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 market, which now has 72.8 million subscribers including PHS users, is becoming saturated, and harsher...
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, is scheduled to expand its service area to all major cities around the country...
ROCHESTER, New York, United States—Eastman Kodak Company announced it will spin off its wireless business into a company called Appairent Technologies, which will develop technology for the wireless transmission of high-quality video, still images and data, Kodak said.Kodak and the Monroe Fund, a private...
ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Eastman Kodak Company announced it will spin off its wireless business into a company called Appairent Technologies Inc., which will develop technology for the wireless transmission of high-quality video, still images and data, Kodak said.Kodak and the Monroe Fund, a private venture-capital fund...
MADRID, Spain-Vodafone Group plc completed live international roaming calls using the UMTS 3GPP wireless standard between Vodafone's operations in Madrid, Spain, and J-Phone in Tokyo.The calls were made with a Qualcomm Inc. MSM5200 chipset-based handset using SIM technology from the J-Phone network, and completed...
TOKYO—Vodafone Group announced that its Spanish and Japanese subsidiaries completed what it called the world's first third-generation (3G) roaming call.The call was made between an executive of Vodafone Spain, formerly called Airtel, and an executive of J-Phone Company in Japan using a Japanese single-mode...
MADRID, Spain—Vodafone Group plc completed live international roaming calls using the UMTS 3GPP wireless standard between Vodafone's operations in Madrid, Spain and J-Phone in Tokyo.The calls were made with a Qualcomm Inc. MSM5200 chipset-based handset using SIM technology from the J-Phone network, and completed...
REDWOOD CITY, California, United States—SkyGo has been chosen to provide Japan Mobile Communications (J-Mobile) with the wireless marketing technology to deliver advertisements across J-Sky, J-Phone's mobile Internet service.J-Mobile, a wireless marketing company formed as a joint venture between J-Phone and Japan's Internet advertising company...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—SkyGo Inc. has been chosen to provide Japan Mobile Communications Inc. (J-Mobile) with the wireless marketing technology to deliver advertisements across J-Sky, J-Phone's mobile Internet service.J-Mobile, a wireless marketing company formed as a joint venture between J-Phone and Japan's Internet advertising company...
TOKYO—J-Phone Group on 1 November consolidated four companies of the group into one company to compete with its two rivals NTT DoCoMo and KDDI.Due to the reorganization, the new J-Phone was born from J-Phone Communications, J-Phone East, J-Phone West and J-Phone Central. Japan Telecom...
TOKYO-Wireless local area network (WLAN) service targeting the retail and travel industries is set to expand quickly in Japan. Some market watchers said that once the WLAN business takes off, it might be a rival for cellular phone service and may rob the cellular...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, achieved rapid business expansion by gaining a 59.6-percent market share of new customers in September. J-Phone, now owned by the world's largest mobile carrier Vodafone Group, had expanded its share significantly in July and August, while...
LONDON—Vodafone Group added 2.5 million worldwide proportionate subscribers during the third quarter, bringing the wireless giant's proportionate customer base to 95.6 million subscribers. However, the number was the third decline in total new customer sign-ons this year.Vodafone said it added 713,000 subscribers in Northern...
LONDON—Vodafone Group plc added 2.5 million worldwide proportionate subscribers during the third quarter, bringing the wireless giant's proportionate customer base to 95.6 million subscribers.Vodafone said it added 713,000 subscribers in Northern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, including 251,000 in the United Kingdom; 252,000...
NEW YORK—Any plans to take the J-Phone wireless business of Japan Telecom public must wait until the performance of its parent improves, said Chris Gent, chief executive of Vodafone Group, which recently announced its offer to acquire a controlling interest in the Japanese carrier."Chairman...
Any plans to take the J-Phone wireless business of Japan Telecom Co. Ltd. public must wait until the performance of its parent improves, said Chris Gent, chief executive of Vodafone Group plc, which recently announced its offer to acquire controlling interest in the Japanese...
TOKYO—J-Phone Group, a mobile business unit of Japan Telecom on 1 October will start providing a variety of services using Disney characters for its J-Sky service users, J-Phone announced on 10 September. J-Sky is an Internet access services provided by J-Phone.According to J-Phone,...
A U.S. federal appeals court rejected a Federal Communications Commission filing asking that it not be required to return personal communications services licenses to bankrupt carrier NextWave Telecom Inc. NextWave, however, will probably not gain control of the licenses for some time and the...
AlcatelParis. With Orascom Telecom for the supply and installation of GSM solutions in the Middle East and Africa.Value: Undisclosed. Brazil. With Telemar for a GSM 1800/GPRS network in Brazil.Value: US$275 millionMoscow. With ZAO SMARTS for GSM 900 MHz solutions to extend networks in the...
TOKYO—The board of directors for the four J-Phone Communications Co. Ltd. companies; East, Central, West and Japan Telecom, agreed to merge their companies into a single J-Phone structure.The merged company, to be named J-Phone Co. Ltd., is expected to provide faster decision-making processes, increased...
JapanToshiba Corp. said it would slash production of its domestic dynamic random access memory chip by 60 percent as part of its response to a flagging economy. The company said it would shut down a production line at its major semiconductor plant in Yokkaichi.Nokia...
TOKYO—Nokia has signed a contract to supply a wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA) mobile packet switching system and radio-access network to Japanese carrier J-Phone Group.The J-Phone group, which has 10 million customers, hopes to launch its W-CDMA service in 2002.
TOKYO—Christopher Gent, chief executive of Vodafone Group, on 30 July said he is planning to integrate J-Phone Group's three operational companies by the end of this year, targeting the integrated company to be listed on a Japanese stock exchange market. Vodafone is the largest...
TOKYO-Amid harsh competition among mobile carriers, Japanese cellular handsets have been evolving rapidly. Most handsets currently used are light, tiny, fashionable and smart. Internet-ready capabilities and color screens are almost standard functions.NTT DoCoMo is selling only i-mode-enabled handsets, all J-Phone's handsets have color screens...
