Samsung exports WiMAX technology to Saudi Arabia

Kim Young-gyo
SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said
Wednesday it has signed a deal to supply a Saudi Arabian company with technology
that helps facilitate high-speed wireless Internet connectivity.

Mobily, Saudi Arabia's second-largest mobile carrier with 14 million subscribers,
has recently agreed exclusively to use Samsung's WiMAX networks and other
facilities for its mobile service under a US$100 million-contract, according to
Samsung.
WiMAX, the acronym for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is one of
the latest telecommunications technologies that allows wireless data transmission
at broadband-like speed. South Korea has its own technology, dubbed WiBro, in
commercial service.
The company, however, did not specify when the new service will start in Saudi
Arabia.
Currently, only 4 percent of the Saudi Arabians are reported to use the broadband
Internet technology.
Samsung has recently beefed up efforts in exporting equipment and networks for
the wireless technology to the Middle East. It signed a deal last December with
Kuwait's mobile carrier MADA communications.
ygkim@yna.co.kr
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