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RSS docomo vodafoneVodafone takes battle to NTT DoCoMo's door
News Vodafone has various holdings in the Asia-Pacific region - including J-Phone in NTT DoCoMo's home market - though its interest in China is deemed very important because of that market's predicted growth rate over the next few years. [13 Jun 2002]
Vodafone and DoCoMo trade words
News Chris Gent, chief executive of Vodafone, questioned how much arch-rival DoCoMo would achieve with its early launch of 3G services. Gent questioned whether DoCoMo's imminent launch of 3G services would be "a full commercial service". [27 Sep 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]
Vodafone shares slide to four-year low
News The fall started when Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo announced it is expecting to see 30 per cent fewer new customers this year than earlier predicted - a fact that raised eyebrows among Vodafone investors aware that Japan is expected to account for... [10 Apr 2002]
Vodafone gobbles up Japan Telecom
News But he does not think Vodafone will be able to catch up with NTT DoCoMo. The group also has to compete with Japan's number one telco, NTT DoCoMo, which is launching its 3G services next month. Vodafone has paid £1.8bn for a controlling stake in... [20 Sep 2001]
Update: Vodafone sells Japanese arm for £8.9bn
News Since the 2001 acquisition of J-Phone, later rebranded under the Vodafone umbrella, the operator has consistently failed to make strides against its main opposition in the country, DoCoMo and KDDI's au. [17 Mar 2006]
Nokia buys Symbian and looks to open mobile future
News As with the LiMo open mobile software alliance, The Symbian Foundation has enlisted a raft of members - a launch line up that includes Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, NTT DoCoMo, AT&T, LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, STMicroelectronics, Texas... [24 Jun 2008]
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. [19 May 2006]
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 ditches 3
News Japanese telecoms giant NTT DoCoMo has officially dropped its involvement with third-generation mobile operator 3. DoCoMo has announced that it will be selling its 20 per cent stake back to 3's parent company, Hutchison Whampoa. [28 May 2004]
Sun set on Microsoft market, telco trials and tribulations, schools in crisis and a fishy tale
News Meanwhile The Times brings news that Japanese mobile phone company NTT DoCoMo, is pushing ahead with its own plans for a partial flotation. NTT DoCoMo is undeterred by the choppy telecoms waters and is expecting to raise £4.7bn through the latest... [06 Feb 2001]
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]
3GSM: The future's bright. The future's crustacean...
Comment Despite the ongoing success of the proprietary i-mode in Japan - 36 million users and counting, figures i-mode operators in the West even combined can only dream about - it seemed he spent a lot of time talking up DoCoMo's 3G service. [21 Feb 2003]
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 It is significant that Japan's DoCoMo paid significantly less for 3G licences than its European counterparts. This opinion is backed up by a look at NTT DoCoMo's 3G launch in Japan at the end of May. Nokia and Ericsson, who have been working in... [28 Mar 2001]
