April 22, 2010 - Japanese cellco Softbank Mobile is considering deploying the Chinese-developed TD-LTE standard as a 4G network.

Senior executive vice president Ted Matsumoto told telecomasia.net the company could deploy it in the 2.5GHz spectrum it gained access to when it bought a stake in failing PHS operator Willcom last month.
 
But he said Willcom’s next-gen PHS technology, XGP, and mobile Wimax were also under consideration.
 
“We’re going to have 2.5GHz TDD spectrum, so we will seriously explore TD-LTE,” he said.

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