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RSS ntt docomo 3gRadioactive: Mobile phones - the battery conundrum
Comment Mobile operators in Japan are very interested in the technology, and both KDDI and NTT DoCoMo are said to be developing DFMC-based products. The latest mobile device developments burn through standard Li-Ion batteries like no tomorrow. [09 Nov 2005]
DoCoMo outlines European 3G plans
News NTT DoCoMo will rollout its 3G mobile phone service in Europe in the second half of 2002. DoCoMo owns a 20 per cent stake in Whampoa subsidiary Hutchison 3G, making it the company's second largest European investment. [03 Oct 2001]
3G giants Hutch and DoCoMo get closer
News Hutchison Whampoa and NTT DoCoMo are to co-operate internationally on 3G technology and services. DoCoMo is Japan's largest mobile carrier and well-known for pioneering mobile data services first with its narrow-band i-mode service and then as the... [23 Apr 2003]
3G deadline will be met, says DoCoMo
News Japanese phone giant NTT DoCoMo is expected to go ahead with its 3G services despite technical glitches. DoCoMo said most of the problems will have disappeared by early next month when the service is launched for commercial use. [03 Sep 2001]
Symbian strikes DoCoMo 3G handsets agreement
News Symbian has signed a deal with NTT DoCoMo giving the giant Japanese mobile operator access to Symbian OS source code. The idea is to allow Symbian licensees - several of which are handset makers from Japan - to tailor 3G phones more closely to... [26 Sep 2003]
DoCoMo 3G network attracts Oracle software
News NTT DoCoMo and Oracle are teaming up to provide DoCoMo customers with mobile versions of the US company's enterprise software. Oracle Japan is looking to take advantage of DoCoMo's expanding 3G network - which it has branded FOMA, for 'Freedom of... [06 Mar 2002]
DoCoMo streams videos over 3G
News NTT DoCoMo will begin consumer trials of a 3G video streaming service in May. The Japanese telco's V-Live service will stream MPEG4 video content to phones operating on its FOMA 3G network. The company will stream music videos, sports highlights... [26 Apr 2002]
DoCoMo set to meet 3G targets
News NTT DoCoMo claims it is on target to sign up 150,000 3G subscribers by March, despite only having sold 11,000 handsets. The Japanese giant launched its 3G service - called Foma - one month ago, and claims the relatively lowly sales figures reached... [08 Nov 2001]
DoCoMo isolates 3G users to meet deadline
News A DoCoMo spokesman confirmed that the company was using FOMA, its own proprietary version of the W-CDMA standard, the main standard for 3G networks outside America. Arjan Singh, senior research analyst at the Business Research Group, said: "DoCoMo... [09 Apr 2001]
3G fears, e-science investment and Sony's identity crisis...
News The vastly inflated prices paid for the UMTS licences in auctions across Europe always looked likely to come back to haunt the telcos who took such an expensive step into the unknown, but now the Japanese pioneer of the mobile internet has fanned... [23 Nov 2000]
Mobile Services for Java-enabled Devices on 3G Wireless Networks
White Paper In January 2001, NTT DoCoMo launched its iAppli service, allowing mobile users to download Java applications on their iMode phones. Companies such as Siemens, Motorola, NTT, Nokia, Compaq, and HP are working on a new generation of mobile device... [03 Jul 2008]
Cheat Sheet: 3G - in all its flavours
Cheat Sheet Meanwhile giant NTT DoCoMo uses W-CDMA too. Simple - doesn't it just mean faster mobile networks? In a word, yes, though we're not only talking about speed when it comes to 'third-generation' (or 3G, get it? [04 Aug 2004]
Toshiba wins i-mode handset orders in Europe
News The entry of NTT DoCoMo's i-mode service into Europe through partner operator KPN Mobile has led Toshiba to start supplying its TS21i GPRS i-mode phone to the continent. KPN Mobile will use the Toshiba handsets, which the Japanese manufacturer... [12 Mar 2002]
3G will trigger mobile massacre, says Forrester
News KPN, Telefónica, Telecom Italia, or NTT DoCoMo will be the additional wild card group to survive. According to a new report from Forrester Research, revenues from traditional services such as voice and SMS will fall 36 per cent by 2005. [05 Jan 2001]
Vodafone, DoCoMo and DT eye-up China Mobile
News The value of the stake varies widely from report to report, between $1bn and $6.5bn. That would amount to a one to seven per cent investment in a company valued at $93bn. The potential of the Chinese mobile market is not lost on the powers that be... [04 Oct 2000]
