Nortel, Toshiba Trial Mobile WiMAX for Broadband Access in Japan
Monday December 4, 11:00 pm ET
Supports Government's Vision for National Broadband Connectivity by 2010
TOKYO, Dec. 5 /CNW/ - Nortel(x) (NYSE/TSX: NT) and Toshiba Corporation are working with the Japanese government on a next-generation wireless trial using WiMAX solutions from Nortel to deliver mobile high-speed broadband services in the northern Tohoku region.
The trial, being conducted by the Tohoku Bureau of Telecommunications, a regional arm of Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), is part of MIC's 'Next Generation Broadband Strategy 2010.' The vision is targeting anywhere, anytime connectivity for all citizens by 2010 through universal broadband services supporting Internet access, VoIP, video conferencing, interactive gaming and other high-bandwidth services.
MIC selected Ishinomaki, a port city on Honshu Island in Tohoku's Miyagi Prefecture, as the site for the trial because of the limited availability of broadband access. Nortel's Mobile WiMAX solution addresses this issue by using advanced transmission techniques to provide 'last mile' connectivity without the cost and complexity of laying copper wire.
"Nortel has a strong track record in the development and implementation of next-generation WiMAX as a wireless broadband technology," said Nick Vreugdenhil, president, Japan, Nortel. "Through our collaboration with both MIC and Toshiba on this trial, Nortel's WiMAX solutions will be applied to help MIC further its objectives for universal broadband services throughout the nation regardless of location or the challenges of difficult terrain."
Nortel will provide base stations and terminals from its WiMAX portfolio for the trial as well as engineering services. Toshiba Corporation will handle system integration and field tests. Nortel base stations will be installed in public facilities within the test area to allow close monitoring of changes and fluctuations in coverage caused by varying environmental conditions and the use of high-bandwidth applications like VoIP or multimedia.
The Nortel solution is fully IEEE802.16-e compliant and will run on the 2.5GHz frequency band. It supports hundreds of multi-megabit users per cell site and supports both fixed and mobile WiMAX applications. Nortel's WiMAX solution delivers three to five times the efficiency at roughly three to five times the speed of today's commercially deployed 3G cellular networks at as little as one-tenth the cost per bit.
Nortel's Mobile WiMAX solution is built on a foundation of OFDM-MIMO, a combination of innovative transmission and antenna technologies that maximizes spectrum to deliver the lightning-fast speeds and high bandwidth essential to high-quality mobile video and TV. The power and performance of Nortel's solution provides substantial savings to operators because WiMAX delivers high-speed, broadband fixed and mobile services wirelessly to large areas with much less infrastructure than is needed today. Nortel is a pioneer in OFDM-MIMO and supports both technologies in the initial release of its Mobile WiMAX solution.
Currently, Nortel is trialing its WiMAX solutions with a number of carriers around the world, notably in Taiwan, Germany, Canada, Greece, Russia and Mexico. Nortel is also working with key industry leaders and suppliers to develop a full end-to-end MIMO-enabled WiMAX ecosystem, and recently announced a Center of Excellence for Devices in Taipei, focused on the development of a wide range of WiMAX devices, including USB devices, PCMCIA cards, home gateways, portable PCs, PDAs and more.
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