Kashif Choudhury -- You might all know by now that Banglalion has delayed the starting of its operations. But if you need to see the real potential of Wimax technology, look no further than in Japan, where, Wireless broadband at up to 40Mbps will soon be available to most of the country after Intel announced an investment of $43 million (£26 million) in the first nationwide WiMax project there.
The money will be used by UQ Communications to promote and build out its WiMax network to 90 per cent of the population by 2012. Currently, it covers only Tokyo and a few neighbouring areas.
Monthly charge
With speeds up to 40Mbps, the UQ network is the fastest WiMax network presently operating on such a large scale. The company plans to charge users ¥4,480 (3170 taka) a month for unlimited internet access or ¥600, (420 taka) for a day pass.
Better yet for Japan's net users, UQ and Intel have already inked deals with several PC makers to offer computers with onboard WiMax modules already in place.
PC makers on board
So far, NEC, Sony, Toshiba and Panasonic are among the heavy hitters signing up for what appears to be a wireless technology with a very bright future.
Intel executive Arvind Sodhani emphasised the firm's investment as clearly forward-thinking: "UQ's WiMax deployment in Japan is a spectacular example of technology innovation being put to work.
"By J Mark Lytle, Tokyo
Source: Techradar
0 comments:
Post a Comment