Fujitsu’s Compact Mobile WiMAX Base Station Selected by UQ Communications

Fujitsu’s Compact Mobile WiMAX Base Station Selected by UQ Communications

Fujitsu Limited today announced that its outdoor base station for mobile WiMAX, BroadOne WX300, has been selected by UQ Communications Inc. for the development of the company’s nationwide WiMAX services infrastructure in Japan.

UQ Communications is a mobile WiMAX operator in Japan that is jointly owned by KDDI Corporation, Intel Corporation, East Japan Railway Company, Kyocera Corporation, Daiwa Securities Group Inc., and the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.

Fujitsu is positioning its mobile WiMAX base station equipment as a premier solution for the rapidly emerging wireless broadband market as the company aggressively expands its business in this market both inside and outside of Japan.

The mobile WiMAX operator UQ Communications intends to begin offering commercial WiMAX service in Japan starting in 2009. As a critical part of its infrastructure, the company has selected the Fujitsu BroadOne WX300, the world’s smallest outdoor WiMAX base station, for its outdoor base stations. The BroadOne WX300, which was developed by Fujitsu to be light, energy-efficient, and the smallest base station in its class(1), will accelerate the spread of wireless broadband access throughout Japan.

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