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Nortel, Toshiba Trial Mobile WiMAX for Broadband Access in Japan
Nortel, Toshiba Trial Mobile WiMAX for Broadband Access in Japan.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nSupports Government's Vision for National Broadband Connectivity by 2010\n\n\nTOKYO, Dec. 5 /CNW/ - Nortel(x) (NYSE/TSX: NT) and Toshiba Corporation are\nworking with the Japanese government on a next-generation wireless trial using\nWiMAX solutions from Nortel to deliver mobile high-speed broadband services in\nthe northern Tohoku region.\n\n\nThe trial, being conducted by the Tohoku Bureau of Telecommunications, a\nregional arm of Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC),\nis part of MIC's 'Next Generation Broadband Strategy 2010.' The vision is\ntargeting anywhere, anytime connectivity for all citizens by 2010 through\nuniversal broadband services supporting Internet access, VoIP, video\nconferencing, interactive gaming and other high-bandwidth services.\n\n\nMIC selected Ishinomaki, a port city on Honshu Island in Tohoku's Miyagi\nPrefecture, as the site for the trial because of the limited availability of\nbroadband access. Nortel's Mobile WiMAX solution addresses this issue by using\nadvanced transmission techniques to provide 'last mile' connectivity without\nthe cost and complexity of laying copper wire.\n\n\n\"Nortel has a strong track record in the development and implementation\nof next-generation WiMAX as a wireless broadband technology,\" said Nick\nVreugdenhil, president, Japan, Nortel. \"Through our collaboration with both\nMIC and Toshiba on this trial, Nortel's WiMAX solutions will be applied to\nhelp MIC further its objectives for universal broadband services throughout\nthe nation regardless of location or the challenges of difficult terrain.\"\n\n\nNortel will provide base stations and terminals from its WiMAX portfolio\nfor the trial as well as engineering services. Toshiba Corporation will handle\nsystem integration and field tests. Nortel base stations will be installed in\npublic facilities within the test area to allow close monitoring of changes\nand fluctuations in coverage caused by varying environmental conditions and\nthe use of high-bandwidth applications like VoIP or multimedia.\n\n\nThe Nortel solution is fully IEEE802.16-e compliant and will run on the\n2.5GHz frequency band. It supports hundreds of multi-megabit users per cell\nsite and supports both fixed and mobile WiMAX applications. Nortel's WiMAX\nsolution delivers three to five times the efficiency at roughly ...