ntt docomo vodafone in comment and analysis

Surprise omissions and trends

AS Analysis Whether that's the CEO of countless telecoms providers - though the bosses of Vodafone and NTT DoCoMo do sometimes get a look in - or big Silicon Valley names, the Agenda Setters 07 list again shows that the panel puts more stock in the individual... [12 Oct 2007]

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. Vodafone's token effort is the - wait for it - Simple, a device meant to be - yes, you've guessed it - simple. [01 Nov 2006]

Leader: Vodafone's Japanese sale

Leader Outside Japan - where it has faced, in the form of NTT DoCoMo and KDDI, two of the canniest and most successful operators in the world - Vodafone's other main area of concern on any significant scale has been the US. [06 Mar 2006]

3GSM Diary: CEO egos, Motorola's smorgasbord and camera phone as scanner

Comment NTT DoCoMo in Japan has signed up on the operator side. The upside is that you get together people from all sorts of interesting companies with the CEOs of the likes of Microsoft, Nokia, Qualcomm, RIM and Vodafone - though in the case of the latter... [14 Feb 2006]

Why less wireless?

AS Analysis Previously, NTT DoCoMo's Keiji Tachikawa made appearances as the man at the vanguard of a mobile data revolution being pioneered in Japan. No fixed line telco has it but Vodafone, now led by CEO Arun Sarin, comes closest of all operators. [26 Sep 2005]

Leader: Mobile giants jostling

Leader The likes of NTT DoCoMo, O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone founding the Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) group is arguably more about operators insisting on economies of scale and consistency from one device to another running on their networks. [23 Jun 2004]

Leader: Friday 13 February unlucky for some - including Vodafone?

Leader This morning's FT boldly states a bid of around $30bn will be forthcoming, throwing the UK mobile giant's hat into the ring with Cingular and perhaps even NTT DoCoMo of Japan (a current AT&T Wireless stakeholder) and Nextel, also of the US. [12 Feb 2004]

ITU 03 diary - a weekend of two halves

Comment Should we be surprised if the absence of European giants such as Alcatel, Ericsson, Nokia, Siemens and Vodafone is literally overshadowed by the giant stands of LG, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic, Samsung, Sanyo, Sony and Toshiba? [13 Oct 2003]

3GSM: The future's bright. The future's crustacean...

Comment Meanwhile NTT DoCoMo head honcho Keiji Tachikawa took the podium to talk mainly about m-payments and his company turning phones into wallets later this year. Despite the ongoing success of the proprietary i-mode in Japan - 36 million users and... [21 Feb 2003]

The Ovum View: The 3G World Cup - what's the score?

Comment For example, NTT DoCoMo has announced volume reduction plans of up to 12.5 per cent. In the UK, Vodafone is offering SMS services on full time and halftime scores and each goal the England team scores. [31 May 2002]

The Bloor Perspective: Pricey Blackberry, Vodafone's Japanese adventure and Consignia

Comment This would give Vodafone far more influence over the direction of Japan Telecom including all business decisions, and put it in a strong position to go head-to-head with NTT DoCoMo. NTT DoCoMo acquired the company last September for Y600bn ($8bn... [24 Sep 2001]

Ageism: Who's over the hill now then?

Comment Try that with Vodafone's Chris Gent (53), Nokia's Jorma Ollila (52) or NTT DoCoMo's Keiji Tachikawa (61). Ageism is rampant in the IT sector. We all know it's true. And according a survey conducted by silicon.com's sister site in Germany, silicon... [14 Aug 2001]

3G the 'nearly' technology

Comment Japan's NTT DoCoMo and then BT's Manx Telecom were tipped to be the first to pop the champagne corks earlier this month, but both network operators have had to delay until late summer. Meanwhile, NTT DoCoMo has extended its trials, which might just... [30 May 2001]

3G woes: Should handset makers or network operators take rap

Comment This opinion is backed up by a look at NTT DoCoMo's 3G launch in Japan at the end of May. It is significant that Japan's DoCoMo paid significantly less for 3G licences than its European counterparts. Nokia and Ericsson, who have been working in... [28 Mar 2001]

Vodafone: China in its hand?

Comment Deutsche Telekom and NTT DoCoMo may yet buy their way in, but typically it was Gent's company that got there first. So what has Vodafone got for its money? It adds up to a mouthwatering prospect but not the overriding factor in Vodafone's decision. [04 Oct 2000]

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