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UQ WiMAX started in Japan
On February 26, UQ Communications Inc. started offering its UQ WiMAX service, based on IEEE802.16e standard, in the Tokyo metropolitan area...

GPS and mobile technologies get more accurate and may possibly prevent traffic accidents
Nissan and docomo collaborated to develop technology that may possibly prevent car accidents involving pedestrians...

iPhone 3G in Japan
Back in June when Apple announced that Softbank would be selling the iPhone 3G, everybody was wondering what had happened to DoCoMo. Apple was initially...

How much MVNO can do business in Japan?
Disney Japan launched its mobile phone business on March 1 as a MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) using Softbank’s 3G mobile network infrastructure

Is P2P protocol the next thing to think about?
Mobile phones are constantly evolving. These days, the mobile phone is not only a voice communication tool, but now it is also...

1-Seg broadcasting opens a new dimension to mobile users
1-Seg is officially being serviced and a host of new applications for this growing market are being developed for mobile devices. Recently, several market research firms reported...

New regulation will increase demand for GPS-equipped mobile handsets
Mobile handsets equipped with GPS are expected to be in high demand since the adoption of a new regulation mandated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. The new regulation...

The youth market in the mobile industry can no longer be ignored
As you can see in the article on April 4 entitled “DoCoMo to Launch ‘DCMX’ Mobile Credit Services”, DoCoMo will be offering a new service to users from age 12...

Will VGA soon become the standard resolution for mobile phone screens?
On February 13, Toshiba announced the development of a VGA controller for mobile phones. This announcement coincides with the industry trend...

Mobile phones will be required to be equipped with GPS in 2007
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications originally drafted this regulation because recently many emergency calls have originated from mobile phones but...

Will Bluetooth wireless communication technology break into the auto industry?
Back in our April TrendWatch article, we introduced Toyota’s new telematics system “G-BOOK ALPHA,” which is Toyota’s next generation GPS system...

Mobile users can now watch digital TV programs on their handsets
On September 27 the Association for Promotion of Digital Broadcasting, NHK, NTV, TV Asahi, TBS, TV Tokyo, Fuji TV, TV Saitama and Chiba TV jointly announced that “1-SEG,” a service that allows users to...

Annual Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) report shows that mobile phone usage is growing while fixed phones declines.

Internet advertising market is still rapidly growing
As you will see in the latest news release from Dentsu (please see the July 19th article), internet adverting expenditures are predicted to reach 566,000 million yen by 2009, which will represent...

Various field tests using Ai-MATE will be conducted at EXPO 2005 Aichi
Various experimental events for testing the capabilities of the Ai-MATE (CDMA 1x WIN and 802.11b hybrid handy device) are taking place at EXPO 2005. These events are being...

PDF viewer is available on mobile phones now!
DoCoMo released a new mobile phone “901iS” with a PDF viewer in May and content providers are quickly taking advantage of the new technology. Currently, many different...

Toyota offers next-generation telematics service, "G-BOOK ALPHA"
From time to time, we hear commercials on the radio or see commercials on TV highlighting GM's On-Star emergency rescue system. On-star is part of...

Real time high-definition live image/sound delivery on 3G networks
Currently, 3G wireless networks are being used for commercial broadcasting business. As you can read in the NEC news release on November 25, NEC developed...