TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan, will launch a flat rate mobile service in the second quarter of 2003, the company said on Thursday.According to the firm, the service based on PHS networks will be provided at 4,000 yen (US$32.61) to 5,000...
LONDON-As part of its plan to unify all of its international interests under one brand name, Vodafone Group plc is expected to rebrand J-Phone Corp. in Japan by the end of next year, according to a report in the Financial Times.J-Phone is currently fighting...
TOKYO-KDDI and J-Phone continue to expand their subscriber bases of next-generation services.KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, announced that the number of subscribers for the carrier's third-generation (3G) services based on cdma2000 1x technology exceeded 3 million. KDDI is targeting to get 7...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan, gained merely 2,200 new subscribers for its third-generation (3G) services in September, which brought NTT DoCoMo's total FOMA or 3G service subscribers to 135,700 at the end of September, according to the Telecommunications Carriers' Association (TCA).NTT...
TOKYO-Microsoft Corp. said it is in talks with a number of Japanese wireless operators to introduce its smart phone into the Japanese market, according to Dow Jones Business News."We're talking with J-Phone, KDDI and others," said Hidenori Kuraishi, senior manager of the Japan Mobility...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Paraguayan Communications Company (Copaco) approved a 100-day reconstruction plan, which will help its search for a partner to install and operate a personal communications services (PCS) cellular telephone service in the cities of Asunci
TOKYO-The Japanese government on 18 September granted J-Phone, a Vodafone company in Japan, a license for third-generation (3G) commercial service. Based on the governmental approval, J-Phone will launch its nationwide 3G services on 29 December.NTT DoCoMo, the largest operator in Japan, launched 3G service...
TOKYO-The number of Japanese new mobile subscribers in August was merely 385,300, a significant drop from July's 528,300, according to a survey compiled by the Telecommunications Carriers Association. Carriers tended to shrink their sales in August, just after the Japanese typical bonus season. (In...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. plans to revise its current forecast for 3G subscribers for this fiscal year in November following an admission that the carrier will not be able to meet the expected 1.38 million 3G subscribers by the end of March. At the end...
TOKYO-Toyota Motor Corp. plans to offer a telematics service called G-Book using KDDI Corp.'s wireless network in Japan, according to reports.The service will track the location and operating status of vehicles, and will offer online information from a variety of content providers.
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo announced that it signed share exchange agreements with eight of its regional subsidiaries. Through the share exchange agreements, NTT DoCoMo will acquire all the outstanding shares of these eight subsidiaries and will make them into wholly owned subsidiaries.By making wholly owned subsidiaries,...
TOKYO-J-Phone, a Vodafone Group company in Japan, announced the number of users of its popular picture phone service exceeded 6 million as of the end of July. The service, known as "sha-mail" (sha means "take a picture" in Japanese), is winning popularity.The number of...
TOKYO-Hitachi, a leading telecom vendor in Japan, is going to provide cdma2000 1x EV-DO base stations to KDDI, Hitachi announced on Thursday. KDDI is planning to launch experimental 1x EV-DO services in April and commercial services in the fourth quarter of 2003 in Japan.According...
SEOUL, South Korea and Tokyo, Japan-Samsung Electronics Company Ltd and Hitachi Ltd. said they have won mobile infrastructure contracts with KDDI Corp. worth more than $100 million."We will supply base station equipment to KDDI worth more than $100 million this year for its 3G...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it added 299,000 new customers during July, which was roughly 57 percent of the 528,000 total wireless customers the Japanese wireless industry signed for the month. Of the carrier's total net additions, only 12,900 signed up for DoCoMo's FOMA third-generation...
TOKYO-Shipments of mobile phones with cameras surged from 6 million units in 2001 to 23 million units in 2003 in Japan, according to a survey conducted by a research institute.Mobile phones with cameras have become popular in Japan after J-Phone, a Vodafone Group company,...
TOKYO-Nortel Networks Corp. said it signed an optical network contract to expand KDDI's metro access network and support the carrier's cdma2000 1x offering."We will work closely with KDDI to build what we expect to be one of the country's most sophisticated communications networks and...
TOKYO-KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, will terminate its service based on PDC by March 31, 2003, Tadashi Onodera, president of KDDI, said on Thursday. By terminating the PDC service, a technology unique to Japan, KDDI is going to concentrate its resources on...
CHANTILLY, Va.—InTouch USA, which provides wireless handset rentals to business travelers, said it is now offering a phone that can be used in China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Canada and North America."For the first time, travelers to these countries can have a single contact...
TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest operator in Japan, announced that in cooperation with SK Telecom in Korea it launched an image data transmission service between users of the two operators. It is the first international image data transmission service, according to KDDI.Users of the service, called...
TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest operator in Japan, announced that it succeeded in offering what it called the world's first experiment for a third-generation (3G) and wireless local area network (WLAN) dual system. The carrier is going to implement the dual service on a commercial basis...
TOKYO—East Japan Railway, the leading railroad operator in Japan, on 1 May said it would launch a new service letting mobile users use their phones as train tickets beginning in 2003 at the earliest.Once the system is introduced, users of mobile phones with built-in...
TOKYO—J-Phone, a Vodafone Group operator in Japan, announced it will postpone its third-generation (3G) service launch until December to provide "global standard service." J-Phone had previously planned to launch its 3G service on 30 June.Prior to the nationwide commercial service launch in December, J-Phone...
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, NTT DoCoMo, the country’s leading operator, launched its 3G service under the brand name of...
