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All 23 wards of Tokyo face certain high-speed wireless convenience at the hands of the ruthless UQ Communications. Today, they have unleashed mobile WiMAX service to all customers willing to voluntarily submit to its sheer awesomeness, and although in time subscribers will have to shell out 4,480 yen (or $50 US) monthly for the privilege, it’s all free until the end of July while UQ runs through the soft launch (think of it as the baby aquatic dinosaur which will one day grow up to be big and strong). By planting its antennae-seeds at 44 train stations across metropolitain Tokyo, none will be able to escape its reach. By the end of June, WiMAXzilla will have wreaked havoc upon Nagoya and Osaka as well – anyone in those cities should prepare themselves with new WiMAX handsets and perishable food items.
[via Cellular-News]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
