Indonesia will first time deploy WiMax wireless service in the fist quarter of next year through PTTelekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), the Jakarta Post reported Friday.

Telkom consumer director Ermady Dahlan was quoted by the newspaper as saying that the firm was in the middle of completing the administrative requirements needed in order to obtain the operational licenses.

Spokesman for the Indonesian Ministry of Communications and Information Gatot Dewa Broto said the ministry would issue WiMAX operational licenses by the end of October after a series of operational feasibility tests based on the completion of the administrative requirements.

WiMAX is an advanced telecommunications technology providing wireless transmission of data using portable and fully mobile Internet access.

It provides high-throughput broadband connections over long distances without having to build costly infrastructure and large numbers of transmission towers.

The technology, which provides an alternative to cable and digital subscriber lines (DSL), has coverage of some 50 km in radius from each base station, and has relatively low-investment costs compared to existing 3G technologies.

Source: Xinhua