Malaysia will unveil the winners of licences to operate wireless broadband WiMax services by the end of February, the Star newspaper on Saturday quoted Communications Minister Lim Keng Yaik as saying.
Malaysia, scrambling to boost Internet transfer speeds and catch up with its more technology-savvy Asian neighbours, has said it aims to launch the service this year. The announcement will end months of speculation on which companies will be allocated the 2.3 GHz spectrum.
Lim did not disclose how many WiMax licences the government plans to issue.
"We are still finalising the details," he said.
In October, he said Malaysia planned to make available three licences to operate WiMax services in a re-tender of spectrum, after the original tender was cancelled in July because its specifications were not in line with ministry policy.
A total of 17 firms applied for the WiMax spectrum. They include Telekom Malaysia , Maxis Communications , DiGi.Com , Redtone International and NasionCom Holdings.
WiMax is similar to the more familiar WiFi technology featured on most laptops, but it has a higher capacity and operates across much larger distances.
It was developed to beam the Internet across cities using radio networks with much wider ranges than WiFi, which is normally limited to "hotspot" areas of around 50 to 100 metres.
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