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ITU-R gave preliminary approval to a version of WiMAX as a terres...

ITU-R gave preliminary approval to a version of WiMAX as a terrestrial radio interface for IMT-2000, the ITU standard for 3G wireless communications, ITU said in a press release. The ITU group, which met this week in Japan, also…

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updated IMT-2000 radio interfaces, established the foundation for IMT-Advanced, and called for additional spectrum for IMT, ITU said: “During 2008 and 2009, there will be an open call for candidates for IMT-Advanced to be submitted to ITU, as well as the start of assessment activities of candidate technologies and systems. Services provided using IMT- Advanced could be commercially available as early as 2011 subject to market demand.”