Year
2010
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 issuesNEC 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 ).
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 WWJThe 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.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.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.
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.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.
Free MarkeZine App for iPhone
MarkeZine has a great selection of mobile industry insider materials, all in Japanese, now also available on the iPhone.UQ Expands WiMax With NEC
UQ Communications just announced they have deployed base stations manufactured by NEC for their WiMAX services. 
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