Fixed operator strategies - 05/04/06

Inukshuk Wireless (Bell Canada + Rogers Comms) will offer WiMAX service to 5m households in North America.

Optus (Australia) is offering new DSL network offering to additional 2.9m households and businesses in the country.

T-Mobile International and iPass have signed a roaming agreement in Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Austria and the Czech Republic.

Vietnam has granted four trial WiMAX licenses to respectively the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT), the Vietnam Television Technology Company (VTC), the Vietnam Military Telecommunications Corporation (Viettel) and FPT Telecom Joint Stock Company (FPT Telecom).

France Telecom will complement its VOD offer with a new deal with Buena Vista (Touchstone Pictures, Miramax and Disney Pictures).

Intel and Pipex (UK) form a JV, Pipex Wireless, focus on WiMAX-based services in the U.K.