WiMAX operator offers free Wi-Fi on Japanese high-speed trains

By on February 4, 2009 in Asia, WiFi Deployments

UQ Communications, a WiMAX operator in Japan, will be offering free Wi-Fi service in the Tokaido Shinkansen (high-speed train) starting in March 2009. The first trains to be outfitted with the service at the N700 trains between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka. From the end of March 2009, the station waiting rooms between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka will also have Wi-Fi. UQ plans to offer Wi-Fi service in other forms of public transportation in Japan.

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2 Responses to WiMAX operator offers free Wi-Fi on Japanese high-speed trains

  1. George January 23, 2011 at 12:35 am #

    Hi,Do you know how much the wifi component cost ?

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