MAIDENHEAD, United Kingdom-Flarion Technologies Inc. reported that Vodafone KK in Japan will conduct network technology trials of Flarion’s Flash-OFDM based mobile broadband system later this year. The trial will cover areas of Tokyo and will use Flarion’s commercially available PC card modems for laptops to test the technology’s performance, user mobility, subscriber scalability, robustness and transparent delivery of enterprise and consumer applications over an Internet Protocol network infrastructure.
“Vodafone undertakes technical trials of emerging technologies to ensure we are well positioned to drive future research into mobile system solutions,” said Michael Walker, Vodafone Group Research and Development Director. “Such programs also enable Vodafone to respond quickly to commercial opportunities with specific market requirements should the need arise.”
U.S.-based carrier Nextel Communications Inc. is conducting a similar trial in portions of North Carolina using Flarion’s Flash-OFDM technology with independent reports showing the service providing throughput speeds in excess of 1 megabit per second in a mobile environment.
