Willcom announces Communication of Revolution & Evolution (CORE)

Willcom grabbed media’s attention with a series of announcements at the beginning of this week. One of them is the Communication of Revolution & Evolution (CORE), which is the next generation of its PHS network. Willcom plans to roll out CORE starting next spring in Tokyo and gradually extend it to Osaka by autumn same year. Overall, CORE’s deployment will require upgrade of 160,000 PHS base stations Willcom currently operates. In theory, CORE network should be capable of delivering over 100Mbps for both uplink and downlink (30MHz X 2 (MIMO)) to objects moving with the speed of over 300Km/h. However, the actual speeds at the time of CORE launch are yet to be announced.

Willcom also intends to take advantage of its numerous base stations by equipping them with cameras and some sensors that can feed data to passing cars via car navigation systems. The company is reported to be in a joint research project with car navigation companies to develop a special device compatible with Willcom’s CORE network.

Source: IT Media