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TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will develop next-generation FOMA handsets equipped with a dual browser capable of handling both i-mode-compatible HTML and WAP 2.0-compatible XHTML by the end of this …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc., the leading mobile carrier in Japan, announced its net income for the fiscal year ending March 31 was merely $6.2 million due to large special losses that …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin licensing patents for its proprietary W-CDMA technology in an attempt to encourage worldwide implementation and reduce procurement and production costs. DoCoMo’s W-CDMA network, …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it would offer discounts to its wireless customers in celebration of its tenth anniversary. The discounts will apply to communications charges for its PDC and FOMA …

TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest telecom operator in Japan, on 1 April launched its third-generation (3G) service based on cdma2000 1x technology, entering the highly competitive Japanese high-speed data market. In Japan, …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said has begun to concentrate on profits instead of sales following reports the wireless company will fall short of its originally forecasted subscribers additions to its recently …

TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, launched third-generation (3G) service based on cdma2000 1x on 1 April. NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, which launched its 3G …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, in the third quarter will launch an experiment for a fourth-generation (4G) mobile service, which will be able to provide 100 Megabits …

TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest operator in Japan, will launch its third-generation (3G) service based on cdma2000 on 1 April, the carrier announced. In Japan, NTT DoCoMo launched FOMA 3G services in …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo. the leading mobile carrier in Japan, plans to launch a wireless local area network (WLAN) service in April. According to the firm, DoCoMo will develop a datacard-type mobile …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo launched its FOMA mobile communications platform, enabling numerous people to participate in a mobile video conference. If four people or less are involved in a video conference, the …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. launched its FOMA mobile communications platform enabling numerous people to participate in a mobile video conference. If four people or less are involved in a video conference, …

TOKYO—The number of mobile Internet users in Japan exceeded 50 million riding on the country’s i-mode boom. The Telecommunications Carriers Association, an industry association, on 7 March announced the number …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo and Oracle said they plan to collaborate on the technology and development of advanced mobile enterprise solutions, as well as sales and marketing to promote mobile communications products …

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—The market for wireless enterprise services continues to heat up today, with several companies positioning themselves to give mobile workers access to corporate information. The most notable announcement …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo said it plans to introduce a “dual network” system, which will enable users who own both a FOMA third-generation handset and conventional PDC DoCoMo mobile phone to use …

TOKYO—NEC and Matsushita Communication Industrial, two leading telecom vendors in Japan, on Thursday announced they will develop two-chip third-generation (3G) handsets. NEC and Matsushita, both FOMA venders for NTT DoCoMo, …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. and its regional subsidiaries Tokai and Kansai said they will expand their respective FOMA next-generation mobile service areas in early March, with subsidiaries Hokkaido, Tohoku, Hokuriku, Chugoku, …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, and Nissan, the second-largest automobile company in Japan, on 19 February announced they plan to jointly launch car multimedia services for automobiles …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile carrier in Japan, announced the average revenue per user (ARPU) of FOMA, DoCoMo’s new third-generation (3G) service, was 10,400 yen (US$78) during the three months …

TOKYO—Japanese mobile carriers are emphasizing location services to combat increasing competition within the market. The mobile-phone market in Japan has been expanding rapidly during the past several years. However, the …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it may not sign up the 150,000 subscribers to its third-generation (3G) network by the end of March it predicted when it launched the service last …

TOKYO—Japanese mobile-phone shipments in November 2001 dropped by 24.2 percent to 3.22 million units, the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) announced. It is the sixth consecutive decline …

TOKYO—J-Phone, a subsidiary of Vodafone Group, announced that it will launch third-generation (3G) service in Japan on 30 June. NTT DoCoMo which launched the FOMA 3G service on 1 October, …

TOKYO—Sharp, a leading consumer electronics manufacturer in Japan, announced that it will launch a personal digital assistant (PDA) for FOMA, the third-generation (3G) service provided by NTT DoCoMo in Japan, …