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We’ve been keeping you updated on all the various WiMAX deployments on their way in Pakistan. Other than the lacklustre marketing that plagued Wateen’s initial launch, so far has been so good. Today we got news from Australia that Buzz Broadband’s WiMAX network, the first to go live Down Under, has failed miserably and has [...]

More than a year after Pakistan announced the world’s largest WiMax network, India is following suit with a somewhat modest 200,000 user deployment. Tata group will be investing $500M over 3 years to build out a WiMax infrastructure primarily for commercial use. In Pakistan, the magnitude of WiMax adoption has been far more significant. Wateen [...]

PTCL (Pakistan Telecommunications Corporation Ltd.) has an uphill battle ahead of it as the number of its landline subscribers continues to shrink by the day. PTCL’s wireless services, Ufone and VPTCL, have been doing well, but the company still needs to offer value added services and widen its wireless subscriber base if it is to [...]

Here is a list of our predictions for 2008. While most of these predictions have to do with technology and IT companies in Pakistan, some of them are political. We’ll circle back on Jan 1 2009 to see how accurate our crystal ball was; until then, we’d love to hear your opinions! Share this:

This is possibly the largest WiMax network currently operational, in the world. After much poking and prodding, it seems Wateen has listened to us and delivered the goods. While I don’t yet have a personal experience to report to our readers, suffice to say the Wateen website is proclaiming general availability. Moreover, this piece of [...]

The wireless industry has made great strides in Pakistan, and the Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) is planning to build on this momentum by pushing aggressively for 3G deployments through multiple carriers currently operating in the country. An article that appeared in The News outlines the PTA’s plan to hold a spectrum auction for 3G and [...]

The Sprint-Nextel Board of Directors have decided to replace current CEO Gary Foresee because they’re apparently pretty unhappy with his massive investments in Sprint’s WiMax implementation. So far, Sprint’s WiMax implementation is the largest WiMax infrastructure effort in the US – probably the world – and is designed to support 125 million users. The softlaunch [...]