Following the latest Communications market review of the Malta Communications Authority (MCA) for the period January-June 2008, Vodafone has had to clarify its position on the WiMAX customer base figures reported, after a mistake by Vodafone staff resulted in incorrect figures being provided by the company.

The MCA reported that Vodafone had 1,876 WiMAX customers in 2007 Q4, 2,887 in 2008 Q1 and 2,038 in 2008 Q2. The decline in the figures from Q1 to Q2 in 2008 is actually the result of an error in the data provided about the different broadband technologies in 2007 Q4 and 2008 Q1

 The MCA requests information on different technologies including fixed telephony, mobile telephony, number portability, roaming, fixed and mobile internet.

The correct data, which has now been forwarded to MCA is 949 WiMAX customers in Q4 2007, 1,717 in Q1 2008 and 2,042 in Q2 2008.

"Actual figures since June indicate a steady growth of our WiMAX customer base," said Joseph Muscat, Head of Mobile Plus at Vodafone Malta.

Source:cellular-news