Recently UQ Communications Inc. launched mobile WiMAX service in Japan. They will start trial WiMAX service on February 26th cover up Tokyo (23 wards),Yokohama, and Kawasaki.

A high-speed mobile Internet service will be provided under the brand UQ WiMAX, using global-standard mobile WiMAX IEEE 802.16e on 2.5GHz frequency band. Boasting speeds of 40Mbps on the downlink, 10Mbps uplink.

In conjunction with the start of UQ WiMAX service on February 26, 2009, UQ Communications Inc. released four data communication cards that support UQ WiMAX, enabling customers to utilize mobile data communication in their PC environment.

Here they are :
1. WiMAX USB type UD01SS, the smallest and lightest weight Mobile WiMAX USB modem available in Japan today.

• UQ retail price : 12,800 yen (inc. tax)
• Size((W×D×H) : Approx. 27 mm x 62 mm x 11 mm
• Weight : Approx. 18 g
• OS supported: Japanese versions of Windows Vista 32 bit, Windows XP 32 bit (Service Pack2 or Service Pack3)
• Items supplied in package : Simple set-up manual, warranty, CD-ROM
• Manufacturer: Shinsei Corporation.
• Developer: MODACOM CO., LTD.
• WiMAX Chipset : GCT GDM7205

2. WiMAX Express card type UD02SS, Express Card/34-type data communication card.

• UQ retail price : 13,800 yen (inc. tax)
• Size((W×D×H) : Approx. 36 mm x 110 mm x 11 mm
• Weight : Approx. 30 g
• OS supported : Japanese versions of Windows Vista 32 bit, Windows XP 32 bit (Service Pack2 or Service Pack3)
• Items supplied in package : Simple set-up manual, warranty, CD-ROM
• Manufacturer: Shinsei Corporation
• Developer: MODACOM CO., LTD.
• WiMAX Chipset : GCT GDM7205

3. WiMAX USB type UD01NA, USB data communication card with connectors rotatable by 180 degrees.

• UQ retail price : 12,800 yen (inc. tax)
• Size(W×D×H) : Approx. 33 mm x 110 mm x 20 mm(Including cap)
• Weight : Approx. 37 g
• OS supported : Japanese versions of Windows Vista 32 bit, Windows XP 32 bit (Service Pack2 or Service Pack3)
• Items supplied in package : Simple set-up manual, warranty, CD-ROM
• Manufacturer: NEC Access Technica, Ltd.

4. WiMAX PCMCIA card type UD02NA, PC data communication card.

• UQ retail price : 13,800 yen (inc. tax)
• Size(W×D×H) : Approx. 54 mm x 124 mm x 8 mm
• Weight : Approx. 40 g
• OS supported : Japanese versions of Windows Vista 32 bit, Windows XP 32 bit (Service Pack2 or Service Pack3)
• Items supplied in package : Simple set-up manual, warranty, CD-ROM
• Manufacturer: NEC Access Technica, Ltd.

Both WiMAX USB type UD01SS and WiMAX Express card type UD02SS powered by GCT’s GDM7205.

The GCT’s GDM7205 is the industry’s first Mobile WiMAX 2.5 GHz Wave 2 single-chip solution which integrates RF, MAC and PHY, all into one monolithic integrated circuit. The GDM7205 reference design demonstrates the high performance, compact size and low power consumption attributes of a  GDM7205-based Mobile WiMAX Subscriber Station.

The GCT’s GDM7205 won the WiMAX Live Low Power Chipset Shootout at WiMAX World 2008 in the USB dongle category. Also GCT’s GDM7205 already got certified by WiMAX Forum on 25 Aug 2008.

Press Release 1,  Press Release 2

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