In February, Intel announced to collaborates with notebook manufacturers in Japan to expand the market for products that take advantage of WiMAX, including notebook based on Intel Centrino 2 processor technology with WiMAX capabilities.

Asus , Sony, Toshiba, Acer, Panasonic, NEC, Onkyo, Fujitsu,Sharp, Dell,HP and Lenovo were companies that displayed their Intel Centrino 2-Notebook on June 8 to support UQ WiMAX in Japan.

Among of them only Dell, Sony,Lenovo Fujitsu, Panasonic and Toshiba were ready with WiMAX-enabled Intel Centrino Notebook.

Intel Capital Corporation has 17.65% share in UQ Communications and the biggest share is KDDI CORPORATION (32.26%) followed by East Japan Railway Company (17.65%),KYOCERA Corporation (17.65%),Daiwa Securities Group Inc.(9.80%),The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (5.00%).

At the same event, UQ Communications Inc. and Intel Corporation announced their extended collaboration to promote and expand “UQ WiMAX,” the commercially available WiMAX service from UQ Communications in Japan.Intel Capital invested $43 million in the UQ Communications to help continue the nationwide expansion of WiMAX service.

“Intel looks forward to the UQ Communications WiMAX service launch next month in Japan,” said Sean Maloney, executive vice president and chief sales and marketing officer of Intel Corporation. “The next-generation wireless Internet broadband from UQ will be one of the most advanced networks in the world, further driving global adoption of WiMAX. Intel also welcomes today’s announcement that Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology-based laptops with embedded WiMAX will be introduced in the Japanese market, a huge leap forward in the continued development and expansion of the global WiMAX ecosystem.”

Watch this video to see how Sean Maloney explain about WiMAX from Intel’s perspective.

Press Release

Photo Courtesy of Masaru Kamikura

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