Telekom Slovenije made the first commercial connection to the wireless broadband WiMAX network in Ljubljana at the end last week, marking the launch of commercial service on a network that will cost around EUR 10m.
The network, which is projected to have 80 base stations and cover 40% of Slovenia's population by October, will provide fixed wireless internet access and IP telephony, the company said on Tuesday.
The company plans to get 5,100 subscribers and is constructing the network mainly in areas where broadband internet access is not possible for various reasons.
The company's goal in the first three-year period (2007-2009) it to get 98.4% coverage, 38.4% over the requirements stipulated in the licence agreement.
WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) allows wireless sending and receiving of data over long distances from point-to-point links.
Telekom paid EUR 417,000 for one of two WiMAX licences awarded in October 2006.
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