EMOBILE
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| Founded | January 5, 2005 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Website | emobile.jp |
EMOBILE was a mobile phone brand in Japan marketed by eAccess, offering 3G/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA/LTE services. As they used to offer only data service, they were not widely known, but now after teaming up with NTT docomo to offer voice service, they are becoming more popular. Between March 2007 and March 2008 they expanded their voice communication service area to a nationwide level. As of March 31, 2009 their web site is claiming 90% coverage of Japan's population. In 2014 EMOBILE merged with Willcom and became Y!mobile.
EMOBILE has a reseller/virtual network arrangement with several fix line ISPs including Asahi Net.
As with most 3G/HSPA networks customers have reported congestion problems in some locations at peak times.
As of April 17, 2009 they introduced HSUPA to metropolitan areas claiming support for 5.8Mbit/s.
At the end of 2010, they will add the HTC Aria to their smart phone offerings.
As of early 2011, 21Mbit/s HSPA+ and 42Mbit/s DC-HSPA+ is available in major metropolitan areas, depending upon the subscriber modem used.
On March 15, 2012, they are beginning LTE service with initial advertised speeds of 75Mbit/s. It is claimed that this speed will eventually increase to 112Mbit/s.
Total subscribers as of April 30, 2009 was 1.53 million (ref web site).
On August 1, 2014, EMOBILE was merged with Willcom into Y!mobile.
References
External links
- EMOBILE (Japanese)
- Coverage maps
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