Year: 2011

According to the Nikkei, SoftBank and Orix will build-out touch panel digital ad displays – Est. 10K units over next 5-years: http://bit.ly/mj507x

According to several media channels, Samsung has inked LTE deal with KDDI. No specific details that we can find for now: http://bit.ly/kDBSqx

The Nikkei is reporting that DoCoMo will offer free McAfee anti-virus software for it’s Android customers by sometime in July: http://bit.ly/iXBxZs

WSJ has post on the continued Sharp Aquos evolution – to be clear, this approach has been going on for years, by all players: http://bit.ly/jI0lS4

While not Japan specific, other than quick reference to the Oyster card (by Sony), Tecos Co-Op on NFC in the UK – Finally: http://bit.ly/kZi4op

Reuters has quick post – quoting DoCoMo EVP Kiyoyuki Tsujimura – that the company is not planning to offer the iPhone: http://bit.ly/kb9Ypn