Topics

• Announcement of TTC・XGP Forum Joint Seminar November 6, 2025
• sXGP (a license-free, self-operated LTE system) is now available for use with drones. November 6, 2024
• Result of Connection test between IP-PBX and sXGP terminals in FY 2023. January 17, 2024
• The sXGP equipment to be exhibited at CIAJ booth at CEATEC 2023 October 12, 2023
• Announcement of sponsorship for CIAJ Seminar "Future outlook of sXGP system (in response to the next system revision)" August 9, 2023
• Result of Connection test between IP-PBX and sXGP terminals in FY 2022. January 18, 2023
• Result of Connection test between IP-PBX/Business phone and sXGP terminals in FY 2021. January 26, 2022
• Information and Communications Council reported on May 29, 2020 on the technical condition to triple the current frequency of sXGP Method. June 2, 2020
• Result of Connection test between IP-PBX/Business phone and sXGP terminals in FY 2019. April 1, 2020
• XGP Forum attended in MWC Americas 2019 in Los Angeles, CA on October 22-24, 2019 and introduced sXGP technology. (October 29, 2019) October 29, 2019
• XGP Forum joined "5G Network Innovation Seminar 2019" in Beijing. August 15, 2019
• Insight into MulteFire(sXGP) by Mr. Yoshioki Chika (PWG Chairperson of XGP Forum) -- In the interview with Light Reading at MWC 2019. March 14, 2019
• XGP Forum attended in MWC 2019 in Barcelona, Spain on February 25-28, 2019 and introduced sXGP technology. March 14, 2019
• Result of Connection test between IP-PBX/Business phone and sXGP terminals. February 14, 2019
• XGP Forum attended in MWC Americas 2018 in Los Angeles, CA on September 12-14, 2018 and introduced sXGP technology.September 26, 2018
• XGP Forum joined "5G Network Innovation Seminar 2017" in Beijing. August 23, 2018
• ARIB 108th Standard Meeting was held on July 26, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. "ARIB STD-118 OFDMA/TDMA TDD for digital cordless telephone (sXGP) version 1.1" which describes "sXGP Specifications" was approved at the meeting. July 26, 2018
• Let's build Private LTE! sXGP is the quickest way in Japan! June 12, 2018
• ARIB 107th Standard Meeting was held on April 12, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. "ARIB STD-118 OFDMA/TDMA TDD for digital cordless telephone (sXGP)" which describes "sXGP Specifications" was approved at the meeting. April 12, 2018
• ARIB 107th Standard Meeting was held on April 12, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. "ARIB STD-T95 Version 3.6 OFDMA / TDMA TDD Broadband Wireless Access System (XGP) which refer to "XGP Specifications Version 3 revision 4" was approved at the meeting. April 12, 2018
• Result of Connection test between IP-PBX and sXGP terminals. March 23, 2018
• ARIB 106th Standard Meeting was held on January 22, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. "RCR STD-28 Personal Handy phone System Version 7.0" which includes "sXGP Specifications" was approved at the meeting. January 22, 2018
• From "Private PHS" to "Private LTE" - "sXGP", LTE Cordless Specification from Japan. November 7, 2017
• SoftBank and Wireless City Planning announce the success of field test over 24 layer and 28 layer using Massive MIMO. (September 29, 2017) September 29, 2017
• SoftBank and Wireless City Planning announce starting Massive MIMO 2.0, Distributed MIMO, MultiUser MIMO, UL MultiUser MIMO. September 13, 2017
• Efforts to spread and promote sXGP August 25, 2017
• XGP Forum joined "5G-Oriented LTE Network Innovation Seminar 2017" in Beijing. August 17, 2017
• XGP Forum won "Award for the Best Partner in TD-LTE Global Promotion". March 8, 2017
• SoftBank announces new release of Android One "S2" supporting AXGP. March 2, 2017
• SoftBank announces new release of Android One "S1" supporting AXGP. February 16, 2017
• SoftBank announces new release of "Pocket WiFi 601HW, 602HW and 603HW" which can achieve maximum 612 Mbps down-link speed with CA, 4x4 MIMO and 256QAM supporting AXGP. February 10, 2017
• 33rd General Meeting was held on November 29, 2016 in Osaka, Japan. November 29, 2016
• SoftBank and WCP will start the Japan's first commercial service with 256QAM. Oct. 12, 2016
• SoftBank announces new release of Xperia XZ, STAR WARS Mobile, AQUOS Xx3 mini, Lenovo TAB3, MediaPad T2 Pro supporting AXGP. Oct. 12, 2016
• SoftBank and WCP will start the world's first commercial service with Massive MIMO. September 8, 2016
• SoftBank announces new release of iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 7 supporting AXGP. September 8, 2016
• XGP Forum joined 2016 LTE Network Innovation Summit. August 12, 2016
• Softbank announces new release of Windows 10 mobile smartphone "503LV" supporting AXGP. July 14, 2016
• Softbank announces new release of Android One "507SH" supporting AXGP. July 5, 2016
• Softbank announces new release of "DIGNO E" supporting AXGP. May 24, 2016
• Softbank announces new release of "Xperia X Performance", "AQUOS Xx3", and "DIGNO F" supporting AXGP. May 11, 2016
• Softbank announces new release of iPhone SE and iPad Pro (9.7inch) supporting AXGP. March 22, 2016
• SoftBank announces new release of "Pocket WiFi 504HW" which can achieve maximum 261 Mbps down-link speed with CA and 4x4 MIMO supporting AXGP. March 3, 2016
• ARIB 98th Standard Meeting was held on December 3, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. "ARIB STD-T95 Version 3.4 OFDMA / TDMA TDD Broadband Wireless Access System (XGP) which refer to "XGP Specifications Version 3 revision 2" was approved at the meeting. December 3, 2015
• 32nd General Meeting was held on November 18, 2015 in Shenzhen, China. November 18, 2015
• The 5th TD-LTE Technology and Spectrum Workshop was held in Budapest, which was hosted by ITU, GTI, China mobile and TDIA. XGP Forum attended the seminar and addressed keynote speeche. October 12, 2015
• SoftBank and Y! mobile announces new release of "Nexus 5X", "Nexus 6P", "Xperia Z5", "AQUOS Xx2", "AQUOS Xx2 mini", "Lenovo TAB2", "SoftBank Air2" which support AXGP. October 8, 2015
• Tokyo Cable Network announces to get the license of AXGP radio station using Regional BWA band (2,575 – 2,595MHz). September 28, 2015
• SoftBank and Y! mobile announces new release of "Pocket WiFi 502HW" which is Mobile Router supporting AXGP and Full/One-segment broadcasting. September 28, 2015
• SoftBank (Y! mobile) announces new release of "Battery Wi-Fi" which is Mobile battery with Mobile WiFi Router supporting AXGP. September 17, 2015
• Hanshin Electric Railway announces to get the license of AXGP radio station using Regional BWA band (2,575 – 2,595MHz). September 14, 2015
• SoftBank announces new release of iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 6s and iPad mini 4 supporting AXGP. September 10, 2015
• XGP Specifications Version 3 revision 2 was approved. It describes new features based on 3GPP Release 12. September 3, 2015
• LTE Network Innovation Seminar was held in Beijing, which was hosted by TDIA. XGP Forum attended the seminar and addressed keynote speeche. August 20, 2015
• SoftBank and WCP announce that both companies agree with Huawei Technologies Japan and ZTE Japan to make joint development of next generation mobile communication system like 4.5G and 5G. July 10, 2015
• SoftBank announces new release of four kinds of Android smart phones (Xperia Z4, Galaxy S6 edge, AQUOS Xx, and AQUOS CRYSTAL 2) supporting AXGP and VoLTE. May 19, 2015
• SoftBank announces new release of Android Mobile Projector supporting AXGP. May 19, 2015
• Total subscriber of AXGP service reaches 9,857,200 as of March 2015. May 12, 2015
• SoftBank announces new release of USB stick (SoftBank 403ZT) supporting Carrier Aggregation of AXGP. April 22, 2015
• SoftBank announces new release of small Mobile WiFi Router (Y!mobile 401HW) supporting AXGP. April 20, 2015
• SoftBank announces new release of Android smart phones (BLADE Q+) supporting new price packages of "Simple style" and AXGP. March 10, 2015
• SoftBank announces new release of Android smart phones (Digno U) supporting AXGP. This durability meets Military Standard 810G. February 20, 2015
• Y!mobile announces new release of Android smart phones (Digno C) supporting AXGP. This durability meets Military Standard 810G. February 20, 2015
• Total subscriber of AXGP service reaches 7,736,900 as of December 2014. February 11, 2015
• SoftBank BB announces new release of "SoftBank Air", which is the CPE supporting AXGP. December 11, 2014
• Y! mobile announces new release of Android 5.0 Lollipop smart phones (Nexus 6) supporting AXGP. November 13, 2014
• Total subscriber of AXGP service reaches 5,205,200 as of September 2014. AXGP exceeds WiMAX's total subscriber (5,123,800) for the first time. November 5, 2014
• SoftBank announces new release of Apple iPad Air 2 supporting AXGP. October 17, 2014
• XGP Forum Facebook site is now opened. October 6, 2014
• SoftBank announces new release of Android smart phones (Xperia Z3) supporting AXGP. October 1, 2014
• 31th General Meeting was held on September 17, 2014 in Hsinchu, Taiwan. September 17, 2014
• Y! mobile announces new release of Mobile WiFi Router supporting Carrier Aggregation of AXGP. September 16, 2014
• SoftBank announces new release of iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 6 supporting AXGP. September 10, 2014
• a href="http://www.soumu.go.jp/menu_news/s-news/01kiban14_02000202.html" target="_blank">In Japan, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC）received the report which showed “Introducing AXGP to Regional BWA band (2,575 – 2,595MHz) is appropriate” from Radio Regulatory Council. September 10, 2014
• Wireless City Planning announces that Carrier Aggregation of AXGP (20MHz + 10MHz in band 41) will be started on September 2014. August 29, 2014
• SoftBank announces new release of Mobile WiFi Router supporting Carrier Aggregation of AXGP. August 29, 2014
• SoftBank announces new release of two kinds of Android smart phones supporting AXGP. Also, Sprint announces the same smart phones in USA. August 18, 2014
• ARIB 92th Standard Meeting was held on July 31, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. "ARIB STD-T95 Version 3.2 OFDMA / TDMA TDD Broadband Wireless Access System (XGP) which refer to "XGP Specifications Version 3 revision 1" was approved at the meeting. July 31, 2014
• Y!mobile announces new release of Android smart phones and Mobile Router supporting AXGP. July 17, 2014
• XGP Specifications Version 3 revision 1 was approved. February 28, 2014
• 30th General Meeting was held on October 22, 2013 in Xi`an, China. October 22, 2013
• SoftBank announces new release of four kinds of Android smart phones and one Mobile Router supporting AXGP. September 30, 2013
• At “2013 GTI Ad Hoc Seminar” in Tokyo, SoftBank gave a driving demonstration of a “LTE-Advanced TDD” experimental system over 3.4 - 3.6 GHz frequency band. It achieved good performance with Carrier Aggregation (20MHz x 4), 4x4 MIMO, CoMP and so on in dense urban area like Ginza. August 28, 2013
• ARIB 88th Standard Meeting was held on July 3, 2013 in Tokyo, Japan. "ARIB STD-T95 Version 3.0 OFDMA / TDMA TDD Broadband Wireless Access System (XGP) which refer to "XGP Specifications Version 3" was approved at the meeting. (July 3, 2013) July 3, 2013
• WILLCOM announces new release of Android smart phones supporting AXGP and PHS. July 4, 2013
• "XGP Specifications Version 3 was approved. May 15, 2013
• SoftBank announces new release of five kinds of Android smart phones and one Mobile Router supporting AXGP. May 7, 2013
• XGP Forum TWG meeting and XGP-TDIA joint meeting was held in Beijing. March 28 - 29, 2013
• WCP attained the FY2012 year-end goal of service coverage ratio (92%). As for major cities, the 100% coverage was achieved. March 22, 2013
• ARIB 86th Standard Meeting was held on December 18, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan. "ARIB STD-T95 Version 2.2 OFDMA / TDMA TDD Broadband Wireless Access System (XGP) which refer to "XGP Specifications Version 2, Revision 4" was approved at the meeting. December 18, 2012
• 29th General Meeting was held on November 14, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan. "XGP Specifications Version 2, Revision 4" was approved at the meeting. November 14, 2012
• SoftBank announces new release of six kinds of Android smart phones supporting AXGP. October 9, 2012
• XGP Forum homepage has just renewed. September 1, 2012
• ICT Research Consulting publishes speed test results of 4G services in Japan. SoftBank 4G achieves over 10 Mbps of downlink speed. Note that SoftBank 4G obtains the most high speed of 18 Mbps in metropolitan area. August 28, 2012
• Commercialization of AXGP system of WCP was geared up. Recognition of the 23rd Meritorious Award on Radio. June 20, 2012
• Ted Matsumoto, chief strategic advisor to the board of SoftBank, made the speech about AXGP progress in Japan at GSMA MOBILE ASIA EXPO 2012. June 20, 2012
• Strategy of AXGP by Mr. Yoshioki Chika (VP of XGP Forum) was appeared. -- In the interview with Business Network. May 28, 2012
• 2012 TDD Forum was held on April 25‐26, 2012, Tokyo, JAPAN. April 27, 2012
• The latest version of「neXt Generation PHS (XGP Specifications A-GN4.00-02-TS XGP Specifications Version 2, Revision 3)」Standard has been approved and published as STD-T95 v2.1 standard by ARIB (Association of Radio Industries and Business) on February 14, 2012. March 6, 2012
• AXGP service was presented by Wireless City Planning. January 18, 2012

News

• OKI Introduces Two New Approaches in the PBX/Business Phone Business: Web Calling and sXGP to "Ensure Connectivity"April 10, 2025
• Possibility of New Infrastructure Sharing with sXGP: Roaming Between Private LTE and Mobile Phone NetworksApril 3, 2025
• “Free placing eNodeB” to make sXGP construction easy and to realize high-quality reliable VoLTE callsJuly 26, 2023
• Possibility of private LTE "sXGP" beyond the replacement of private PHSJuly 26, 2023
• Panasonic Connect to transforms “the Field” by realizing DX beyond PHS replacementJune 21, 2023
• With doubled bandwidth, sXGP to go to Phase 2 as “Post PHS”December 5, 2022
• PHS service ends on January 31, 2021.January 31, 2021
• SoftBank to postpone the plan to end PHS service for general use. April 17, 2020
• SoftBank to End PHS Tele-Metering Plan at the End of March, 2023. April 24, 2019
• SoftBank to End PHS Service for General Use except Tele-Metering in July 2020. April 19, 2018
• Hong Kong: ​Full Withdrawal of Licensing Exemption for PHS Radiocommunications Apparatus as from 10 May 2016April 25, 2016
• BYE! PHS ! Announced on April 15, 2013 in Hong KongApril 25, 2016
• ARIB 91st Standard Meeting was held on March 18, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. "ARIB STD-T95 Version 3.1 OFDMA / TDMA TDD Broadband Wireless Access System (XGP) was approved at the meeting.March 18, 2014
• China Mobile & Apple Bring iPhone to China Mobile's 4G & 3G Networks on January 17, 2014. December 23, 2013
• At “2013 GTI Ad Hoc Seminar” in Tokyo, SoftBank gave a driving demonstration of a “LTE-Advanced TDD” experimental system over 3.4 - 3.6 GHz frequency band. It achieved good performance with Carrier Aggregation (20MHz x 4), 4x4 MIMO, CoMP and so on in dense urban area like Ginza. August 28, 2013
• WCP attained the FY2012 year-end goal of service coverage ratio (92%). As for major cities, the 100% coverage was achieved. March 22, 2013
• ICT Research Consulting publishes Mobile Router's speed test results of 4G services in Japan. SoftBank 4G achieves most heigest average downlink speed of 17.27 Mbps.February 22, 2013
• "AXGP has a biggest power in our strategy" by Mr. Miyagawa (CTO of SoftBank) -- In the interview with Business Network.November 5, 2012
• WCP achieved the FY2012 year-end goal of total 12,693 BS deployment several months ahead of the schedule.September 12, 2012
• < SoftBank launch its 4G services which is used "AXGP" of Wireless City Planning.February 20, 2012
• SoftBank aims at 97% coverage for TD-LTE network, says CTO Yoshioki Chika. -- In the article of Global Telecoms Business. March 3, 2012
• Wireless City Planning launches AXGP service which realizes maximum 100Mbps downlink speed. November 1, 2011
• Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI) Announced to Promote the Deployment of TD-LTE Networks.February 14, 2011

sXGP User Examples

• With the introduction of a system with 1000 smartphones (May 1, 2022), a new private system was constructed in a new large hospital.
• Implementation of video transmission via sXGP at a dome-shaped facility for cycling
• An environment where smartphone integration manages patient information through "a next-generation nurse call system" and electronic medical charts over the wireless system.
• Constructing an AGV Platform Using the sXGP Handover Property
• Video Streaming Using a Private Network