TOKYO-In an attempt to further spur handset development for its next-generation FOMA network, Japanese wireless operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will invest approximately $350 million during the next several years in handset manufacturers. The manufacturers include Fujitsu Ltd., Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Motorola Japan...
TOKYO-Struggling Internet company America Online Inc. and Japanese wireless data giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced they dissolved their widely touted joint venture, once heralded as way to promote "fixed-mobile convergence."Terms of the deal were not disclosed, and neither company was immediately available for comment....
In an attempt to further spur handset development for its next-generation FOMA network, Japanese wireless operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will invest approximately $350 million during the next several years in handset manufacturers. The manufacturers include Fujitsu Ltd., Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Motorola Japan...
TOKYO-Japanese telecom giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. reported plans to "liquidate" a number of its international operations, including DCM Capital USA Ltd., DCM Capital TWN Ltd., Taiwan DoCoMo Ltd. and NTT DoCoMo Telecomunicacoes do Brasil Limitada.The company said the liquidation of its DCM Capital ventures,...
Japanese wireless data giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. introduced its new 900i series of third-generation FOMA mobile phones, devices that feature perhaps the most advanced services the wireless industry has ever seen.Most importantly, DoCoMo said the devices in general offer three times the battery life...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. has sold all its shares in Japanese Internet service provider DoCoMo AOL Inc. to America Online Inc., scaling back its ambitions to combine its mobile services with a pure-play Internet company. DoCoMo held 43.23 percent of the company, or 20,980 shares.In...
There are plenty of contentious questions in the operating system business. Will Microsoft Corp. dominate the mobile-phone field as it has done in the desktop computer business? Will Symbian manage to escape Nokia Corp.'s shadow and entice broad support? Will PalmSource Inc. translate its...
Sprint PCS' Video Mail launch is just the latest in a series of wireless video moves in the United States, a market that is still very much in its early stages but one that is evolving quietly and rapidly."I think it will be more...
TOKYO-KDDI Corp. signed up more subscribers than its Japanese rivals during November, according to statistics from the Telecommunications Carriers Association in Japan. KDDI added 239,3000 cellular users compared with 63,800 new NTT DoCoMo Inc. customers and 35,500 Vodafone K.K. new subscribers. KDDI also outpaced...
TOKYO-Japanese ADSL high-speed Internet service provider Softbank applied for a license with the Japanese telecom regulator to test a third-generation mobile-phone technology, according to international press reports.The company applied for a license for a field trial of TD-CDMA technology. There are no commercial 3G...
LONDON-European carrier Orange plc announced it will offer wireless streaming-video services starting early next year through a new deal with PacketVideo Network Solutions, which was purchased by Alcatel Corp. only a few weeks ago.Orange said it will install PacketVideo's pvServer and pvAuthor products in...
European carrier Orange announced it will offer wireless streaming video services starting early next year through a new deal with PacketVideo Network Solutions, which was purchased by Alcatel only a few weeks ago.Orange said it will install PacketVideo's pvServer and pvAuthor products in its...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin marketing a new flash card to enable personal digital assistant users to use its FOMA third-generation services. DoCoMo currently provides a card that is applicable only to PCs with PC card slots.The new P2402 will enable 3G...
With more than 1 million active users contributing a reported $7 to $8 in average revenue per month, AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s mMode offering is seen by many industry analysts as a reasonable success in the early stages of wireless data services. But compared...
Wireless infrastructure company Alcatel announced it purchased the network division of streaming-video company PacketVideo Corp., a move Alcatel said will bolster its video offerings to include video messaging, video telephony, video conferencing, video streaming and video downloading. Terms of the deal were not disclosed."Video...
With much fanfare at this year's Comdex electronics show in Las Vegas and multi-page advertisements in nationwide newspapers, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its high-speed EDGE-based service last week, claiming it now operates the highest-speed nationwide wireless data network in the country. The launch...
TOKYO-Following a partnership signed in June, Italian operator Wind Telecomunicazioni said it began i-mode services in Italy today based on technology from Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. Italy marks the eighth market for i-mode service and the sixth European market for the mobile...
Wireless infrastructure company Alcatel announced it purchased the network division of streaming video company PacketVideo Corp., a move Alcatel said will bolster its video offerings to include video messaging, video telephony, video conferencing, video streaming and video downloading. Terms of the deal were not...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-KPN Mobile and Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. reached an agreement on their disputed U.K. third-generation operator business. KPN Mobile will sell its 15-percent stake in Hutchison 3G U.K. Ltd. to Hutchison Whampoa for $150.4 million.An initial $100.2 million payment will be made and...
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-The OTA Flash Forum announced it will form a special committee to handle over-the-air updates for wireless devices, and will work to promote the technology to the wireless industry. The group, which consists of members like Bitfone Corp., Gemplus, Motorola Inc., Orange...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. has expanded its European i-mode reach to Greece with a partnership agreement with mobile operator Cosmote. DoCoMo is licensing Cosmote to launch i-mode services, the Japanese operator's highly successful mobile Internet service in Greece.Cosmote will offer its i-mode service on its...
KPN Mobile and Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. reached an agreement on their disputed U.K. third-generation operator business. KPN Mobile will sell its 15-percent stake in Hutchison 3G U.K. Ltd. to Hutchison Whampoa for $150.4 million.An initial $100.2 million payment will be made and three additional...
TOKYO-Japanese operators NTT DoCoMo Inc. and KDDI Corp. posted first-half results, with both operators achieving strong results boosted by third-generation services.NTT DoCoMo posted an operating profit of $5.5 billion in the first half of its fiscal year, although its operating revenues were up 6.4...
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-South Korean wireless carrier SK Telecom announced it will offer over-the-air software upgrades to its customers through a new deal with OTA technology company Bitfone Corp.SK Telecom said it will use Bitfone's mProve product to remotely update the core software image on...
