Chinese top telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies clinched a deal with Japanese mobile operator eMobile to deploy an all Internet Protocol (IP)-based radio-access network. Initially, Huawei will help eMobile deploy the network around the cities of Sendai, Sapporo and Hiroshima. The deal with eMobile is the first for Huawei in Japan.
AirTight Networks has announced that DoCoMo Engineering Shikoku has signed an agreement to resell SpectraGuard wireless intrusion prevention solutions (WIPS) in Japan. DoCoMo Engineering Shikoku is the first Japanese reseller signed by Active Inc. — AirTight Networks’ distributor for the Japanese market. “Japan is an important market for our company, and there is no better endorsement for AirTight Networks than to have DoCoMo Engineering Shikoku reselling our solutions,” said Dennis Tsu, vice president of marketing at AirTight Networks.
DoCoMo has just announced that starting today it will accept proposals from suppliers for development of equipment for Super 3G base stations and handsets. DoCoMo will select one or more suppliers for each of these categories around October and aims to complete the technology with the selected suppliers before the end of 2009. The Super 3G standard is expected to provide superfast downlink data rates of over 100Mbps and uplink data rates of over 50Mbps, low-latency data transmission, and improved spectrum efficiency.
Fujitsu Microelectronics announced its Mobile WiMAX System-on-Chip (SoC) solution and roadmap at the Annual Wireless Communications Association Conference 2006. This highly integrated one-chip MAC and PHY mixed signal baseband SoC is designed to optimize both performance and power consumption using Fujitsu’s 90nm process technology, and is especially well-suited for PC cards and mobile devices. The Fujitsu mobile WiMAX SoC is fully compliant with the IEEE 802.16e-2005 Mobile WiMAX standard.
Elementary schools will test GPS/cellphones (KDDI/au models) that track kids every six seconds and have various alerts and warning functions. The system, which has been set up with a company called ITFOR, will be tested through next March at three schools affiliated with Osaka Kyoiku University, before being expanded to about 100 others.
NEC Corporation announced an agreement with Telefonica Moviles Espana, S.A. for delivery of its Liberty Enabled Proxy. The solution enables the introduction of an easy sign-on environment for multiple service access by end-users through a single authentication process over WAP and i-mode mobile Internet browsing. NEC’s Liberty Enabled Proxy, certified by Liberty Alliance through its conformance tests, enables terminal independent single sign-on services over WAP and i-mode. Without the proxy, special client software for mobile terminals is usually necessary to benefit from the Liberty single sign-on service.
