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France Telecom & ACCESS Develop Rich Media Solutions

ACCESS announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with France Telecom for the joint development of a complete wireless Internet solution based on ACCESS’ products and services. This R&D partnership will enable both companies to collaboratively design and deploy innovative, rich media mobile Internet technologies for France Telecom mobile customers. The R&D department of France Télécom and ACCESS are committed to leveraging resources and sharing expertise to develop products based on the NetFront browser framework. The technologies that will be supported within the browser framework include SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), streaming video, SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language), and other rich media and animation technologies.

DoCoMo's Year-end: Quick Review

NTT DoCoMo released their financial results for the year ending 31 March earlier today, and the numbers are stellar. Despite operating revenues achieving “only” 4,844.6 bn yen, down a noticable 4% year on year, net income came in at 747.6 bn yen, up a strong 15% over last fiscal year. But the company foresees tough times ahead, predicting net income for the current fiscal year (ending 31 March 2006) to fall to 497 bn yen, a plunge of 33.5%.

DoCoMo Capital Headed for the U.S

NTT DoCoMo, Inc., announced today that it will establish a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, named DoCoMo Capital, Inc., to invest in venture companies that develop advanced mobile communication technologies. The subsidiary will take stakes in venture companies, mainly in the United States, to support their development of innovative technologies. Based in San Jose, California, the subsidiary is scheduled to begin operating on 1 July 2005.

Mobile Phone Controlled by Shaking

The V603SH mobile phone (manufactured by Sharp of Japan) released by Vodafone KK in mid-February 2005 can be operated by shaking or tilting. With the menu screen displayed, the case can be tilted left-right or up-down, just like rolling a ball on your palm, to move the cursor in four or eight directions. By shaking the case in a preset fashion, the user can open specified menus or launch applications.

Massive Mobile Multi-Player Game Rollout Announced

Massive Mobile Multi-Player Game Rollout AnnouncedDoCoMo ruled 2004 with their 900i-series 3G phones and exclusive Final Fantasy VII spin off game ‘Before Crisis’ but spring 2005 belongs to KDDI. Japan’s leading 3G carrier has just whipped out a whole new posse of BREW-based mobile multiplayer games for their WIN CDMA 1X 3G handsets: Bandai’s Gundam (Kidousenshi Gundam 3D Meguri Ai Sora Hen); Bomberman 2 from Hudson; Armored Core; Ace Combat by Namco; Sega Rally; Street Fighter II and more. In February, KDDI launched EZ Game Street a new gaming platform powered by Square Enix; the user-friendly image-based interface and landscape of 350 games is set to become even more engaging with this boulevard of multiplayer options powered by new, fixed data rates.