TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin marketing a data-card type terminal capable of high-speed packet transmission at 384 kilobits per second. The F2402 makes possible video calling from a PC to a FOMA video phone or an ISDN-connected fixed video phone.In addition, specific...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said that its FOMA network would cover 99 percent of the population in the Kanto-Koshinetsu region of Japan, which includes Tokyo, beginning Sept. 6, and its network would cover 96 percent of the Japanese population by the end of September.With the...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said that its FOMA network would cover 99 percent of the population in the Kanto-Koshinetsu region of Japan, which includes Tokyo, beginning Sept. 6, and its network would cover 96 percent of the Japanese population by the end of September.With the...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin rolling over customers' unused monthly dialing and communications allowances for up to two months beginning in November.The Japanese telecommunications giant said the "two-month carryover" plan applies to all mova and FOMA subscribers and will be automatically instituted...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. reported a net income of $1.65 billion in the first quarter ended June 30 in its first quarterly financial report.DoCoMo said it had 600,000 FOMA subscribers in July, based on additional coverage and the release of dual-mode handsets that can access...
NTT DoCoMo Inc. reported a net income of $1.65 billion in the first quarter ending June 30 in its first quarterly financial report.DoCoMo said it had 600,000 FOMA subscribers in July, and highlighted its moves to add new FOMA subscribers, including expanding coverage and...
LONDON-Operating company Symbian claimed another win with the Fujitsu F2102V phone for NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s high-speed FOMA network.The mobile phone includes two digital cameras for video capabilities, as well as authentication for mobile payments, a memory card storage slot and audio compression for streaming...
Operating company Symbian claimed another win with the Fujitsu F2102V phone for NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s high-speed FOMA network.The mobile phone includes two digital cameras for video capabilities, as well as authentication for mobile payments, a memory card storage slot and audio compression for streaming...
NEW YORK-A series of diverse mobile commerce announcements show the industry is still interested in the technology, with Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo Inc., start-up Network365 and a New York candy bar store testing the waters.In conjunction with its new stores in New York, Florida...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it planned to expand the service area for its FOMA service to an additional 43 towns and villages in the Kanto-Koshinetsu region on June 14 and to 218 towns and nationwide by the end of the month.The carrier said the...
For those who serenade wideband CDMA as the authentic third-generation protocol, Qualcomm Inc.-inspired cdma2000 is no more than a counterfeit David dueling the shadow of the giant to come. When the giant comes, in all its messianic glories of data and voice, cdma2000 will...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it plans to expand the service area for its FOMA service to an additional 43 towns and villages in the Kanto-Koshinetsu region on June 14 and to 218 towns and nationwide by the end of the month. The carrier said...
Japan's second-largest wireless operator KDDI Corp. led its bigger and smaller rivals in customer additions last month as the carrier said it added 162,000 net customers in May, ending the month with 18.23 million total customers.KDDI's customer growth included 523,700 net customer additions to...
Just as it blazed the third-generation trail, NTT DoCoMo is hedging its bet on fourth-generation wireless technology with a field trial in Yokosuka, Kanagawa prefecture, the center of its research and development. This is not the first time the carrier has unveiled its next-generation...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. released its first dual-network third-generation handset, the FOMA N2701, which is backward compatible with DoCoMo's current-generation network. The handset goes on sale nationwide June 11.One reason for DoCoMo's slow initial 3G uptake was its lack of coverage and ability for 3G...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Japan Airlines announced a partnership that will see the companies test applications operating on DoCoMo's third-generation system and a wireless local area network for Japan Airlines' ground staff at Narita Airport. The trial will run from June 2 to Nov....
Just as it blazed the third-generation trail, NTT DoCoMo is hedging its bet on fourth-generation wireless technology with a field trial in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, the center of its research and development. This is not the first time the carrier has unveiled its next-generation...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. released its first dual-network third-generation handset, the FOMA N2701, which is backward compatible with DoCoMo's current-generation network. The handset goes on sale nationwide June 11.One reason for DoCoMo's slow initial 3G uptake was its lack of coverage and ability for 3G...
Finnish company Comptel Corp. said it won a global contract with Telefonica Moviles for Comptel's mediation and provisioning software. Under the agreement, Comptel's technology will be available to all companies in the Telefonica group. The value of the contract was not disclosed. The contract...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo said it will begin offering its Sigmarion III handheld PC May 28. The device, which uses the Microsoft Windows CE .NET operating system, is compatible with NTT DoCoMo's FOMA network and its second-generation networks.The Japanese carrier said the handheld is ideal for...
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands-KPN Mobile has decided not to grant a shareholder loan of $239 million to Hutchison 3G U.K. Holding in which it holds a 15-percent stake. Earlier this week, Japan's NTT DoCoMo agreed to loan Hutchison 3G U.K. $315 million in line...
TOKYO-Japan's three mobile operators all announced multimedia-related activities today, which will likely further boost third-generation (3G) uptake in the highly competitive market.Market leader NTT DoCoMo said it will launch its M-stage V-Live video streaming service for FOMA customers beginning 1 May. The carrier said...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will launch its M-state V-Live video streaming service for FOMA customers beginning May 1. The carrier said the service would allow one-to-many video streaming enabling customers to download or stream live or archived content via the carrier's 64 kilobit...
TOKYO-Sharp, a leading mobile handset manufacturer in Japan, announced it will provide mobile handsets with built-in tiny cameras to China Mobile. Sharp has been providing mobile handsets with cameras to carriers in Hong Kong and Taiwan.Under its bilateral contract with Datang Telephone, a leading...
