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POSDATA Co., Ltd. showcased its latest Mobile WiMAX experience for the conference attendees, March 19-20, at the Bangkok Convention Center, WiMAX World Asia 2008.

The demonstration highlighted the capabilities of the Mobile WiMAX technology such as high-speed Internet access and multimedia services while on the move on a luxury bus in cooperation with a local operator.

Speaking at the Bangkok Convention Center, Joonil Shin, executive vice president of Posdata, said, “The Thai market is important to us and we see from our experience in Korea that the deployment of Mobile WiMAX in Thailand will lead to many opportunities for developing the Thai economy in general, and the ICT industry in particular.”

The company provided a specially designed bus tour for mobile WiMAX service experience via live systems in the vicinity of the Bangkok Convention Center at Central World, where the event is held. FLYVO bus demonstrated a wide array of multimedia services, such as video telephony, real-time video & audio streaming, and web searches using mobile WiMAX network. Inside the exhibition area, POSDATA showcased Wave II base stations and user terminals such as USB modem, gateway router, and portable gaming device.

POSDATA is working closely with a local telecom operator on a Mobile WiMAX field trial for the Bangkok area. This trial will enable the local operator to gather important data on the systems performance.

Joonil Shin added that, “POSDATA is very excited to be collaborating with our local partners,” saying that, “The Thai government plans to offer commercial services starting next year in the frequency bands of 2.3 GHz and 2.5 GHz and POSDATA is fully ready to support the visionary plans of the Thai government in its efforts.”