Six companies bid for WiMax licenses. Orange and Romtelecom already out of the race

Six companies bought the official guide for the WiMax services license (wide areas voice and wireless Internet), the National Telecomm Authority (ANC) announced on Tuesday. The companies are: Asesoft International, Comcore Management, Cosmote Romania, Media Sat, RCS & RDS and Vodafone Romania. The main absent players are Romtelecom and Orange, who first expressed their interest in such licenses.

In brief:

– Si companies are currently in the race for two licenses, with Orange and Romtelecom failing to meet the deadline for beginning the formalities;

– The National Radio Society obtained such a license.

– Orange officials didn’t comment on their decision.

– The race for the two WiMax licenses entered a straight line in February 2008, when the Government ordered the National Radio Society (SNR) to clear the bandwidth ranges, 3600–3657 MHz and 3700–3757 MHz.