Kyocera's iBurst-Based Technology Approved as New Standard for Mobile Broadband Wireless Access (MBWA) - IEEE802.20
KYOTO, Japan--(Business Wire)--
Kyocera Corporation (President: Makoto Kawamura) (NYSE:KYO) is
pleased to announce that Kyocera's iBurst-based technology proposal
(625k-MC mode) was approved as a new standard for IEEE 802.20 by the
IEEE Standards Association(SA) at its headquarters, Piscataway, New
Jersey, USA on June 12, 2008.
"Having been a draft standard since January 2006, Kyocera is
gratified that iBurst has finally been approved as an 802.20 standard
by the IEEE Standards Association," said Mr. Masashi Yano, General
Manager of the Corporate Communication System Equipment Division,
Kyocera Corporation. "With this industry standard approval, we are
expecting to expand the iBurst service area to more and more
countries."
Kyocera's iBurst, or HC-SDMA, is a mobile broadband wireless
access (MBWA) system that has been commercially rolled out in more
than 10 countries and has been approved as a standard by American
National Standards Institute (ANSI) and International
Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R). iBurst has
remarkably high capacity, essential for mobile broadband wireless
access services, and distributes its high data rates to many mobile PC
users. This is enabled by field-proven Adaptive Array Antenna (AAA)
and Spatial Division Multiple Access (SDMA) technologies.
iBurst operators worldwide have formed the iBurst Association
(iBA), a not-for-profit organization advocating the promotion and
development of iBurst technology as a preferred MBWA solution.
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For more information, please visit:
IEEE-SA: http://standards.ieee.org/
iBurst: http://global.kyocera.com/iburst
iBurst Association: http://www.iburst.org
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About Kyocera
Kyocera Corporation (http://www.kyocera.com), the parent and
global headquarters of the Kyocera Group, was founded in 1959 as a
producer of advanced ceramics. By combining these engineered materials
with metals and plastics, and integrating them with other
technologies, Kyocera Corporation has become a leading supplier of
telecommunications equipment, solar energy systems, semiconductor
packages, electronic components, laser printers, copiers and
industrial ceramics. During the year ended March 31, 2008, the
company's net sales totaled 1.29 trillion yen (approximately US$12.9
billion).
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