TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin a new service Sept. 1 called Melody Call, which enables subscribers to set 15 seconds of music and voice content as ring tones heard by an incoming caller while waiting for the phone to be answered.The service...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced it will limit the number of e-mail messages users can send to 1,000 per day, beginning Oct. 20. The company said the move is part of its ongoing efforts to counter the growing amount of spam being sent via its...
BEIJING-A state-run Chinese electronics manufacturer introduced a Dick Tracy-style mobile phone/wristwatch that features a tiny keypad, color screen, clip-on camera and support for CDMA 1xRTT networks, according to reports.The company was not immediately available for comment.The device would be the second such wristwatch/mobile phone,...
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...
The magic is in the finger.Fingerprint technology takes advantage of personal signatures the way current devices use passwords. This saves mobile users the pressure of memory as the finger grants access to mobile devices and all their features the way the password does."It's a...
In what is expected to be the first W-CDMA launch in North America, AT&T Wireless has announced agreements with Nortel Networks Ltd. and L.M. Ericsson to supply equipment for the launch. Although the companies did not disclose the dollar amounts, a source puts the...
Like '70s disco or roller skates, the wireless portal is now retro cool. Dude.In the heyday of the late 1990s, the wireless industry was awash with the wireless Internet and the possibilities therein. Wireless players from carriers on down to startups imagined opening Yahoo!-style...
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...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless e-mail company Seven announced it scored a major deal with Japanese wireless data giant NTT DoCoMo Inc., which will package and resell Seven's wireless e-mail technology under its Binwan brand."Binwan pairs the world's most respected mobile data network and subscriber base...
TOKYO-The Japanese wireless industry continues to see massive innovation in the mobile-phone area, with technology giants NTT DoCoMo Inc. and NEC Corp. releasing notable new phone advances.First, NEC showed off a new prototype phone that can tune in to TV signals, allowing mobile-phone owners...
WASHINGTON-When the House Commerce Committee takes up anti-spam legislation next week, language will be included to combat wireless spam, Rep. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) told RCR Wireless News following a hearing on spam Wednesday.Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.), chairman, had hinted that the bill he co-sponsors...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said that the mova N505i handset from NEC Corp. it plans to begin marketing July 4 will offer a dual-speaker system with surround-sound capability, a screen-splitting feature that will allow users to type a reply while viewing a received message, and...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. released further details and expanded their previously announced agreement to cooperate on the development and promotion of third-generation W-CDMA services.Under the partnership, the companies will collaborate on handsets, standards, international roaming and radio technology. DoCoMo...
TOKYO-J-Phone Company Ltd. said yesterday that the number of users of its Sha-mail picture messaging handsets exceeded 10 million. The Japanese operator was the first in the country to launch a picture messaging service in November 2000 and has seen rapid uptake.The company has...
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-Japanese operator KDDI Corp. and Okinawa Cellular Telephone plan to offer a new payment collection service where charges for purchases through participating online shopping sites are invoiced to end users with their monthly cellular bills. The service trial will begin July 3.The service and...
High Tech Computer Corp. announced it will use a mobile-phone design platform from Ericsson to develop devices for EDGE and W-CDMA networks."HTC is a world-leading ODM company that provides smart handheld product design and manufacturing service to our customers," said H.T. Cho, HTC Corp.'s...
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...
SINGAPORE-MobileOne said it will launch a video streaming service Monday for its users with Nokia 3650 phones, making it the first operator in Singapore and one of the first in the world to offer the service. The launch follows M1's video download service launch...
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....
