WiMax: Still Big in Japan

WiMax ain't dead yet

Dan Jones, Mobile Editor

October 11, 2007

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5:55 PM -- Even as Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S)'s troubles cloud WiMax's future in the U.S. somewhat, the technology is still creating buzz in other parts of the world. (See Sprint Nextel CEO Steps Down.)

SoftBank Corp. says it will spend over $2 billion on WiMax if it wins a license for the technology in Japan. The company is bidding for one of two WiMax licenses planned by the Japanese government.

Like the existing U.S. wireless broadband spectrum, the Japanese WiMax spectrum will be in 2.5GHz band. As you'd imagine, Japanese vendors are already pushing ahead with cool lookin' WiMax phones.— Dan Jones, Site Editor, Unstrung

About the Author

Dan Jones

Mobile Editor

Dan is to hats what Will.I.Am is to ridiculous eyewear. Fedora, trilby, tam-o-shanter -- all have graced the Jones pate during his career as the go-to purveyor of mobile essentials.

But hey, Dan is so much more than 4G maps and state-of-the-art headgear. Before joining the Light Reading team in 2002 he was an award-winning cult hit on Broadway (with four 'Toni' awards, two 'Emma' gongs and a 'Brian' to his name) with his one-man show, "Dan Sings the Show Tunes."

His perfectly crafted blogs, falling under the "Jonestown" banner, have been compared to the works of Chekhov. But only by Dan.

He lives in Brooklyn with cats.

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