LINE announced business and capital alliance with Netstars, will re-brand the StarPay (WeChat, Alipay) QR payment platform for Japan market, interesting to see if/how adopted beyond tourists. [Jpn] https://t.co/UgXVpPuys0 pic.twitter.com/xymFiprbmn
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 12, 2018
NHK reporting ‘stakeholder’ tip; KDDI did major deal with US-based company producing next-gen. glasses, maybe Vuzix as they did colab on M300 last summer, with view towards 5G and 2020 Summer Games [Jpn] https://t.co/OArxQKbv2l pic.twitter.com/YHTvWTx8HA
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 12, 2018
SoftBank and National Institute for Materials Science sign MOU to establish new Advanced Technology Development Center with focus on Lithium Air batteries for IoT era [Jpn] https://t.co/fPk4w8tGxM 素晴らしい @NIMS_PR pic.twitter.com/2pB3mcAx2m
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 11, 2018
DoCoMo, KDDI and SoftBank have all just announced +Message platform, based on @GSMA RCS standard, Rich Communication Services.. ala LINE and FB etc.. imagine that.. [Jpn] https://t.co/QW0XQyGi4y pic.twitter.com/nlBrpHRPtU
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 10, 2018
The 5G remote medical trials by NEC and DoCoMo finally hit the English web this week, we note more detailed version of that collaboration effort documented here [Jpn] https://t.co/IwyEnEfBic pic.twitter.com/TXZv2MuwUq
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 20, 2018
Congrats @HMikitani on Rakuten receiving formal certificate from MIC to launch full scale MNO in Japan, with $6Bn budget targeting Oct. 2019 launch, interesting times to come! English PR here: https://t.co/0WHXV2qCi8 pic.twitter.com/Bi0oLeq54w
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 10, 2018