Case Studies

Danske Telecom has its headquarters in Copenhagen. With its considerable nationwide spectrum holdings in the 3.5 GHz band, Danske Telecom has deployed a WiMAX network comprising 72 base station sites in 7 cities. Broadband services were launched in Denmark’s three largest cities, Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense in October of 2005. By mid February 2008 Danske Telecom had extended coverage to 7 cities covering more than 550,000 Danish households and about 40% of the population.

DigitalBridge Communications Corporation1 (DBC) is the largest private WiMAX™ operator in the United States, with headquarters in Ashburn, Virginia. Founded in 2005, DBC adopted WiMAX technology to deliver broadband services to underserved regions nationwide. Its primary focus is on communities with populations up to 150,000. The company currently has operations in 15 communities in 6 states providing broadband services to residential consumers and small to medium size businesses. Enterprise solutions for larger businesses and governments are also available, and are a part of the current customer base. Providing WiMAX-based fixed and mobile Internet services are core to the DBC strategy. DBC is focused on being the leader in the delivery of WiMAX services to underserved markets in the United States, and has been an active participant in the broadband stimulus application process in the U.S.

KT, then known as Korea Telecom, was founded in 1981 as a wireline operator. In the past several years, KT, leveraging its wireline network, has emerged to be a leading broadband provider for DSL services. In January 2005, KT was one of three companies awarded a nationwide license for 27 MHz of spectrum in the 2.3 to 2.4 GHz band for the delivery of wireless broadband (WiBro†) services. In December 2005, KT conducted a trial demonstrating mobile broadband performance up to 120 km/hr with average data rates per user of 3 mbps in the downlink and 1 mbps in the uplink soft commercial launch of WiBro services occurred in June 2006 followed by a full commercial launch in April 2007 making KT the first company in Korea to commercially launch WiBro services.

MAX Telecom is a next generation telecommunications operator deploying a Mobile WiMAX network in the Eastern European country of Bulgaria. Max Telecom provides a full range of fast, high quality, reliable and cost effective telecommunication products and services including: mobile or fixed Internet access, VPNs, Voice services, video and IPTV. Max Telecom’s objective is to develop a competitive service offering that provides its customers high quality, up-to-date services by making use of the latest in Next Generation Network (NGN) technology coupled with an advanced billing system (both post and pre-pay), and state-of-the art call center.

 Scarlet B.V. is a Netherlands Antilles based wireless telecommunications carrier operating throughout the Dutch Caribbean. Scarlet launched its flagship Scarlet One broadband service in 2005 using the Navini (now Cisco) proprietary CDMA-based system with its critical adaptive beam-forming technology. The system was converted to WiMAX™ in 2008, and operates in a 30 MHz block of the 2.3 GHz spectrum band. As of 3Q2009, Scarlet began work on again updating its WiMAX network.

Case Study Coming December 1st, 2009

Wateen Telecom is the Abu Dhabi Group’s latest communication investment in Pakistan. After the successful launch of Warid Telecom in Pakistan, which has the largest post-paid GSM subscriber base in Pakistan, Wateen Telecom has been set up to become the leading “Carrier’s Carrier” providing quality, reliability and affordability in the communication & media sector and bringing Next Generation services to customers’ doorstep. A giant in the making, Wateen Telecom is a power house that will soon touch over 30 million businesses and home users in urban, suburban and rural locations in Pakistan. Its services include international and nationwide telephony, Internet access, data connectivity, Cable TV, Video on demand, Video Surveillance, Data Centers, Disaster Recovery and Video Conferencing.

Worldmax Operations B.V. is an Amsterdam-based Dutch telecommunications company founded in August 2006 to supply 4G mobile broadband in the Netherlands. The company received significant investment from Greenfield Capital Partners and Intel Capital. Through Enertel Holding, Worldmax owns a nationwide license for 80 MHz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band (3500 – 3580 MHz). In June of 2008 Worldmax put its license to use, launching a Mobile WiMAX™ network under the brand name Aerea. Aerea offers mobile access to the internet via Mobile WiMAX, enabling applications such as high-speed browsing, online gaming, Internet TV, VoIP.