XGP Forum
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11F Nittochi Bldg., 1-4-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0013, Japan
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Document for Press Release
XGP Forum
Press ReleaseNo.20090402

About the Foundation of XGP Forum to Promote
TDD Mobile Broadband Telecom Service of XGP

1. Summary
Major information of the newly established organization is provided below:Name

XGP Forum

Chairman Mr. Yuji Inoue (Executive Director, TTC)
Location

C/O Association of Radio Industries and Businesses
11F., Nittochi Bldg., 1-4-1, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda District, Tokyo, Japan

Inquiry for Press Information
Secretariat of XGP Forum

Sugiura・Osawa・Seki

TEL(03)5510-8599

Information about XGP Forum

TechnicalTitle

XGP (eXtended Global Platform)
Non-profitable Organization to Standardize Specification and Promote Overseas

PurposeService of XGP, a TDD-based mobile broadband telecom method. Major Activities
Including Promotion and Acceleration of The Adoption of XGP System Overseas,

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Provision of Technical Support to Interested Overseas Operators.
Members
URL

40 Appx. (Operators, Equipment and Device Vendors, System Integrators)
http://www.xgpforum.com

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HP. http://www.xgpforum.com/
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2. Organization Chart of XGP Forum
Organization Chart of XGP Forum isgiven below:

XGP Forum

Organization Chart

XGP Forum General Meeting

Vice Chairman

Vice Chairman

ChairmanVice Chairman

Mr. Wakao

Mr. Inoue

Mr. Chika

Mr. Endy

Vice President
WILLCOM Inc.

Senior Consultant

Executive Directorof ARIB

Executive Directorof TTC

Steering Committee of XGP Forum

Secretary General Mr. Sigiura

BWG Chairman

TWG Chairman

PWG Chairman

OWG Chairman

Mr. Satoh

Mr. Kawai

Mr. Akatsuka

Mr. Yoshida

Senior Consultant

Note 1: Regarding the Function of Respective WGs (Working Groups)
1. BWG (Business Working Group)This working group helps to draft policies to be discussed as important strategies of XGP Forum. It examines
individual cases too, and executes individual cases with authorization after reporting the result of examination

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to the steering committee and general meeting. It also acts as a consultant to other working groups and thesteering committee by giving proposals regarding business strategies.
Therefore, its activities include business trips to relevant countries and areas to hold necessary meetings withother standardization organizations, to develop cooperative relationship with operators and vendors, and to
study and incubate new models of applications. Other working groups can carry out examination to the items
proposed by business working group.

2. TWG (Technical Working Group)This working group is in charge of the discussion and examination of all XGP technology related cases. Its
major task is to standardize necessary technologies to facilitate the development of XGP service. In addition,
its activities include the solution of XGP-related technical themes, standardization of technology related withnew services, technical exchange with other standardization organizations, and technical instruction to XGP
and potential XGP operator.

Sub working groups are established under the working group to deal withindividual cases. XGP members can apply to join the working group and its sub working groups in acondition to be able to participate in real standard drafting operation. The contents discussed within thisworking group are not for public access.

3. PWG (Promotion Working Group)This working group is responsible for familiarize the world with the name of XGP technology and its relevant
service. By updating website, releasing newsletter, attending exposition and symposium, publishing guidebook
and introducing its applications, the working group is aiming to spread XGP technology and service
worldwide.

4. OWG (Optimization Working Group)This working group studies and proposes the optimization method in using a telecom network by carrying out
diagnose to the existing system. The execution of optimization is carried out with the cooperation of local
operators and vendors. By carrying out optimizing engineering project, the quality of the network improves
drastically, and the knowhow is shared from individual operator is shared to other operators, which leads tothe overall improvement of connected service that XGP vendors and operators can jointly provides.

Note 2: Regarding the Function of XGP Forum General Meeting

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XGP Forum General Meeting is the most important decision making organ, which is participated by delegatesfrom all member companies. The chairman and vice chairmen are elected every two years. The general
meeting is held once a year principally. Besides, Steering Committee, which is attended by delegates fromkey members plays the central role of the forum and holds steering committee meetings to give advice andraise proposals for the general meeting.

3.

Existing Members’ List of XGP ForumThe current XGP Forum is constituted by the following members:

Signatory Members（* Steering Committee Members）

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ABIT Corporation

Countryor AreaJapan

2Access Co., Ltd.

Japan

3

Alcatel-Lucent China

China

4Altair Semiconductor Ltd.

Israel5Altel Inc.

Japan

6Anritsu Corporation

Japan

7

ArrayComm LLC.

USA

8

Asia Wireless Communication Co. Ltd.

Thailand9

BDA China Ltd.

China

No.

Member's Name

10 Couei Corporation
Institute of Research
11 Daiwa
Business Innovation Ltd.
International Telecom Corporation
12 First(FITEL)Japan

13 Freescale Seminconductor

USA

14 Group Sense Ltd.

China(HK)15 Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.

Japan

16 Hitachi, Ltd.*Japan

17 Hewlett Packard Japan

Japan

18 Inventec Appliances (Nanjing) Co. Ltd.

China

19 Japan Radio Co. Ltd.*Japan
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20 Kaga Electronic Co. Ltd.

Japan

21 Kyocrea Corporation*Japan

22 Mitsubishi Electric Corp.*

Japan

23 MobilMax Technology Inc.

Taiwan24 NEC Corporation*Japan

25 NEC Infrontia Corp.

Japan

26 NetIndex Inc.*Japan

27 Oki Semiconductor Co. Ltd.

Japan

28 Seiko Instruments Inc.

Japan

29Shenzhen Rockie Communication Equipment
China
Co. Ltd.

30 Starent Networks Corp.

USA

31 Toshiba Corporation*Japan

32 Toshiba Digital Media Engineering Corp.

Japan

33 UTStarcom, Inc.*USA

34 Wavesat

Canada35 Xillinx, Inc.

USA

36 WILLCOM Inc. *Japan

37 Wistron NeWeb Corporation

Taiwan38 Nokia Corp.

Finland

39 ZTE Corporation

China

4. Standardization Progress
Before XGP Forum is established, standardization process has already been carried out with the joint effortof some member companies. As a result, XGP has already gained acknowledgment and recommendation fromthe following international standardization organizations as a TDD-based mobile broadband telecom service.
Organization

TimeSpecification No.

ITU-RJun. 2007

M.1801

APTJun. 2007

―ARIB

Fiscal Year 2007

STD-95

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5．Field Experiment by Operator
In Japan, XGP is decided to be adopted by WILLCOM Inc., for which the license to use 2.5Hz frequency wasgranted on Dec. 2007 by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. After acquiring license for
XGP base stations in January and field test in April, WILLCOM plans to introduce in the service this comingautumn.

6. XGP Overseas Development Scenario
THE following is a scenario of possible way of XGP development overseas:

1. China
In China, long waited 3G licenses were granted earlier in the year. Since the introduction of 3G has juststarted, the appraisal to TDD mobile broadband telecom service like XGP is expected to start afterwards.
To start the promotion of XGP, we expect to create cooperative environment among suppliers, operators,
research institutes and universities between Japan and China. Field experiment regarding various applicationof XGP, including remote education, remote medical service, disaster prevention and crime prevention, andjoint research and development regarding the standardization of the specification of TDD mobile broadband
telecom service can be carried out. In addition, steering committee member of XGP Forum, WILLCOM Inc.
has already signed technical cooperation agreement with Unicom in Thailand.

2. Taiwan
Despite that WiMax was introduced to Taiwan earlier, there seems to be various problems unsolved. Due toXGP’s advantage on mobility and adaptability to heavy traffic, we expect XGP to be adopted by Taiwan andwe’d carry out relevant activities to realize the expansion.

3. Thailand
We expect to provide XGP service in Thailand, a country with profound resource of Japanese expatriates andvisitors, in future. In addition, steering committee member of XGP Forum, WILLCOM Inc. has alreadysigned technical cooperation agreement with TRUE Corp. in Thailand.

4. Others

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In addition, possible service in Vietnam and Peru, Chile and Venezuela in South America can be discussed
and expected.

* Information provided for the purpose of press release are currently valid information only.
* Please be noted that product, service content, specification and reference address are subject to change
without notice.

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