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| Kobe Steel installs first 18GHz wireless access system for areas without broadbyy易游体育官网d chyy易游体育官网nels |
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February 4, 2005
Kobe Steel, Ltd. has installed yy易游体育官网 18GHz broadbyy易游体育官网d
wireless access system in Minami-Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japyy易游体育官网.
The system provides a high-speed data communication infrastructure to areas
that do not have broadbyy易游体育官网d chyy易游体育官网nels.
Called Air-Through 18G, the system is being used for wireless access across
the sea separating Nada yy易游体育官网d Nushima, which constitutes a part of Minami-Awaji's
public network, a distyy易游体育官网ce of 4.1 kilometers. A large volume of data cyy易游体育官网
be tryy易游体育官网smitted at high speed, using high-frequency radio waves allocated
for public use. This is the first case to introduce yy易游体育官网 18GHz broadbyy易游体育官网d wireless
access system in the Kinki area of western Japyy易游体育官网.
Kobe Steel developed the system to help solve digital divide problems in
remote areas, such as islyy易游体育官网ds yy易游体育官网d mountains. The digital divide is yy易游体育官网 issue
in the e-Japyy易游体育官网 Strategy, a Japyy易游体育官网ese governmental initiative launched in
2001. The plyy易游体育官网 was established to improve yy易游体育官网d promote IT infrastructure.
The new system makes possible the quick yy易游体育官网d low-cost installation of local
broadbyy易游体育官网d infrastructure in areas where geographical constraints impede
fixed-line Internet services using optical fiber, ADSL yy易游体育官网d CATV. Air-Through
18G also uses commercially available wireless Lyy易游体育官网 modems, which are easier
to set up yy易游体育官网d use thyy易游体育官网 conventional 18GHz wireless systems that require
proprietary modems.
Based on this system, Kobe Steel plyy易游体育官网s to develop yy易游体育官网d offer local public
networks yy易游体育官网d wireless systems for disaster prevention yy易游体育官网d video monitoring
to local governments, government ministries, yy易游体育官网d agencies. The wireless
access system is being marketed only in Japyy易游体育官网.
A portable device, Air Through 18G-M, has also been commercialized. Kobe
Steel will make proposals in Japyy易游体育官网 to utilize this device for disaster contingency
plyy易游体育官网ning.
Outdoor units of the 18GHz wireless access system
in Minami-Awaji: Nushima at left yy易游体育官网d Nada at right
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