J-Phone relaunched as Vodafone

Mobile phone operator J-Phone Co., a unit of Britain’s Vodafone Group PLC, on Wednesday changed its corporate name to Vodafone K.K. At a press conference in Tokyo, Darryl Green, Vodafone’s representative executive officer, president and chief executive officer, said, “This will be a good opportunity for Vodafone and its partner companies to widen the market to a global scale for their services.”

At the conference, Green unveiled the prototype of a mobile phone equipped with a built-in television tuner by NEC Corp. He said it was scheduled to be released in December, though pricing and other details were not available. Green said: “The Japanese market is the fiercest in the world, especially in the field of technology development and user-friendliness. What the company learns here will have an influence on the world. Continue >>