Archive for March, 2010

NEC Shipping DoCoMo LTE Base Stations

NEC has starting delivery of heavy iron for DoCoMo’s LTE network, launch Target Dec. 2010

Posted: 31 March 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

CyberAgent Buying into Vietnam

CyberAgent has made another mobile content investment in Vietnam - with an est. half of 85M population under 30 - taking 3% of VMG Media.

Posted: 30 March 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Merger between NEC and Casio Hitachi

NEC announced the conclusion of their long-planned merger with Casio/Hitachi will be slightly delayed due to regulatory issues

Posted: 26 March 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

NEC Exhibits LTE Terminal at CTIA

NEC Corporation today announced the demonstration of its LTE concept terminal at CTIA Wireless 2010, March 23-25 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The exhibition features dynamic live-action demonstrations at NTT DOCOMO booth ( #310 ), while its mock-up is displayed at the NEC booth ( #1058 ).

Posted: 24 March 2010 | Filed under: Events, New Tech & Services | ..Continue >> 

Curtain Closes on Napster Japan

Napster Japan, a JV with Tower Records, has announced that they will shutter operations here as of May 31st - Search WWJ

Posted: 22 March 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

The 2010 MCPC Awards

The 2010 MCPC awards, held by the Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium [JPN], is on today featuring the best of Japan mobile offerings.

Posted: 19 March 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Guide to Mobile Web Marketing in Japan

Posted on MobiThinking, via our local research partner at Infinita Inc., this guide provides a great review of what mobile might look like someday in markets elsewhere.

Posted: 19 March 2010 | Filed under: Editor's Note, Japan Market | ..Continue >> 

DoCoMo Reorganizes Chinese Operations

DoCoMo just announced they will expand the role of DOCOMO China Co., Ltd. to strengthen delivery of high-quality solutions, services and support and facilitate new growth in the fast-expanding Chinese mobile market. DOCOMO China, a wholly owned subsidiary based in Shanghai, will begin collecting data on mobile communications and exploring new business opportunities in China.

Posted: 19 March 2010 | Filed under: Asia Pacific Market, Carriers | ..Continue >> 

SoftBank Mobile 3G Pocket WiFi

Building on their recent and ambitious WiFi enabled handset lineup - video here - SBM is now set to offer their Pocket 3G Router service.

Posted: 18 March 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Japan Mobile TV from Full Hi-Def

Renesas has announced [JPN] their latest application processor for terrestrial digital broadcasting. The so-called “SH-Mobile MT1″ for next-gen. mobile handsets is the first in the industry to enable watch and record/reproduction of 1Seg TV from Full HD feeds in Japan and begins the sample shipment in April, 2010.

Posted: 16 March 2010 | Filed under: New Tech & Services, Sign of the Times | ..Continue >>