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  • NTT Boosts Challenge to DoCoMo FeliCa

    Well, the cat is really among the pigeons now as former fixed line monopoly Big Brother NTT just announced plans to launch a challenge to the FeliCa smart-card standard promoted by DoCoMo and Sony. NTT said it will support FeliCa, a major boost to the FeliCa standard. But in a classic case of Indian giving NTT has decided to also develop a smart card supporting the government’s terminally unpopular and constantly personal-data -leaking national registry network called “Juki Net.”

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    Posted: 20 January 2004 | Filed: Japan Market, Viewpoint | Feedback | Print |
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