Table 1: Some Current WiMax Operators & Service Deployments

Operator	Location	WiMax activities
Algérie Télécom	Algeria	Deploying WiMax-based Business WLAN service
Altitude	France	Deploying regional 802.16e WiMax networks to supply corporate, ISP and residential users with primary broadband services
Always On Network Bangladesh	Bangladesh	WiMax network deliveingr free Internet access to Bangladesh primary schools and colleges, as well as broadband services to underserved rural and urban areas
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL)	India	To spend up to $750 million on mobile 802.16e WiMax networks in India, covering both urban and rural areas. Initial services in late 2008 or early 2009 for broadband and voice; other applications to follow
Bolloré Telecom	France	Pilot in Paris region in 2007; has 12 regional 802.16e WiMax licences in France
Brasil Telecom	Brazil	Deploying 802.16e WiMax network in in the cities of São Paulo, Curitiba and Porto Alegre and surrounding areas
Casema	Netherlands	Trial in 2007 as part of government-sponsored Smart Homes project to increase community welfare through telecoms
Clearwire / Sprint Nextel (merging into new Clearwire company)	USA	Plans to cover 120 - 140 million people by end 2010. First services in some city areas from existing nonmerged companies due late 2008
Comstar UTS	Russia	Deploying 802.16e mobile WiMax network in Moscow area for service launch in 2008
Consolidated Telecommunications Company	USA	Deploying WiMax networks in central Minnesota for broadband voice and data services
Digicel Group	Caribbean	Deploying 802.16e WiMax to deliver primary voice, data VPN and residential broadband to both corporate and residential customers in various Caribbean countries
DigitalBridge Communications	USA	Deploying WiMax broadband services to small and medium-sized communities of up to 150,000 people nationwide. First service in Rexburg, Idaho, in 2007; 12 cities covered by April 2008. Mobile services introduced in Jackson, Wyoming, in June 2008
Enforta	Russia	Small office, home office, or business communications services offered by a mix of technologies, including WiMax and pre-WiMax, in a network rollout that reached 32 cities by end 2007
Ertach Argentina	Argentina	2007 802.16e WiMax trial in the city of Rosario, targeting SME and corporate users with primary fixed and nomadic broadband services, high-speed Internet and advanced voice services
Etihad Atheeb Telecommunication	Saudi Arabia	Deploying WiMax network to offer widespread broadband access; first service beginning in 2008
Far EasTone Telecom	Taiwan	Deploying Taipei urban WiMax as part of governments M-Taiwan project
FREEDOM4 (formerly Pipex Communications)	UK	Two small pilot city rollouts in 2007; plans national mobile WiMax network
Grupo TVCable	Ecuador	Voice-over-WiMax service
HiTs Africa	Africa	Planning to use WiMax in various African countries
Iberbanda	Spain	Offering high-speed Internet, telephony, data transmission and value-dded services in various regions
Kenya Data Networks	Kenya	KDN Butterfly WiMax-based network offers voice and data services in various Kenyan cities
KPN	Netherlands	Ran WiMax versus HSPA test in 2007
Iliad	France	Trials in 2007
Libya Telecom & Technology (LTT)	Libya	Deploying 802.16e WiMax network to cover Tripoli and seven other main cities
Max Telecom	Bulgaria	Deploying national 802.16e mobile WiMax broadband service
MetroBridge	Canada, USA	Fixed WiMax (no mobility) serving businesses only (no residential customers) in British Columbia, Utah and Arizona
Mipps	Canada	Trials of 802.16e fixed broadband wireless access in 2007
Mobilink	Pakistan	Deploying 802.16e WiMax broadband service in major cities
Monarch Communications	Nigeria	Deploying 802.16e WiMax services for businesses, SOHO, SME and residences. Rollout is planned to begin in Lagos and later in Abuja and Port Harcourt
MSTelecom	Angola	Depolying 802.16e WiMax to support residential and SOHO IP services in Northern Angola
MyTel	Pakistan	Started deployment of WiMax for voice and data communications in Northern Region in 2006
ONEMAX	Dominican Republic	Offers Internet, multimedia and VOIP on 802.16e WiMax
OPEL	Australia	To deploy 1361 WiMax base stations by mid-2009 as part of government-backed Australia Connected national broadband open wholesale service (also uses DSL)
Pacific Internet Philippines	Philippines	Initial WiMax deployment in Greater Metro-Manila area for business services
Personal	Paraguay	Network completed in Asunción and Great Asunción in 2007, with continuing national rollout, offering business and residential services
Pipeline Wireless	USA	Pre-WiMax deployment in Boston metro area being migrated to WiMax mid-2008 for fixed high-bandwidth services with QOS
Primus Telecommunications Canada	Canada	Trials of 802.16e broadband wireless access in 2007
Reliance Communications	India	Plans to deploy WiMax in India
Saudi Telecom	Saudi Arabia	Deploying 802.16e WiMax network in major cities, including Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam
SHD (SFR/Neuf Cegetel JV)	France	802.16e WiMax service in Paris, and planned for Ile-de-France (IDF) and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (PACA) regions by mid-2009
Solo Direct Connect	USA	802.16e WiMax broadband service in greater Quad Cities Area including Davenport and Bettendorf, IA as well Moline/East Moline and Rock Island, IL
Sprint Nextel (meging with Clearwire to form new Clearwire)	USA	XOHM mobile WiMax commercial services start in Baltimore (third quarter 2008) and in Chicago and Washington, DC (fourth quarter)
Summa Telecom	Russia	Plans to build a nationwide WiMax network that will cover some 330 cities by 2010 with fixed and later mobile broadband serivices
Tata Communications	India	Deploying in 10 Indian cities, including Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai. Plans to spend between $500 million and $600 million by 2010 on WiMax networks in India
Telekom Slovenije	Slovenia	WiMax trials began in 2007
Telenor	Norway	Deploying WiMax as fill-in to DSL coverage in rural areas
Telkom	South Africa	Launched Do Broadband Wireless WiMax service in 2007 as DSL fill-in initially
Towerstream	USA	Deploying commercial 802.16e WiMax fixed service in several US cities during 2008; may introduce nomadic services later
TransTelecom	Bulgaria	Initial deployment of 802.16d WiMax in 2006, now upgrading with 802.16e mobile WiMax network, covering central business districts and hot spots in the country's major cities
TVA	Brazil	Trial in Rio Janeiro of 802.16e WiMax
United Information Highway Company	Thailand	Trials completed in 2008 in Bangkok and Phuket of 802.16e WiMax
Unwired Group	Australia	Pre-WiMax ISP to deploy 802.16e mobile WiMax
VDC	Vietnam	Trial deployment in remote village with Intel
Vipfone	Spain	Broadband access in Almeria province since 2007
VSE NET	Germany	802.16e WiMax Saar regional 6Mbit/s broadband service in 2008
VTR	Chile	Deploying 802.16e WiMax to reach 3.4 million homes nationally
Warid	Uganda	Deploying IMS/WiMax network to support advanced services
Wateen Telecom	Pakistan	Deploying national 802.16e WiMax network in Pakistan
Wideway Do Brasil	Brazil	Deploying national WiMax network in Brazil
WiMax Telecom	Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Slovakia, Croatia	Deploying 802.16d and 802.16e WiMax networks mainly for residential broadband Internet and VOIP since 2005. Currently expanding in Croatia (initially the areas of Split and Osijek followed by other regions) and Switzerland. Plans advanced multimedia services
Worldmax	Netherlands	Deploying national 802.16e mobile WiMax service
ZAIN	Bahrain	Deployed national WiMax network for high-speed fixed and nomadic internet and voice services in 2007
Most of these deployments were announced or became operational during 2007 and 2008. Many of the more recent ones use the so-called 802.16e standard, even if only fixed or nomadic services are currently offered. Source: Light Reading, 2008

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