December 13, 2007, The Nation Multimedia

NTC APPROVES WI-MAX TESTING

The 12 are True Move, True Universal Communications, Nokia-Siemens, Ericsson, Loxley, CAT Telecom, TOT, Samart Telcoms-Provincial Electricity Authority, Transpacific Thailand, Triple T Broadband, Shin Satellite and United Communication Industry.

Recently, Wide Broadband, a subsidiary of Total Access Communication, applied for similar permission to test Wi-Max from the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).

Wi-Max - short for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access - provides wireless data at high-speed over long distances. Telecom operators aim to utilise Wi-Max to complement their existing wireline broadband services.

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