Malaysia will issue up to four licenses to telecommunication operators to provide high speed wireless Internet services based on WiMAX technology, an AFP report said.
The AFP report said the Malaysian government in July cancelled the original tender for the WiMAX 2.3-GHz spectrum, saying that the specifications were not in line with the ministry's policy.
'There will be three or four licenses available but I may roll out two licenses first,' energy, water and communications minister Lim Keng Yaik was quoted as saying.
Lim declined to say when the licenses would be issued.
The original tender had attracted bids from 17 companies, including Malaysia's top communications firm Maxis Communications and DiGi Telecommunications, the Reuters report further said.