Motorola’s Wimax development managing director for the Americas, Tom Mitoraj, gave a conference in Argentina in which he expressed his optimism in the possibilities of this technology. “It is the technology of the future, as it will bring the Internet to everybody’s palm”. He also thinks that wimax is a clear alternative to 3G networks, because of easier deployment and lower costs.

Two local companies, Cable Unión de Occidente and Avantel, have gotten most of the wimax licences in Colombia. 44 of the 54 regional licences have been given to these companies, leaving Telmex, Impsat and Diveo with none. Other firms getting licences are Emcali (2), Comcel (10), Comsat (1), Cablecentro (2), Servisatélite (2) and S3 Wireless (6). ETB, Telecom Colombia and Orbitel won national licences.