Today’s Press Release (Japanese) expose some new UQ plans:
WiFi services for the N700 Shinkansen service. According to the PR, the N700 train will get a 2Mbps coverage, and following that all 17 stations from Tokyo to Shin-Osaka will be covered as well (54Mbps).
Japan Railywas are one of UQ investors, so it is not surprising to hear that UQ will provide coverage to the train. It is surprising that they chose WiFi Coverage for the stations.
And a question that sprung to my mind: Does it mean that PC Cards/USB Dongles will be Dual mode (WiMAX/WiFi)?
Interesting! let’s wait and see.
N700 photo (taken by my wife):
