Year
2010
DoCoMo’s Q3 Net Profit Surges
DoCoMo said Friday its group net profit for the fiscal third quarter jumped 48% from a year earlier thanks to earlier-than-expected amortization in its second-generation mobile phone business. Net profit for the three months ended December rose to 135 billion yen ($1.5 billion) from 91 billion yen. Operating profit for the period rose 28% to 217.4 billion yen from 169.8 billion yen according to WSJ.
TTSL May Lose Control to DoCoMo
DoCoMo could acquire a controlling stake in Tata Teleservices if the latter is unable to meet some performance benchmarks.Japan Handset Sales Slip 10%
Japan's domestic shipments of cellular phones and personal handyphone system handsets declined 9.9 percent on the year to 3.13 million units in November. The decline followed two straight months of year-on-year increases, which had snapped a 14-month string of decreases through last August.
DoCoMo Pacific Enables Haiti Donations
In an effort to assist victims of the recent devastating earthquake in Haiti, Docomo Pacific is announcing that its customers will be able to donate funds by texting to 42484 (HAITI) on their Docomo Pacific phones. This fundraising program will run from Jan. 19 through Feb. 15 for both prepaid and postpaid Docomo Pacific customers.
PASOLINK Selected by Vietnamese Carrier
NEC Corporation today announced its selection by Vietnam Telecom Service Company (VNP) to deploy approximately 1,000 units of the "PASOLINK NEO" ultra compact microwave communications system. VNP is the third positioned mobile telephone operator in Vietnam and has approximately 21 million subscribers. VNP started its 3G services in October 2009 and the systems selected today will be used for communications between mobile based stations and base stations for its 3G services.
Tata Docomo GPRS on Demand Packs
Tata DOCOMO launched 5 new GPRS on Demand Packs which may ultimately prove to be more beneficial and equally economical for the customers.FeliCa Coming for Japanese iPhones
Mophie has announced they will enable FeliCa RFID function for iPhones in Japan starting this spring - http://bit.ly/7LsJhvJapan Mobile SNS Reports
Three new Japan mobile social networking platform Whitepapers - Mixi, Gree and Mobagetown - now online here: http://bit.ly/2lW7m8JAL Looks to Mobile Founder
As bankruptcy and restructuring looms, the founder of Kyocera and KDDI tapped to lead Japan Airlines - http://bit.ly/6wkfyoWillcom in Re-Structure Talks
Willcom is in talks to reorganize with the support of Japan’s state-backed turnaround agency according to Nikkei English News - http://bit.ly/7FlGHK
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