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  • Livedoor to Apply for Mobile Licence

    Internet firm Livedoor Co. said today it plans to apply for a new mobile licence that the Japanese government is expected to issue later this year, with the aim of starting a data service. Livedoor will apply for the licence on the 2 gigahertz band, a company spokesman said. It will be competing against mobile broadband startup IP Mobile Inc. and Willcom Inc., a wireless service operator owned by Kyocera Corp. and U.S. fund Carlyle Group.  

    The Nihon Keizai Shimbun daily reported earlier that Livedoor would use Kyocera’s iBurst high-speed wireless technology and plans to develop infrastructure in cooperation with PoweredCom Inc., the telecoms arm of Tokyo Electric Power Co. Continue >>

    Posted: 15 July 2005 | Filed: Carriers, Japan Market | Feedback | Print |
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