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Latin America's First Wimax E Launch

October 2007 | Company News Alert

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Latin America's first WiMAX e launch took place on Wednesday in Chile. Mexican company Telmex showcased the new technology in front of the head of Chile's regulator and announced its intention to deploy the service in stages and aims to have the same coverage as fixed WiMAX services by the end of H108. Telmex is a new entrant into the broadband market having resolved legal issues relating to its acquisition of a WiMAX licence were finally resolved in January. The network will be incorporated into the IP MPLS network which uses equipment from