Major news on Wi-Max in ITALY - Competitive tender for licenses allocation
Posted by ninopatane on September 28, 2007
On 26th September 2007, the Broadband Business Forum and Von Italy took place in Rome. During the session, dedicated to the new BWA technologies, the Minister of Communications, Mr Gentiloni, officially stated that the competitive tender for the WiMax license allocation is to be held in the next few days. Later, in the section dedicated to Questions and Answers, Mr Vimercati, Communications deputy Minister, assured that the possibility to choose between the standard 802.16d (the 2004) and version 802.16e will be granted to the winners of the tender. Having been asked on the same subject, Mr Decina, Professor of Telecommunications Faculty at Politecnico of Milan and President of Ugo Bordoni Foundation, confirmed that the option to choose freely between the two standards will be left to the winners.
