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Dr. Rais Yatim, Information, Communication and Culture Minister for Malaysia, said that if the nation’s three WiMAX operators don’t step up their game and improve coverage by the end of this year, their spectrum licenses will be revoked. YTL e-Solutions, Asiaspace Dotcom and REDtone International all agreed to to offer coverage to 25% of the country by the end of this year, and to 50% by the end of the next year. With only four and a half months left, the government is issuing a warning that if they don’t comply, the 2.3 GHz wireless spectrum that they purchased will be revoked. “We have given them warnings to prove why their licences should not be revoked by the end of the year if they do not fulfil their responsibility as required by their licences” said Dr. Yatim. Talk about playing hardball, I would not want to be the guy who is on the other side of that waving finger.
[Via: The Star]
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
