"KDDI is a leader in
telecommunications in Japan and I am pleased that KDDI has decided to
join the WiMAX Forum Board," said WiMAX Forum President Ron Resnick. "We
look forward to KDDI's expanded involvement both as a contributor and an
operator committed to deploy WiMAX services in Japan," Resnick
continued, "As a leading communications provider, KDDI has already
proven its ability to deliver the most advanced services to its
subscribers through state-of-the-art networks."
"As part of the WiMAX Forum, KDDI is working to realize interoperability
of broadband wireless products including the network elements, which
enables the seamless handover across access networks," said Dr. Hideo
Okinaka, Vice President and General Manager of Standards and Spectrum
Division. "In addition, KDDI is committed to contributing to the WiMAX
industry by bringing our robust experience in broadband service
offerings and network deployments with the 3G mobile and fixed-line
broadband portfolio." KDDI plans to promote the opportunity for network
operators to incorporate WiMAX device roaming across operator and
national boundaries.
In addition to KDDI, the WiMAX Forum board comprises executives from
Airspan Networks Inc., Alvarion Ltd., Aperto Networks, AT&T, British
Telecom, Fujitsu, Intel Corporation, Korea Telecom, Motorola, Samsung,
Sprint Nextel, and ZTE Corporation. The WiMAX Forum continues to grow,
with a current membership approaching 400 companies. Under the WiMAX
Forum umbrella, these companies collaborate to help deploy wireless
broadband globally and make mobile WiMAX a leader in the next frontier
for personal broadband services.
About WiMAX Forum
The WiMAX Forum is an industry-led, non-profit corporation formed to
help promote and certify the compatibility and interoperability of
broadband wireless products using the IEEE 802.16 and ETSI HiperMAN
wireless MAN specifications. The forum's goal is to accelerate the
introduction of these devices into the marketplace. WiMAX Forum
Certified(TM) products will be fully interoperable and support
Metropolitan Broadband Fixed, Portable and Mobile Applications. For more
information about the WiMAX Forum and its activities, please visit
http://www.wimaxforum.org .
WiMAX Forum(TM) and WiMAX Forum Certified(TM) are trademarks of the
WiMAX Forum.
About KDDI
KDDI is Japan's telecommunication operator and the only company in the
domestic market that provides diversified communications services, from
fixed to mobile or from telephony to broadband data. It serves
approximately 9 million subscribers in the fixed line business and over
25 million subscribers in the cellular mobile services under the "au" or
"TuKa" brand. In FY2005, the consolidated revenue recorded 3,060 billion
JYen by 73 group companies and approximately 14,000 employees. At KDDI,
aiming at becoming a "ubiquitous solution company" that supports the
ubiquitous networking society, aggressive efforts are underway towards
the realization of leading-edge communications services as well as the
fixed-mobile converged network deployment. |
