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Japan Dec Handset Shipments Soar, Demand Seen Robust
Japan's domestic shipments of cell phones posted year-on-year growth for the second straight month in December, an industry body said on Thursday, as new-model camera phones breathed life into a saturating market. .
MTI’s BREW Application on ‘Au’ Cell Phone Operates PC Wirelessly
MTI Ltd. unveiled on Jan. 31 the "TUNA M+," a Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW) application program for wireless operation of a Windows PC by an "au" mobile phone available from KDDI Corp. Users pay a monthly charge of 315 yen.
Cell Phones that Surf for the News
On a cell phone someday soon, you'll be able to instruct a personal news-gatherer to scour a dozen media sites for headlines within minutes after they are posted. Are you a football, baseball or soccer fan? A new technology will dish up a playback of your favorite team's winning goal. The technology turns cell phones into computers that can download and execute programs just like PCs.
Illegal Loan Victims Reach Record High
A report by the National Police Agency found that a record 122,115 people were victimized through illegal loans in 2002, suffering a combined loss of about 15.98 billion yen. Police said the incidents often involved dealers lending small sums of money over and over again.
Tapping into the future of wireless communication
Experts see 2003 shaping up to be a banner year. For starters, DoCoMo, KDDI and J-Phone will all be coming out with refined 2G equipment. They'll also be rolling out new 3G systems, expanding rich-media services and launching camera-enabled, programmable handsets that can serve as "e-wallet" and "e-ticket" mobile-commerce terminals.
Essential Patent Holders of 3G W-CDMA Reach Agreement
Industry Leaders NTT DoCoMo, Ericsson, Nokia and Siemens, Japanese Manufacturers Reach Mutual Understanding to Support Modest Royalty Rates for W-CDMA Technology Worldwide. As essential patent holders, Japanese manufacturers Fujitsu, Matsushita Communication Industrial (Panasonic), Mitsubishi Electric, NEC and Sony Corporation have also expressed their willingness to co-operate with such arrangements.
DoCoMo and Partners to License W-CDMA Patents
DoCoMo, announced today that it will begin licensing patents for its proprietary W-CDMA technology, on which , the world's first 3G wireless service, is based. See Press Release Here.
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