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It should come as no surprise: Japan's IP Mobile has filed for bankruptcy as its Nov. 9 deadline for launching services looms. The carrier recently lost one of its investors, NextWave, which only supported the company for a few short months. IP Mobile could not raise enough funds to offer services before its deadline, which means the carrier must return its mobile license to Japan's regulatory body. Recent attempts to raise funding from a Hong Kong telecommunications company fell through, according to reports. NextWave's departure this summer raised eyebrows about the likelihood of IP Mobile's success. NextWave's exit was reminiscent of Vodafone's exit from the Japanese mobile market following its sale of Vodafone K.K. to Softbank.
For more on the IP Mobile bankruptcy filing:
- read this article from Jijii Press
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Comments
Posted by Lars | October 30, 2007 - 7:23pm
The move into bankrupty coming days after they had Distacom sign-on was 'somewhat' suprising to us..!!
The issue here - incld. NextWaves brief flirt - might well be the TD-CDMA spec. which was the basis for IPMobile's spectrum license. At any rate this whole affair is nothing like Vodafones entry, with over 3-years operating, and exit of the Japanese market.. imho.
Lars
http://www.wirelesswatch.jp
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