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Wanted:
Online Editor/Content Manager
Mobile Media Int'l www.mmint.com seeks an Asst. Web Editor/Content Manager for its mobile content services. Candidates should be enthusiastic, Netherlands-based, native English speakers with strong editorial skills, experience with online editing and a wide array content management, understanding of mobile services, and basic knowledge of HTML.
Send resume via email to
jobs@mmint.com
Internet Mobile Phone Rental
Need an Internet-mobile phone for your trip to Japan or Korea? Order online now and have your handset delivered to in the USA or in Japan/Korea in time for your arrival in Japan or Korea! Find out more...
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i-mode |
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> 45.239m |
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EZWeb |
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> 19.464m |
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J-Sky |
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> 12.769m |
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PHS |
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> 4.49m |
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> 77.472m | |
Japanese 3G Subscribers
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Au 3G: |
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> 19.849m |
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FOMA: |
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> 17.58m |
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J-Phone 3G: |
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> 2m |
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> 39.429m | |
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Updated 11/30/2005 |
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News of Saturday, June 30, 2007
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Softbank May Raise Spending 11% for Network Expansion
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(6/30/2007) Softbank Corp., which owns Japan’s third-largest mobile-phone company, plans to boost capital spending at least 11 percent this year to expand its network and catch up with bigger rivals NTT DoCoMo Inc. and KDDI Corp. The company will raise spending to about 432.9 billion yen ($3.5 billion) in the 12 months ending March 2008, from 389.8 billion yen a year earlier, Tokyo-based Softbank said in a financial statement submitted to the Ministry of Finance on June 22. The mobile-phone unit will increase spending at least 26 percent to about 387.9 billion yen, according to the document.Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son failed to meet his network expansion plans last fiscal year. By the end of March, Softbank had 29,404 base stations, which transmit mobile-phone signals, missing the company’s own target and trailing DoCoMo’s number of stations by 36 percent. (Bloomberg)
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KDDI Digital Radio Handsets Exceed One Million
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(6/30/2007) Over 1 million subscribers are now using au handsets that support Digital Radio include the W44S, W51T, W52T, AQUOS Keitai W51SH, W52H models. Au’s Digital Radio service offers music programs with audio quality on a par with CD, and enables OA track information and artists’ names to be checked via data broadcasting. In addition, programs with video offer the latest music videos and VJs’ "talking heads." Digital Radio service is free of charge. Digital Radio trial broadcasting started in Tokyo and Osaka in October 2003, with a view to commercial service. Several channels were provided, primarily by the Digital Radio Promotion Association (DRP). In April 2007, the number of channels increased, broadcasting times were extended, and full trial service started. Numerous high-quality programs are now available on channels offering video content such as music videos, news and weather to be checked through data broadcasting, and jazz, classical, and romantic music. (KDDI)
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NTT DoCoMo to Offer International Roaming Videophone/Packet Discount
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(6/30/2007) NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional subsidiaries today announced that they will offer WORLD WING™ international roaming subscribers a 20% discount on videophone and packet communications over the networks of Conexus Mobile Alliance partners from July 1 to September 30, 2007.This will be DoCoMo’s first discount plan for roaming services. Other alliance members are also launching roaming discount plans for their respective customers in Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Macau, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.The discount applies to all outgoing videophone calls, regardless of destination, but not to incoming videophone calls. Videophone services are not yet available in India and Macau at this time.The discount does not apply to the minimum packet-communications fee of 50 yen for the first 50 packets. (NTT DoCoMo)
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DoCoMo offers discounts in battle with Softbank
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(6/30/2007) NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan’s top mobile phone carrier, will offer new discounts of as much as 50 percent, following suit after new entrant Softbank Corp. slashed prices. DoCoMo, which caters to 54 percent of Japan’s mobile users, said it would cut basic monthly fees starting in August for callers and their families signing up on two-year billing plans that aim to lock in users. DoCoMo is struggling to keep its customers after Softbank, which bought the local wireless unit of Britain’s Vodafone Group Plc , aggressively cut prices in January to win users in Japan’s saturated mobile market. DoCoMo estimates a total 6.5 million users will sign up to the plan, meaning a 20 billion yen ($162 million) cut in sales. (Reuters)
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News of Friday, February 02, 2007
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e-cash killing real money in Japan?
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(2/2/2007) Next month in Japan sees the beginning of the endgame in an ambitious scheme to entirely do away with paper tickets across Tokyo's complex public transport network. The new the Pasmo IC-card ticketing system will work seamlessly with several existing smartcards to make life incredibly easy for the busy Tokyoite. Pasmo is the latest RFID/IC card on the scene. It joins Suica, Edy and their variants embedded in a host of mobile phones to complete a comprehensive cashless network for both travel and shopping. A typical day for a hypothetical Tokyo resident might see him use such e-cash technology a dozen or more times. (Digital World Tokyo)
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Summary (Digital World Tokyo)
Next month in Japan sees the beginning of the endgame in an ambitious scheme to entirely do away with paper tickets across Tokyo's complex public transport network. The new the Pasmo IC-card ticketing system will work seamlessly with several existing ... |
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Google launches free Japanese-language news service for cellphones |
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Summary (Kyodo)
Google Inc. started offering free, Japanese-language news service for mobile phone handsets. The major U.S. Internet firm collects news articles on sites of newspapers and broadcasters and categorizes them into politics, economy and other news areas. Hand... |
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DoCoMo to add Yahoo search on mobile phones |
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NTT DoCoMo Inc. will add three new search services for its mobile phone users, including Yahoo Japan Corp., a unit of its rival Softbank Corp. DoCoMo will on Thursday offer new online search engines for its wireless Internet browsing service, which will e... |
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