SOFTBANK launches "Softbank 4G" with a maximum downlink 110 Mbps, based on XGP

Softbank Mobile 's 2011 Winter Spring Model Presentation, Softbank 4G, a high-speed communication service with a maximum downlink speed of 110 Mbps, which is the fastest in Japan, will be launched.

Based on the next-generation PHS technology "XGP" which Wilcom was once planning to fully deploy using the 2.5 GHz band allocated from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the communication standard "AXGP" which realized 100% compatibility with TD-LTE Is adopted.


Realize the industry's fastest downlink 110 Mbps


Speed ​​comparison with each company service. As "outdoor speed", Xi of NTT Docomo is mentioned as a comparison object as maximum downlinking is 37.5 Mbps (some indoor is 75 Mbps).


It plans to raise the population coverage rate in the nationwide designated ordinance city to 99% within 2012.


Corresponding product "ULTRA Wi-Fi 4G"



First model can be used with downlink maximum of 76 Mbps. It can also be used in existing ULTRA SPEED area.