WiMax regulation debated in Peru

January 30, 2006

Peru's transport and communications ministry (MTC) is currently considering a proposal to regulate WiMax services, while the country's telecoms regulator Osiptel weighed in against the proposal, local daily El Comercio reported.

In Peru WiMax is only used to transmit data at present, and "this is not regulated in any part of the world," Osiptel general manager Jaime Crdenas was quoted as saying by the newspaper.

Osiptel believes that until the country's WiMax infrastructure is expanded from its current level, there is no need for the government to establish regulations for its use.

If it does become necessary to introduce WiMax regulation, Osiptel will need to analyze the issue in order to determine whether this should be done at the infrastructure or final service level, Crdenas said.

Tele-Cable and Americatel operate WiMax networks in Peru.

(BNamericas.com Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)