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3GSM Diary, day 4: Mobile's future killer apps?

Comment Japan is the cradle of mobile advancement and Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo is often at the forefront of some of the most far-sighted - and far out - developments. Dropping by their stand today, I took a look at some new functionality the operator...

Tags: 3gsm

[15 Feb 2007]

Mobile 'smelly phone' hits Japan

News Japanese mobile giant NTT DoCoMo has launched handsets promising scents and a double screen. NTT, parent of DoCoMo, has already experimented with linking technology and fragrance. The DoCoMo mobile 'smelly phone' is the SO703i from Sony Ericsson...

Tags: smell, ntt docomo, docomo

[17 Jan 2007]

Visa launches mobile payments platform

News Until now, Asia has adopted NFC more readily than other parts of the world, with operator NTT DoCoMo launching contactless payment phones in Japan in 2005. The platform has a number of applications and tools designed to increase collaboration...

Tags: visa, nokia, mobile payments, nfc

[10 Jan 2007]

4G coming 'in three years'

News NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest mobile operator, will have a 4G network up and running by the end of the decade, according to the local press. NTT DoCoMo could not immediately be reached for comment. DoCoMo has previously committed to developing a 4G...

Tags: ntt docomo, 4g, docomo

[04 Jan 2007]

ITU 06 diary - Buzzword bingo, too much text and a one-on-one with Negroponte

Comment The head of NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan, revealed his strategy for launching new services, such as the wallet phone. At ITU yesterday the action really kicked off, with some of the biggest CEOs in telecoms lining up to speak.

Tags: itu, negroponte

[05 Dec 2006]

Testing RFID for Peace of Mind

whitepaper Hideko, a 27-year-old Tokyo resident, participated in NTT DoCoMo's test of its R-Click service, which employed Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology. With RFID, a tiny chip and an antenna are attached to objects, and information stored...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, chip, mobile phone, phone

[14 Nov 2006]

RFID Closes the Wireless Communications Loop

whitepaper Hideko, a 27-year-old Tokyo resident, participated in NTT DoCoMo's test of its R-Click service, which employed Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology. With RFID, a tiny chip and an antenna are attached to objects, and information stored...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, phone, mobile phone, rfid

[14 Nov 2006]

Vodafone: Cheaper phone bills can ad up

News has been pushing the idea of mobile advertising lately, talking up search keywords after having signed a deal with NTT DoCoMo in Japan. Vodafone has revealed that it will partner with Yahoo! to offer its subscribers the chance to swap cheaper phone...

Tags: advertising, yahoo, vodafone

[14 Nov 2006]

The Weekly Round-Up: 03.11.06

Round-Up It seems NTT DoCoMo, the company behind the handset, has really got women sussed - which puts it at a definite advantage over the Round-Up and the rest of mankind. "Beep beep, time to make a baby. You might be forgiven for thinking that sounds like...

Tags: weekly round-up, round-up

[03 Nov 2006]

Upwardly mobile: What do silver surfers want?

Comment Japan has its own Simple trend, with a handset range called Raku Raku from operator NTT DoCoMo. Like most corporate smart cookies, the mobile operators and handset floggers have woken up to the fact that there's an aging population with not...

Tags: rakuraku, upwardly mobile, silver surfer, vodafone simple

[01 Nov 2006]

"Beep beep, time to make a baby"

News The D702iF, available through Japan's NTT DoCoMo, comes in pastel pink and was the idea of female designer Momoko Ikuta. Proving that truth is often stranger than fiction, a mobile phone that rings to inform its user she is ovulating has been...

Tags: mobile, phone, mobile technology japan europe us, ntt

[31 Oct 2006]

Coming to a mobile near you: Ads

News Also on Wednesday, Reuters reported NTT DoCoMo will add Yahoo! Yahoo! on Wednesday launched a beta version of sponsored search results on mobile phones in the UK and US. Like Yahoo! s sponsored search results on the web, advertisers will bid in an...

Tags: mobile ads, yahoo

[05 Oct 2006]

3G: Are you planning for what comes next?

News Operators including China Mobile, NTT DoCoMo, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone have all signed up to the Next Generation Networks Mobile Initiative (NGNMI). Both Japan's NTT DoCoMo and Samsung claim to be already working on technologies that fit the...

Tags: 4g, t-mobile, vodafone, orange

[15 Sep 2006]

Samsung flashes its 4G

News NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest mobile operator, is planning to launch a commercial 4G network in 2010 and has already piloted VSF-OFCDM and VSF-CDMA technologies. Samsung is claiming to have cracked 4G, while most of the mobile industry couldn't tell...

Tags: 4g, samsung

[31 Aug 2006]

Mobile Linux movement picks up pace

News Back in June a mobile Linux alliance was formed between Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics and Vodafone. Linux is picking up more support in the mobile industry as a challenger to established players...

Tags: mobile linux

[17 Aug 2006]

Motorola pledges 50 per cent Linux

News Also on board are telecommunications companies NTT DoCoMo and Vodafone, the largest carriers in Asia and Europe, respectively. For Motorola, the number two maker of mobile phones, Linux is the way of the future.

Tags: motorola, linux

[16 Aug 2006]

Mobile data busts $100bn milestone

News Informa found that Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo is top of the mobile data pops, extracting $2.5bn from users' pockets in the first quarter of this year. While it might not be the bloated cash cow that the operators were once hoping for, mobile data...

Tags: $100bn, mobile data

[27 Jul 2006]

Mobile giants unite on common Linux push

News Mobile phone makers Motorola, NEC, Panasonic and Samsung, along with mobile operators NTT DoCoMo and Vodafone, have announced plans to form an independent foundation to develop a common mobile Linux-based platform.

Tags: panasonic, ntt, nec, vodafone

[15 Jun 2006]

Asia-Pacific RIM: BlackBerry goes to Japan

News RIM is to debut its trademark email device in Japan for the first time after inking a deal with the country's largest carrier, NTT DoCoMo. NTT DoCoMo will launch the devices from this autumn, RIM said, although the handset maker is yet to provide...

Tags: blackberry, japan, rim

[08 Jun 2006]

Google's search for mobile goes east

News The tech giant announced on Thursday that it is working with KDDI, the country's second-largest mobile-service provider after NTT DoCoMo, to provide a search service for mobile phone users in the Japanese market as of July.

Tags: mobile search, kddi, japan, google

[19 May 2006]

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