TOKYO (WiMAX Day). Japanese WiMAX operator ACCA Networks has applied to the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication (MIC) for a special license to test 2.5 GHz spectrum in the Niigata Prefecture along the coast of the Sea of Japan. The MIC has yet to issue formal long-term licenses for this spectrum, and companies testing services use temporary testing licenses.

ACCA intends to begin testing in Niigata at the beginning of March 2007, which will include peripheral field intensity quality and propagation throughput measurement and prevention of disasters radio application experiment, image streaming experiment, and VoIP communication experiments.