Goin' Mobile Japan

TrendWatch: Various field tests using Ai-MATE will be conducted at EXPO 2005 Aichi

This Month’s Top Stories:

• KDDI Network & Solutions starts Iridium satellite mobile phone service
• Recruit and Cybird announce business and capital tie up
• KDDI introduces its new protection system to au auction
• TriStar announces its new software “Keitai Bannnou 15”
• PDF map will be offered by “Chizu i Mapion”
• UIP Mobile Cinema offers major studio’s film information
• Livedoor sells software for TV program recording and data conversion
• Weathernews starts rain measurement project using mobile handsets
• Mobile handset expands world’s CCD/CMOS market
• Various field tests using AI-MATE will be conducted at EXPO 2005 Aichi
• KDDI and Salesforce.com announce strategic partnership to deliver on-demand mobile CRM solution
• Yahoo! Japan, Index, and Connect Technologies establish a joint venture for mobile commerce business
• KDDI will introduce “CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev. A”
• Colorzip Japan to develop TV applications with Fuji TV and TBS.
• 4 carriers develop relay booster for 1.5GHz and 800MHz zones
• NTT DoCoMo achieves 1Gbps packet transmission in 4G field experiment
• ACCESS and Oki Electric Collaborate on Mobile IP Telephony Solution
• KDDI and Medicabank deliver health examination results to mobile handsets
• YOZAN obtains an experimental license for 5.7GHz zone
• MIAC reveals an amendment to the Spam Email Act
• MLIT conducts field test of data broadcast using light at Kansai International Airport

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