3G – Page 117 – Wireless Watch Japan

Micro-Browser and Java Module Selected for Panasonic's European i-mode Handset

March 17, 2004 September 30, 2023

ACCESS, a global provider of mobile content delivery and Internet access technologies, today announced that its Compact NetFront Plus micro-browser and JV-LiteTM 2 Wireless Edition, a Sun authorized JVM that complies with the J2METM standard, have been selected by Panasonic for deployment in its first European i-mode(R) handset, the P341i. Panasonic also selected ACCESS’ AVETM-SSL encryption module for this deployment. Panasonic’s decision to use Compact NetFront adds to the millions of i-mode devices that already rely on ACCESS browser technology to power their Internet functionality.

DoCoMo's 3G Flat Rate Lower than KDDI

March 17, 2004 September 30, 2023

Counterattack! Price War! Kyodo News here (notorious for its story twisting) has reported that DoCoMo is planning a flat rate service for 3G FOMA at JPY 3,900 a good 300 yen lower than KDDI’s.If it’s true, it’s awesome news for the consumer and cloudy skies for 3G internationally. We are not sure when the flat rates will start, but it must be only a matter of time before Vodafone K.K. responds.

DoCoMo Reduces Interconnection Fees

March 16, 2004 September 30, 2023

Talks getting cheaper (but not flat rate…yet) with DoCoMo announcing that it is going tocut interconnection fees between its PDCand 3G FOMA services and other carriers.Great! Go here for details.

DoCoMo Far EasTone 3G Taiwan Launch

March 12, 2004 September 30, 2023

DoCoMo is pushing its blend of W-CDMA into Taiwan with Far EasTone Telecommunications Co., according to a press release today, with Big-D tightening up EasTone’s network from next week to September this year.

Vodafone K.K. Offers Global Mail, Japan's First International MMS Service

March 12, 2004 September 30, 2023

Vodafone K.K. announced that from March 18 it will offer Global Mail, a new service that enables customers to exchange multimedia messages (MMS) such as Sha-mail and Movie Sha-mail with overseas subscribers who have compatible handsets on participating networks.

Mobile Phone Shipments Drop 22%

March 12, 2004 October 13, 2023

Hate to say we told you so – but we did – in the ‘Japan Wireless 2004 Preview’ WWJ video interview with IDC’s Mitch Kimura. Shipments by Japanese mobile phone makers in January dropped 22.3% from a year earlier to 2.98 million phones and were also well down on December’s 4.71 million units, the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association said in a monthly report yesterday.