Japan Gives 2 Cos. WiMax Frequencies

December 21, 2007 By YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business Writer

(AP) -- The Japanese government gave licenses Friday for future high-speed wireless Internet services to KDDI Corp. and Willcom Inc., which is owned by U.S. investment fund Carlyle Group.

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