Japanese mobile operator KDDI is looking to kick off LTE services in 2012, its president and chairman Tadashi Onodera told Mobile World Live.
He said that the company has been working on the project for about two years, adding that flat-rate LTE services…
Japanese mobile operator KDDI is looking to kick off LTE services in 2012, its president and chairman Tadashi Onodera told Mobile World Live.
He said that the company has been working on the project for about two years, adding that flat-rate LTE services would be offered. Although vendors have already been selected, Onodera declined to reveal their names.
Rival NTT DoComo was the first to launch LTE in Japan at the very end of last year. Recently, several companies globally have announced their intentions to rollout 4G technology, including South Korean cellco SK Telecom yesterday.
According to the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), 17 operators have already launched commercial LTE services – in Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Norway, Poland, Sweden, USA, and Uzbekistan. The GSA expects this figure to reach 64 by the end of 2012.
