Year: 2012

DoCoMo to introduce Hanashite Hon’yaku translation service for voice calls and via AR scan of text signage: http://bit.ly/ObRMRH

SoftBank will acquire rival fixed & mobile operator eAccess in stock swap valued at $2.3Bn plus debt = wow! http://bit.ly/Vu022v

The annual CEATEC tradeshow – conference gets underway here tomorrow with 2,100+ booths and 200k attendees: http://bit.ly/VHCiqd

Congrats to Tokyo-based KLab on their new subsidiary just announced for Shanghai – to focus on mobile games: http://bit.ly/QLJ5gZ

DoCoMo announces they have just passed the 6M subscribers mark on LTE platform since launch late Dec. 2010: http://bit.ly/UJPyan

Ascii Media Works releases overview results from recent ICT survey of Japanese elementary school students: http://bit.ly/SDb6Yx