Will packet flat rate plans disappear even in Japan? I also contacted UQ WiMAX

America's largest mobile phone company"Verizon Wireless" will abolish the packet flat rate plan from this month and switch to pay-per-use billing, About the fact that the top two companies in the US moved to a pay-as-you-go system, among major telecommunication companiesHigh-capacity communication that imposes only band limitation, UQ Communications which develops "UQ WiMAX" which provides high-speed communication with maximum downlink 40 Mbps and uplink maximum 10 Mbps at the lowest price in the industry was asked.

In addition, for similar questions alreadyKDDIYaSoftBank mobile,NTT docomo,E-MobileAnd other mobile phone companies have responded.

The inquiries and answers are as follows.

GIGAZINE:
As of July 2011, is traffic of 3G network increasing?

UQ WiMAX:
Traffic is increasing. Please pardon the details.

GIGAZINE:
Do you predict when the traffic will reach the limit at the present time?

UQ WiMAX:
After 2012, it is expected to gradually become tough.

GIGAZINE:
Verizon Wireless in the US and AT & T reviews the "packet flat rate plan" and switched to pay-per-use billing, but is there any possibility of review if traffic continues to grow?

UQ WiMAX:
Regarding the review of the rate plan, it is undecided at this time.

GIGAZINE:
Mobile phones companies are making efforts to disperse network traffic, but please tell us about your company's efforts.

UQ WiMAX:
In the first place WiMAX has higher frequency usage efficiency than mobile phones, and in areas with high traffic density such as urban areas, we allocate base stations at high density to secure capacity.

Although it is UQ Communications which responded that traffic gradually becomes stricter from FY 2012 onwards, since the company's strength does not provide voice service, there is no need to secure bandwidth dedicated to voice service, providing high-speed communication service from the beginning We are building the premise network infrastructure.

Because there is an advantage that WiMAX has high speed and large capacity and network cost can be low-priced, KDDI's "Multi-networkAlthough it is incorporated in the strategy, it is compatible with the conventional network in 2013,"WiMAX 2" to achieve speed exceeding that of ordinary household optical fiberThe frequency utilization efficiency improves as a result of the appearance, and it is expected to further increase the speed and capacity.

Incidentally, President Nogasaka of UQ Communications has long been absorbing the increase in traffic on a single network, which is unrealistic, and argues that it is necessary to efficiently distribute traffic to multiple networks , I would like to expect that WiMAX will play a bigger role in the distribution of traffic volume in the future.