NTT DoCoMo is looking towards the future, announcing this morning agreements with a half-dozen equipment vendors to conduct trials of so-called “5G” technologies. Those vendors include Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Fujitsu, NEC, Nokia and Samsung.
NTT DoCoMo, which is Japan’s largest wireless operator, said the trials will...
When I first became a wireless analyst, Japan was portrayed as an almost mythical wireless wonderland where everything was perfect and so much better than the unenlightened and backward countries
Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
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--Canadian wireless operator Rogers suffered a...
Japanese telecom giant NTT DoCoMo is set to add “4G” services to its U.S. mobile virtual network operator offering through an expanded agreement with T-Mobile US.
The expansion feeds off a previous MVNO launch in early 2011 designed to target Japanese expatriates traveling or...
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
The merger and acquisition drama playing...
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
--The Australian Communications and Media Authority...
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
--Japan’s NTT DoCoMo topped rivals worldwide...
Carrier aggregation is creating new opportunities for carriers to make better use of their spectrum, and now the technology has made its way onto the chips that power small cell base stations. LTE modems that aggregate frequency bands have been used in smartphones, but...
Boingo Wireless’ Wi-Fi offering received a boost in Japan as the company has expanded its current relationship with the country’s largest wireless operator. That expansion now includes Wi-Fi roaming and data offload services for NTT DoCoMo.
Boingo noted that the agreement will provide DoCoMo customers...
If Japan's Softbank wants to take over Sprint Nextel, it could be in part because the Japanese carrier wants access to more cutting edge devices like the ones unveiled today by its biggest rival, NTT DOCOMO.
The smartphone processor market is looking a little less competitive than it did at the beginning of the year. A team of heavy-hitters in the semiconductor industry is scrapping plans to team up to produce mobile microprocessors. Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited, NEC Corporation,...
Japan’s largest wireless operator, NTT DoCoMo, said it surpassed the 60 million subscriber mark on March 11. That total includes customers signed up to its various technology offerings, and
The carrier noted it took just over 13 years from its initial launch in late...
Touchscreen keyboard firm Swype said it’s goal is to be on a billion devices and become ubiquitous across phones, tablets and even TVs, despite a stinginess on the OEM side to invest in native apps.
Speaking at the Telecom Council of Silicon Valley’s TC3 event...
VC Circle | August 26, 2011 | Anil Das
Tata Docomo, the GSM technology telecom JV between Tata Teleservices and Japan’s Docomo, has signed a partnership with media group Network 18 to provide breaking news alerts in the form of video clips.
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With the recent HP shut-down of the WebOS and Palm divisions, it's becoming increasingly clear that to succeed in the mobile device market, an OS needs to have significant device, developer, and customer traction. And without one, you can't get the other two. Consider...
Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. (DCM) said it has acquired an approximately 25% stake in Vietnam’s largest mobile content provider VMG Media Joint Stock Company for $18.3 million. DoCoMo noted the deal represents its first investment in the Vietnamese market. Vietnam’s largest telecom operator,...
The growth of smartphones is indeed an international phenomenon as highlighted by Japan's largest carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. (DCM) reporting a surge in net profits it attributed to the device segment.NTT DoCoMo said that profits jumped nearly 12% year-over-year during its first fiscal quarter...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
This week marks the start of the second half of 2011 – a perfect time...
Huawei releases Honeycomb tabletChinese vendor Huawei took the wraps off its mysterious HD MediaPad this week, giving CommunicAsia goers a hands on look at the 7-inch Android Honeycomb device, running on Qualcomm’s dual-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor. Stay tuned to catch a more in...
Japan Today | May 18, 2011
NTT Docomo Inc filed a complaint Wednesday with a government dispute settlement body against a higher connection fee its rival Softbank Mobile Corp imposes on calls from subscribers of other mobile phone firms to its customers.
The complaint represents the...
Japan Today | May 18, 2011
NTT Docomo Inc filed a complaint Wednesday with a government dispute settlement body against a higher connection fee its rival Softbank Mobile Corp imposes on calls from subscribers of other mobile phone firms to its customers.
The complaint represents the...
DoCoMo | May 13, 2011 | Press Release
TOKYO, JAPAN, May 13, 2011 --- NTT DOCOMO, INC. today announced that it has reached an agreement with Twitter, Inc. under which DOCOMO will leverage its mobile expertise, with support from Twitter, to develop innovative applications and services incorporating Twitter™...
AT&T Inc.'s (T) image may have been shaken domestically by troubled iPhone connections, but the company's brand has never been stronger worldwide, according to a retail ranking conducted by marketing firm Millward Brown.The ranking found that the AT&T brand is worth nearly $70 billion,...
