Broadcaster the Seven Network today said it was nearing the end of a review of the technical capabilities of the WiMax network it picked up with its recent acquisition of local wireless internet service provider Unwired.
Broadcaster Seven has secured over 90 percent ownership of WiMAX spectrum holder Unwired, and will now proceed to compulsorily acquire the remaining shares in the company.
Google has refused to comment on speculation that it might bid for radio spectrum in the UK, after communications regulator Ofcom announced plans to auction radio frequencies as part of the "digital dividend".
Broadcaster Seven Network has made an off-market cash bid of up to AU$127 million to acquire Unwired in a move designed to guarantee access to a national wireless network.
WiMax-friendly ISP Unwired has sent a letter to shareholders advising they accept broadcaster Seven's up to AU$127 million takeover bid for the company.
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Optus will resell Personal Broadband Australia's iBurst wireless broadband solution, and is in talks with Unwired about a similar deal.
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