Wireless
Wireless News
Japan mulling tax on Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, other devices | Japan mulling tax on Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, other devices |
|
|
| Tim Higgins | |
| July 12, 2007 | |
|
On July 5, a workshop was held by Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) to consider imposing a Radio Utilization Fee. The fee would apply to radio devices that operate in license-free spectrum, which includes Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, and UWB technologies. The rationale behind the charge appears to be the Ministry's desire to control "illegal" "radio stations" and to promote "efficient" RF spectrum utilization. Japanese consumers already pay a yearly 420 Yen fee for each mobile phone. The Ministry opened a public comment phase, which closes on next Thursday, July 19. While the proposed fee is for Japan only, there is obvious industry concern about the establishment of a precedent that could be followed by other countries. References to the proposal (in Japanese) and related documents can be found at the following links: Proposal summary July 5 pre-meeting July 5 meeting report Background for the wave utilization charge system Tags: WiFi, Related Articles:Japan to leave Wi-Fi gear untaxed for nowIEEE 802 Wireless Meeting Summary – July 2007 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
More |
|
Are STBC mandatory for 802.11n?
Definitely clueless..Please help!
good laptop card to use w/WZR-HP-G300NH?
Best way to sync NASs directly (not through computers)
Wirless NIC and Vista64.
|