Letters from the Equator

Malaysia scraps WiMax license:

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060718/3/2nakr.html

“The tender has to be recalled because the specifications are not according to ministry policies,” Communications Minister Lim Keng Yaik told reporters at an industry conference.

Lim said he was disappointed with industry regulator the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), adding that the conditions for the tender did not take into account the building of infrastructure and content.

But he did not say when the tender would be reissued.

Meanwhile, in Singapore:

http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/communications/0,39044192,39307240,00.htm

QMax Communications today unveiled plans to offer pre-mobile WiMax services initially to selected estates across the island-state, marking the end of a long wait for commercial releases of such services.

The wireless broadband ISP (Internet service provider) is a joint venture between ISP Qala Singapore and entertainment equipment maker Creative Technology…

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