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KDDI Announces the Merger of Four Subsidiaries, Launch of 'KDDI Network & Soluti

August 19, 2004 September 30, 2023

KDDI has announced the impending merger of four subsidiaries to form KDDI Network & Solutions Inc., to strengthen management efficiency and improve response times for corporate customers requiring broad and comprehensive solutions. The new company is expected to become a pillar of the corporate fixed communications business for the KDDI group. K-Solutions Inc., KCOM Corporation, OSI Plus Corporation, and KDDI Msat, Inc. will be merged into the new company on October 1, 2004, to strengthen the KDDI Group base and enable greater corporate-wide deployment in the communications service market where the Group expects an intensification of competition in the future.

Fuel-Cell Mobile Phones for Digital TV

August 12, 2004 September 30, 2023

KDDI has teamed up with Japanese mobile-phone manufacturers to develop a fuel-cell-powered phone equipped with functions for receiving terrestrial digital TV broadcasting. KDDI has signed joint development agreements with Toshiba and Hitachi. Although the two manufacturers will develop fuel-cell-equipped mobile phones separately on the basis of their own technology, they will use the same user interface that includes the fuel inlet.

QUALCOMM, IDG Ventures and TOM Online Invest in Great Wall Software Group

August 10, 2004 September 30, 2023

QUALCOMM, pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology; IDG Technology Venture, a US venture fund focusing on the information technology industry in China and TOMOnline, a leading mobile Internet company in China, today announced the successful closing of a US$3.5 million investment in Sichuan Great Wall Software Group.

Vodafone Sees User Loss in Japan

August 6, 2004 September 30, 2023

Mobile phone giant Vodafone has reported the first ever drop in customers at its Japanese business, Vodafone KK. Net subscribers fell by 3,100 in July, the first such loss reported by one of Japan’s three main operators.

Inetcam: Live Video Streaming to BREW Mobiles

August 4, 2004 September 30, 2023

Inetcam, Inc., a live video streaming software developer, today announced its latest mobile viewing application called iMViewer developed for QUALCOMM’s BREW solution. The iMViewer software enables users to monitor virtually any network connected camera or video source live from their wireless handset. Built for the BREW solution, the application provides mobile users with a high-quality secure connection to their business or home while they are away. Through the use of Inetcam’s patent-pending technology, iMViewer ensures faster response times to real time security-related events such as vandalism and theft.

Macromedia's Flash Lite Shines

August 3, 2004 October 20, 2023

Fujitsu's New VoIP/PHS Handset Flash has been an integral part of the fixed-line Web for years and with its launch on DoCoMo’s 505i-series 2G handsets in spring 2003 (and on FOMA 3G last fall), it has developed into a mobile Web standard in Japan as well; six major Japanese manufacturers are already producing Flash-enabled handsets. Flash has now rolled out on yet another batch of 3G phones, this time from KDDI. We caught up with Macromedia’s senior director of marketing for mobile, Anup Murarka, at KDDI’s launch event in Tokyo and had a fascinating discussion about the past, present, and future of Flash for wireless. Full Program (also available in Real Player and Quick-Time formats) Run-time 20:51