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In Wireless, U.S. Startup Heads East; Spectrum Issues Loom.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
Byline: REINHARDT KRAUSE
Well-funded Soma Networks isn't the only startup trying to make it big selling gear that's used to deliver high-speed Internet access over wireless networks.
At least 20 other startups are in the game. They all need a big customer or two to give their products a chance to prove themselves.
For San Francisco-based Soma and some of the others, that customer search has led them overseas -- where government policy often makes or breaks a market opportunity.
In 2002, Japan's NTT Communications began testing Soma's wireless broadband system in Kanazawa City. While NTT says the trial went well, it hasn't moved ahead with a large-scale commercial rollout of a Soma-based service.
In Malaysia, on the other hand, Internet service provider Jaring plans to roll out a Soma-based service in Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley -- two high-tech, urban areas.
Why is Soma on a fast track in Malaysia but stuck in neutral in Japan?
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