WiMax, Italian style
Posted Dec 29th 2006 7:14AM by Michael Sciannamea
Filed under: WiMax, Government, Business
The Italian government says it will be opening up spectrum to allow room for WiMax and will offer licenses for space in the band in 2007.
WiMax hasn't gotten much traction in the European market as of yet, and this looks like a fairly significant step in the technology's quest to gain a foothold on the continent. According to the Italian government, the sale of licenses is not expected to bring in more than a few hundred million euros, but whoever gets those licenses will have a clear advantage moving forward.
It will be interesting to see if the big WiMax supporters like Intel will swoop in and attempt to corner the market early on in the process.
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