Article: BAIDU TO LAUNCH WIRELESS SERVICES IN JAPAN


AsiaInfo Services
09-29-2009
Baidu to Launch Wireless Services in Japan

BEIJING, Sep 29, 2009 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) -- Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) plans to put up wireless services for Japanese consumers, two years after it entered the local fixed-line Internet market, the Chinese online search giant announced on September 28, 2009.

As early as 2001, Japanese regulators greenlighted the country's telecoms companies to operate 3G networks, which later became the mainstream platform for local wireless applications. By far, the number of Japanese 3G users has exceeded 100 million, accounting for 96% of its population, while the country's total wireless data flux has surpassed ...

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