DoCoMo Doubles Zenrin Stake
DoCoMo doubles equity in Zenrin map service to 20% – at $2,400 per share – $7.2M investment, 2nd largest shareholder [J] http://bit.ly/euBu2
DoCoMo doubles equity in Zenrin map service to 20% – at $2,400 per share – $7.2M investment, 2nd largest shareholder [J] http://bit.ly/euBu2
Motorola and NEC get the nod to provide KDDI’s LTE platform scheduled to start operating in December 2012 via Bloomberg: http://bit.ly/pTCT1
SoftBank Mobile gets ministry approval for LTE trial, thru spring 2010, using 1.5GHz spectrum in Fukuoka Prefecture. [J] http://bit.ly/zfO3m
DoCoMo delays sale of L-04A by LG on software glitch related to camera function [J] http://bit.ly/1Lm2b8 Product Details http://bit.ly/7Q2OR
Suica & PASMO reports 42.91M retail purchases in July = 1.63M per day +195% from Apr’07 [J .PDF] http://bit.ly/VjawY
Gerd Leonhard in Japan next week @tokyo2point0 on 24th & ACCJ 26th – Future of Business in a Networked and Mobile Society http://ow.ly/kuXk
Yappa announces e-book reader for Android handsets, 1st title is Tezuka magazine, they did same for iPhone in April [J] http://bit.ly/QHu9U
NTT announces addition of English study keywords, with related terms, to their mobile “Goo Dictionary” as of today [J] http://bit.ly/dS3N2
Japan Post begins mobile content offer – at 5,000 locations – with catalogue menu of 2,000 gifts targeted at Seniors [J] http://bit.ly/16TG4Z
DeNA launches polls for their 15M MoBaGa Town users Aug 12 – noted Enterprise requests for custom surveys coming [J] http://bit.ly/16Vle4