Baidu Goes Wireless in Japan

Baidu announced that it has launched a new

Baidu is bigger than Google in China. In fact, the gap between the two is even widening. A recent report from PCWorld says that Google's share of the online search market in China has slipped this year and will continue to do so (via a government report). PCWorld criticism. 

According to Baidu, 3G licenses were first granted in Japan in 2001 and soon afterwards 3G became the main platform for wireless applications. "Today, Japan's 3G user base has surpassed 100 million, over 90% of the country's population, and wireless Internet is widely used, with more than 80% of Internet users logging on wirelessly," the company says.