An interesting article on the differences between “Willcom WiMAX” and Mobile Wimax – Link.
The PHS MOU is the consrotium standartizing PHS, Advanced PHS (XGP), with a long list of participating companies. However, Willcom is today the only PHS provider in Japan with about 4.6 Million subscribers (I should write ONLY 4.6 Million subscribers).
It will be interesting to see what Willcom will deploy next year and will they be able grab a bigger market share.
Maybe one more thing about Advanced PHS:
Altair Semiconductors, a Israeli startup has already published they plan to supply Willcom with 4G (XGP) chipsets , and shortly after secured a $22 Million in series C funding .