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P1 W1MAX Coverage Update – 6th April 2011

Published by Penang Wimax Admin in About Penang, Malaysia Wimax, P1 Wimax, Reseller Updates, Wimax General on April 6th, 2011 | No Comments »

P1 W1MAX Coverage Update – 6^th April 2011

Site ID	State	Area	Location
S0085	Melaka	Melaka Town	Taman Siantan Puri
S0086	Melaka	Melaka Town	Taman Melaka Mall
C10513	Selangor	Rawang	Rawang Town
C10682	Selangor	Kota Perdana	Taman Pinggiran Putra
C10710	Selangor	PJ	SS22
N20262	Kedah	Sungai Petani	Taman Wang
N20560	Kedah	Sungai Petani	Taman Nilam
N10527	Penang	Mainland	Prai
N20239	Kedah	Sungai Petani	Bandar Puteri Jaya
C10897	Selangor	Klang	Taman Wangi
N00442	Perak	Ipoh	Taman Ipoh Timur
C11162	Selangor	Subang	Taman Subang Mas
C0252	Selangor	Shah Alam	Seksyen 14
C11078	Selangor	Puchong	Kampung Pasir Baru
N0040	Penang	Island	Kampung Belachan
N20203	Kedah	Alor Setar	Anak Bukit
C11153	Selangor	Klang	Taman Nilam
C11350	Selangor	Subang	Taman Nusa Subang
N20603	Kedah	Sungai Petani	Kampung Masjid
N10245	Penang	Prai	Kampung Tok Ebot
C0371	N 9	Seremban	Taman Tengku Ampuan Najihah
C0385	N 9	Seremban	Seremban Jaya
C10876	Selangor	Gombak	Kampung Sungai Pusu
C10628	WP	Sentul	Pasar Sentul
C20715	N 9	Seremban	Taman Tengku Ampuan Najihah
N00235	Perak	Bota	Bandar Sri Iskandar
N10526	Penang	Butterworth	Kampung Benggali
N20158	Kedah	Kulim	Kulim Perdana
C0503	WP	Salak Selatan	Bandar Tun Razak
C10692	WP	KLCC	Bukit Tunku

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Company wants to change public’s misconception about telco towers

Published by Penang Wimax Admin in Malaysia Wimax, P1 Wimax, Wimax Worldwide on January 1st, 2011 | No Comments »

ONE of the greatest challenges of telco companies is to address the misconception of the community on radiation from towers, Packet One Networks (Malaysia) chief operating officer M. Idham Nawawi said.

Idham said this at a briefing on the company’s services to Petaling Jaya city councillors and department heads at the Petaling Jaya City Council headquarters.

“When we receive complaints from residents on our new telco towers we have to dismantle it even though the site has been approved.

“Each time we take one down, at least 200 people will lose their connections,” said Idham, adding that Packet One would be investing RM81mil to build its network infrastructure in Selangor next year.

The misconception among the residents was the towers posed as a health hazard because it has high radiation readings.

Not a health hazard: A telecommunication tower behind a row of houses in Petaling Jaya.

Malaysian Nuclear Agency non-ionising radiation group manager Dr Wan Saffiey Wan Abdullah, who gave a presentation on the radiation waves, said this was not true.

“The P1 wimax antenna, which I checked had very low radiation level ranging from six watts and below as compared with a microwave oven which has at least 1,000 to 2,000 watts,” said Wan Saffiey.

More at http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2010/12/24/central/7678765&sec=central

By CHRISTINA LOW christinalow@thestar.com.my

Tags: antenna, digital communications system, DomainLogic.Asia, Green Packet, Malaysia, malaysian, network infrastructure, P1, P1 Wimax in Penang, Packet 1, PenangWimax, PenangWimax.Com.my, petaling jaya, radiation level, telco companies, telecommunication tower, Vision Dream, Wimax@Penang, wireless broadband

SK Telecom Takes Stake in WiMax Operator

Published by Penang Wimax Admin in Malaysia Wimax, P1 Wimax, Wimax Worldwide on May 31st, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Korean carrier SK Telecom (Nasdaq: SKM) is to invest US$100 million for a 25 percent stake in Malaysian wimax operator Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. (P1) as part of its plan to build a portfolio of wireless broadband service and ICT (information and communication technology) assets in Southeast Asia. (See SK Telecom Invests in P1 and SKT Plans $2.2B Spending Spree.)

P1 is one of a number of dedicated WiMax startups looking to capitalize on the demand for affordable broadband Internet access in developing markets where fixed-line access is limited. It has signed up more than 175,000 business and residential customers since its launch in late 2008 and claims to have generated revenues of nearly $44 million in 2009. (See ITU Day 2: WiMax Brings It.)

The operator recently announced a network expansion plan that will see it reach 65 percent of Malaysians by 2012, from around 45 percent this year, and plans to introduce WiMax-enabled laptop computers during 2010 to boost its market penetration. (See P1 Expands With ZTE and P1 Does WiMax in Malaysia.)

SK Telecom is attracted by the growth potential in Malaysia, a country of about 30 million people where mobile penetration is high (above 100 percent) but broadband penetration currently stands at about 33 percent. WiMax is regarded as the technology that can break the broadband hold of the incumbent carrier, Telekom Malaysia Berhad . (See Telekom Malaysia Faces WiMax Challenge.)

SK Telecom’s wireless broadband strategy isn’t limited to WiMax, though: The carrier was the first to launch an HSPA+ service in South Korea, plans to support Long Term Evolution (LTE), and has built out a network based on WiBro technology (Korea’s version of mobile WiMax) in its domestic market. (See SK Telecom Shows Off HSPA+, AlcaLu, SK Telecom Team Up, and WiBro Operators on Borrowed Time.)

SK Telecom’s investment, which values P1 at $400 million, comes at a tricky time for the WiMax community, as service providers, vendors, and analysts try to figure out the technology’s role in an LTE world. (See Yota: WiMax + LTE for Russia.)