Japan’s wireless broadband networks are rapidly accelerating with the development of cutting-edge technologies and Wireless Japan 2003 is the place to see it all. We’ve put together quite a package from this year’s show, including an on-camera interview with Vodafone Global Content Services’ Tim Harrison on his view on how V-Live is different from i-mode. We grabbed shots of Sanyo’s OLED 3G concept-model handsets and KDDI Labs’ new TV-Mobile unit; and caught up with Gartner Japan’s Mitsuyama-san who gave us her take on this year’s conference. Full Program Run-time 15:35

How successful is Vodafone Live — really? And how much has Vodafone learned from J-Phone? One thing we’d like to point out is that 1.5 million subscribers is just a drop in the bucket for Vodafone’s European audience. Vodafone has about a quarter of the UK market alone (over 13 million subscribers); about 23 million in Germany and 15 million in Italy. When all’s said and done, Vodafone Live has less than three percent of Vodafone’s 80 million European customer base.
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Complete details of this event available here:
http://www.expocomm.com/wirelessjapan/

The EXPO COMM WIRELESS JAPAN CONFERENCE is the largest wireless conference in the market. Many of the industry’s leading companies including NTT DoCoMo, KDDI, J-Phone, Vodafone, Toyota, NEC, Panasonic, Intel, Qualcomm, Nokia, Ericsson and many others sent senior-level VIPs to present. Over thirty companies participated and shared their insight on third-generation services, ITS, WLAN, and other topics with an audience of over 2,000 industry professionals.

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1. V-Live vs. i-mode: Observations from Tokyo Big Sight
2. CEATEC Japan 2003: The Future of Wireless
3. Wireless Japan Expo: Video Report
4. Report from J-Phone/Vodafone’s 3G Launch
5. WPC Expo 2003: 1st FOMA Intl. Video Call – DoCoMo Finally in the Drivers Seat?

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