Malaysian WiMAX Operator Passes 80,000th Subscriber

­Intel backed Malaysian WiMAX operator, Packet One Networks says that it has surpassed the 80,000 subscriber mark, after one year of rolling out its P1 W1MAX wireless broadband service.

P1's CEO, Michael Lai said, "We are one year into our mission to provide broadband technology that reaches out to everyone in Malaysia. As one of the forerunners in the world for large scale 802.16e 2.3GHz commercial WiMAX deployment, we're very proud of what we've achieved today from ground zero."

P1 acquired one of Malaysia's four WiMAX licenses in March 2007. In May 2008, through its parent company, KLSE Main Board listed Green Packet Berhad, P1 secured a US$14.3 million investment from Intel to make it the very first Intel-invested WiMAX telcos in the Asia Pacific.

Navin Shenoy, General Manager of Intel Asia Pacific, said: "Intel congratulates Packet One on a successful first year. The Internet is an essential, enriching and entertaining part of our lives, and the strong take-up of Packet One's WiMAX service demonstrates Malaysia's need for powerful, flexible, wireless broadband solutions. Intel is pleased to continue its work with Packet One to bring the benefits of WiMAX to more Malaysians."

P1 launched commercial services in August 2008.

To meet P1's network coverage goals, the Company employs a multi-vendor strategy with Alcatel Lucent deploying the first phase, and towards the tail end, launch ZTE's concurrent second phase deployment. Services in the pipeline include P1 VoWiMAX or Voice over WIMAX.

Posted to the site on 25th August 2009