JCNN, 9 November 2004
Toshiba Corporation and ARM have announced that it has licensed the ARM1136J-STM processor. Since 1998, Toshiba has licensed the ARM7TM, ARM9TM, and ARM10TM family processors for numerous applications ranging from mobile communications to consumer electronics. The agreement includes an option for Toshiba to license other ARM11 family processors.
Just as Korea has set the pace in the development of the fixed-line Internet sector, the nation is also leading the world in the wireless Internet segment, according to a government report. The National Internet Development Agency (NIDA) on Thursday said that 40.2 percent of Korean cell phone owners use wireless Internet regularly, up almost 4 percentage points from last year. Broken down by gender, the report showed 41.4 percent of female respondents logged onto the wireless Internet on a regular basis compared to 39.3 percent of males.
Kyodo News, 3 November 2004
Police caught 3,645 drivers using cell phones while driving Monday, the day the revised Road Traffic Law came into effect in Japan, the National Police Agency said Tuesday. Under the law, drivers are fined if caught using a cell phone held in their hand — including for conversation, messaging and reading the screen — while driving.
Last week, Hiroyuki Ida, from Mobile Broadcasting Corp.’s marketing department, confirmed the satellite-to-mobile broadcaster’s subscriber targets. The company is Japan’s (and, as far as we know, the world’s) first to offer digital audio, video, and data services to dedicated consumer terminals via satellite. Commercial services started on October 20. We’ll have more coverage in the near future.
NTT DoCoMo announced that Japanese customers of its 3G FOMA-based WORLD CALL service will be able to exchange videophone calls with users of compatible 3G/W-CDMA services offered by Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) beginning 2 November 2004. SingTel is currently offering 3G services on a trial basis, so DoCoMo customers initially will be able to place videophone calls to SingTel users participating in the trial.
WWJ Editors, 14 October 2004
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