markets. However, unlike YES and P1, AMAX's service appears to be available on a monthly flat fee with no quota.
• Acting on YTL's deployment of YES, REDtone has since deployed its WiMAX infrastructure under the name of REDtone Broadband WiMAX. Like AMAX, the packages are offered is a flat-rate monthly service, although unlike AMAX there is a quota depending on the package chosen. REDtone's fastest speed offered is 2 Mbps to both home and office. Currently the service only covers the major cities in the East Coast of Malaysia.

Macedonia

• National licences have been awarded to two operators, Cosmoline Greece and Nexcom Macedonia to provide fixed WiMAX services, service roll out targeted by end of 2007.
• Regional licences have been awarded to Neotel, Cosmofon and Istel in 2007. Neotel implements and operates mobile WiMAX 3.5 GHz network and provides services in the whole country.

Malta

• Three licences in 3.5 GHz band awarded by the Malta Communications Authority to Vodafone, Go Mobile, Cellcom in October 2005. Only Vodafone has commercially launched a broadband and VOIP service over WiMAX in July 2007 and will have country wide coverage by end November 2007.

Mexico

• In October 2005 Axtel commercialized WiMAX for Monterrey city.
• Ultranet2go provides WiMAX services in four states: Veracruz, Puebla, Tamaulipas and Aguascalientes.
• The University of Guadalajara, in collaboration with the Government of Jalisco, has begun the development of a WiMAX network in the state of Jalisco, which will provide free Internet access to the population, as well as a better communications infrastructure for the government through a new intranet system.

Mongolia

• Since March 2005 company Ulusnet is providing WiMAX solution for Ulaanbaatar city.

Montenegro

• Licences have been awarded to four operators: T-Mobile, Broadband Montenegro, m:tel and Telenor Montenegro to provide WiMAX services; service rollout began in October 2007 (m:tel).

Myanmar

• Yatanarpon
• Redlink Communications Co,. Ltd.

N

The Netherlands

• On June 17, 2008 Worldmax launched its WiMAX service in Amsterdam on the 3.5 GHz band, the first commercial WiMAX network in Europe. The network was available anywhere inside the A10 motorway, a ringroad around Amsterdam and promised speeds up to 8 Mbit/s. The service closed down in July 2010 after Worldmax was informed by the Dutch Ministry of Defense that they were causing radio interference with a satellite station owned by the Ministry of Defense. For reasons of national security, they were forced to restrict Worldmax' frequency license. This caused Worldmax to cease their operations in the Amsterdam area

New Zealand

• CallPlus purchased 3.5 GHz WiMAX spectrum and are deploying Alvarion from Auckland North. This is run under the wholesale brand Blue Reach.

Nicaragua

• Russian Mobile WiMAX operator Yota (Scartel) (ru): December 2009 - test operations in Managua.

Nigeria

• MTN Group MTN Nigeria biggest Nigerian GSM operator purchased XS Broadband a privately owned Pre-Wimax company and inherited a 3.5GhZ wimax licence in 24 states.The Nigerian Operations has deployed wimax network in 6 cities targeting the low income masses in a joint project with the telco regulator (NCC) called the SABI PROJECT.
• Other Licencees,include Mobitel , Swift Networks, IpNX etc.

Norway

• Network operated by NextGenTel.
• NextNet is the leading WIMAX provider in Norway with about 8500 customers

P

Pakistan

• Qubee
• Wateen Telecom
• Wi-tribe (Qtel)
• Mobilink Infinity

Poland

• Netia networks in about 50 Cities
• NASK ~5 Cities
• Crowley Data Poland
• SferaNET
• INEA

Philippines

• Wi-Tribe
• Globe WiMAX
• Smart WiMAX

R

Romania

In April 2010, Canadian company Redline Communications announced they had signed a contract with the National Society of Radiocommunications - Radiocom - to deliver equipments required for the implementation of the WiMax Network. Redline will deliver the equipment for Radiocom through its Romanian partner, Omnilogic. In order to provide broadband connectivity to authorities, schools and companies in Romania, Redline Communications will deliver its 3.6-3Ghz RedMax UX, according to agerpress. In November 2010, with a delay of a few months, Radiocom has officially launched a part of their WiMax network, covering 17 major cities and 7 other cities. The connection fee was set at 7 Eur/month (1Mbps speed limit, unlimited traffic), 9 Eur/month (2Mbps), 14 Eur/month (4Mbps). The provider estimates 2-3000 users connected by the end of 2010 and about 10.000 users by the end of 2011. The company is focused on providing internet access to rural areas or smaller cities. Source: Hotnews.

Russia

WiMAX operators are allowed to use 2.3 GHz, 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz frequency bands; since outdoor UMTS-2100 is not allowed in Moscow, WiMAX is gaining widespread adoption for wireless broadband access in that region.

• Yota (Scartel) (ru) (IEEE 802.16e-2005, 2.5-2.7 GHz, yota.ru) is the first commercial Mobile WiMAX operator in Russia. As of Autumn 2009, commercial operation has commenced in Moscow and St. Petersburg with partial coverage of Moscow Oblast and Leningrad Oblast, and free public testing started in Ufa, Sochi and Krasnodar. A network is under construction in Samara. In the next 3 years, coverage should spread to 180 Russian cities and towns with population over 100 000; coverage of Moscow Oblast and Leningrad Oblast should improve as well.
• Comstar-WiMAX (Comstar-OTS) (ru) (IEEE 802.16e-2005, 2.5 GHz, wimax.comstar.ru) is the second commercial operator in Russia to begin operations; currently offers WiMAX services in Moscow only and does not plan any extension of coverage.

S

Saudi Arabia

• GO Etihad Atheeb Telecom Co. "GO" is an operator that provides Internet and VOIP services.

• Mobily Mobily is a mobile phone operator that also provides WiMAX internet services via its subsidiary Bayanat Bayanat Al Oula for Network Services.

• ITC, Integrated Telecom Company is a DSP (Data Service Provider) who provides internet services to ISPs, Corporate & Residential Clients. They have also deployed more than 13,000 KM Fiber Optic in the Kingdom. ITC provides WiMAX internet services via its subsidiary Zooom Broadband to its residential customer.

Spain

• Eurona small operator born in Catalunya and with deployments all over the country. Eurona deploys wimax 802.16d equipment giving services to rural areas and small cities with services from 18 euros for residential users to simetric services of over 20 Mb/s for companies. Eurona is also completing its offer with phone lines and VOIP services.

• Euskaltel is the cable operator from the Basque Country. The initial project includes broadband to rural areas with prices between 22 euros a month for 300 kbit/s and 39 euros for 1 Mbit/s. A phone line costs additional 13.75 euros. [4] (in Spanish).
• Iberbanda bought by Telefónica in 2006, has the largest number of customers. Iberbanda offers 1 Mbit/s 12 month home contract options Avi (only internet for 29.90 euro/month), or AviPack (internet and phone line for 35.90 euro/month). There are also more expensive 2Mbit/s contracts. [5] [6]
• In the past, aLÓ offered WiMAX to corporate customers.
• Clearwire is now offering WiMAX service under the name Instanet to Málaga and will also be available to Seville soon.

Sri Lanka

• Dialog Telekom began commercial operations in late 2006 and offers speeds of up to 4 Mbit/s. Sri Lanka Telecom has also launched test transmission in certain areas. However there are problems as the local pay television operator Comet Cable uses some of the WiMAX bandwidths.
• Lanka Bell launched commercial operations in early 2008.
• SUNTEL has started the Wi-Max BroadBand
• Lanka Bell and Suntel, are already offering WiMAX services on the 3.5G spectrum in 375 base stations throughout the country
• SKYnetwork (subsidiary of Srilanka Telecom) also going to launch the WiMAX network by March 2010. Huawei technologies is providing the equipments for the network implementation. They are going to use 30 bandwidth, 10M per each sector.

Sweden

• Telia Sonera has installed WiMAX in 21 counties.

South Africa

• [NEOTEL] Neotel is working on wimax tecnology .

T

Taiwan

• Global Mobile
• VMax
• FarEasTone
• Tatung Infocomm

Tajikistan

• Babilon-T has launched Mobile WiMax at 2.3 GHz in Dec. 2010, covering all major cities. Speeds up to 18Mbps are achievable. NGN telephony is provided for WiMax customers under WiPhone brand.

Tanzania

• Startel also known as raha.com, operates a WiMAX network in the Dar-es-salaam city using Airspan. Speeds up to 12Mbps are achievable.

U

The United Kingdom

• Attend 2 Ltd, a WiMax service that covers the South East of England.
• ConnectMK, a company owned by the Milton Keynes Council, currently operates a WiMAX network in the town of Milton Keynes, the first one in the UK to have this service.
• Digital Teesdale, a WiMax network that has started operating in the Teesdale area in the North of England.
• Urban WiMax, a WiMax service that covers central London (travelcard Zone 1 and some of Zone 2).

The United States

• Antelecom, Inc. Broadband provides WiMAX service using the 3.65Ghz range in Southern California (North Los Angeles and Southern Kern counties).
• AT&T Alaska is currently offering WiMAX technology in the 2.3 GHz range to deployments in the Anchorage & Juneau areas. AT&T previously had multiple WiMAX trials in other areas & seemed to be interested in using it as a last mile solution and still owns additional 2.3 GHz spectrum in some Southern states.
• Carrier Services Groupholds licenses for 2.5&3.6 in several regions in Ohio Cleveland, Youngstown and warren.
• Clearwire holds 2.5 GHz licenses in several regions, and is deploying a nationwide network to rival the other nationwide carriers and currently has commercial WiMAX deployments in 71 U.S. markets covering 110 million people and separately markets it under the brand CLEAR. At the end of 2008, Sprint Nextel merged their WiMAX operations (under the XOHM brand), with additional investment from five other technology companies to create the "new" Clearwire. Comcast, Sprint, and Time Warner Cable acting as wholesale providers are now providing access to the same underlying WiMAX network as well.
• Polytechnic Institute of NYU has a WiMAX network for experimental purpose installed at their Brooklyn,NY campus.
• Xanadoo operates WiMAX networks in Texas, Oklahoma, and Illinois. They also run Navini Networks-based pre-WiMAX networks & have holdings in the 2.5 GHz spectrum in multiple markets in the mid-west.
• Towerstream offers WiMAX-based internet service to businesses in 9 US cities, including Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Providence, San Francisco and Seattle.
• River Canyon Wireless Provides up to 2 Mbit point to multipoint with (up to) 8 Mbit burst Motorola Canopy internet service in Moab & Green River, Utah. Also has Redline based systems in Monticello, and Blanding, Utah, however, these systems do not support the 8 Mbit burst. Main service area is Moab, Utah.
• Rainbow Broadband serves New York City businesses with WiMAX-based internet at speeds exceeding 100Mbit in Manhattan and surrounding boroughs (subject to line-of-sight limitations.)
• Northern Michigan University, working with Intel, Lenovo, Motorola and Cisco, has deployed a WiMAX network covering the City of Marquette, Michigan. Right now, most of the City of Marquette has solid access to the WiMAX network, as well as some points as far south as Chocolay Township and west as Marquette Township. Currently, students and faculty of NMU have access to the network; along with certain city personnel.

Uganda

• TMP (Uganda)

Z

Zimbabwe

• Broadlands Networks operates a Mobile WiMAX (802.16e-2005) network using Huawei Technologies equipment covering Harare, Bulawayo and Gweru. Broadlands has also acquired pre-802.16m WiMAX equipment which is being tried in Harare. Bulawayo & Gweru already have the service up and running.

See also

• Internet access worldwide - lists broadband (mostly on fixed-line) Internet access solutions worldwide
• Municipal wireless network - lists cities with Wi-Fi networks