Japan Communications (JCI) has signed a partnership deal with Chinese LTE services developer Baicells Technologies regarding joint business development of unlicensed LTE network which will serve as the foundation for the IoT services for the Japanese market. A detailed agreement will be reached by the end of this year, JCI said. The partnership includes building networks and specific IoT services which will be supported by a revenue sharing business model which will include the two companies as well as other partner companies.