TOKYO -- With sixth-generation wireless expected to reach the market around 2030, Japan aims to take the lead in the global debate over standards for this technology by capturing a key post at the rulemaking agency.
On Sunday, Seizo Onoe became director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau -- part of the International Telecommunication Union, a United Nations agency. He is known as the "father of LTE" for promoting the adoption of 4G technology while at Japanese mobile carrier NTT Docomo.
