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]