Samsung’s mobile WiMAX to run commercial service in Japan from 2009

Samsung Electronics announced selection as a mobile WiMAX equipment provider to UQ Communications, a mobile WiMAX operator in Japan.

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

Samsung said the deal with Japan’s UQ Communications calls for the setting-up of infrastructure that will allow commercial WiBro services to begin in Japan starting next year.

UQ Communications plans to run a trial service of WiBro in February 2009 in Tokyo and Yokohama, and launch commercial service there the following summer.

Via AVING