DoCoMo announcement for Tokyo 2020ne Olympics 5G Project plans ‘reveal’ drone coverage on sailing, AR at the pool and scene switch for golf, materials released yesterday available only in Japanese, and only in pdf format, machine translation here https://t.co/yDbgl5PDik pic.twitter.com/x1F4uRHuLt
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 2, 2021
Year: 2021
Mt. Fuji opens for climbing season, closed for ‘reasons’ summer 2020, and most energetic hikers through the rain today will be 1st to enjoy 5G speeds at the summit. Noting KDDI also has 47 WiFi spots, freely available to all, along the way [Jpn] https://t.co/qh7DJoX2Cw pic.twitter.com/LiufG0x9sY
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 1, 2021
DoCoMo online exhibit at MWC has section for their 5G Open RAN Ecosystem project, 12 major partners announced in Feb, with roadmap targets including 3x gain on both capacity and throughput at 1/2 or less power demand. See details in English here https://t.co/vPCCFT12hn pic.twitter.com/e0pkfUNiZm
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 29, 2021
Congrats to GITAI crew, Tokyo startup secured 2nd funding round for $17M in March, on news they passed NASA safety review and now officially scheduled to deploy for ISS in August. Press release with details in English here.. ãŠã‚ã§ã¨ã†ã€é ‘å¼µã‚ã†! https://t.co/zRoJL7ilb1 pic.twitter.com/VlYV2Fw9oT
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 29, 2021
Tokyo Game Show releases visual for their 25th Anniversary event, and 2nd annual virtual only exhibition, under the “We’ll Always Have Games” headline. The organizers have also announced new VR section, with details to come: press in English [.pdf] https://t.co/MgWCzXIClq pic.twitter.com/1sMPoX4OY4
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 24, 2021
NTT DoCoMo announced “Lively Innovations” agenda schedule for their ‘virtual only’ presence during MWC event next week. Apparently they will open English page from 06.28th.. meanwhile see lead details with links available only in Japanese here.. https://t.co/OZccydIzox pic.twitter.com/sVNR6Vy8Lz
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 22, 2021
KDDI and teamLab colab on huge virtual butterfly game installation for the kids at Ginza 456 venue this summer with capture, learn and release for the 18 species available to collect keep in their dedicated app. Details and demo video here [Jpn] https://t.co/WUHrRGgzrb pic.twitter.com/4aMEhBXUcE
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 22, 2021
The organizers of CEATEC cancel in-person hybrid event plan, online only, again, from 10.19~22nd, based on “safety” concerns. “It is truly regrettable..” noting chatter booth space ‘sales’ also ‘affected’ decision.. sad-not-new-normal ã‚‚ã£ãŸã„ãªã„。https://t.co/PVuT3Ry8mj pic.twitter.com/yvjwtRAabO
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 18, 2021
The NFC Open Forum online event running 06.22~23rd allows non-members to participate; see their detailed agenda, schedule of topics and speakers, with free pre registration signup form via here https://t.co/9zDH1YWqtG pic.twitter.com/B1x8OBo6OP
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 18, 2021
SoftBank just introduced new LEITZ-1 handset, re-skinned version of R6 model by Sharp. Touting 1″ sensor, and retail $1,800 less discounts, this move marks world first for Leica direct branded device with range of perk features. Specs here [Jpn] https://t.co/LP943RBM8c pic.twitter.com/ADKi44zNPs
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) June 17, 2021