MWeb tests WiMAX services with Alvarion equipmentSouth African ISP MWeb has announced the launch of a broadband internet WiMAX trial in Cape Town and Johannesburg. The trial will involve around 1,000 home and business users testing its mobile WiMAX services. MWeb has recently been allocated a WiMAX test licence by regulator Icasa, with MWeb hoping to secure a commercial WiMAX licence when the remaining spectrum is allocated later in 2007. The trial is a continuation of the successful fixed WiMAX network deployed by MWeb in Namibia in February 2007. It will deploy eight base stations for trial - five in Johannesburg and three in Cape Town. It will test a number of uncapped connectivity options aimed at the consumer, small business and corporate markets, along with voice and video services. It will be testing the 802.16e Mobile WiMAX standard with equipment from Alvarion Technologies.
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