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3G News of 10/7/2005
  Cellphone carriers racing to offer service beyond 3G
Friday, October 7, 2005
  Summary Two major cellphone carriers are forging international alliances to push next-generation services at fiber-optic speed. NTT DoCoMo Inc. and KDDI Corp. are trying to speed up the current third-generation (3G) technologies. Last winter, DoCoMo joined with 25 companies, including carriers and manufacturers, to promote what it calls Super 3G. It will be based on the company’s Foma 3G format. KDDI, on the other hand, began discussions with 28 partners in May on a new telecommunications protocol, dubbed Ultra 3G. The emerging technologies are generally referred to as Beyond 3G in the telecommunications industry. Industry officials say it will be easier to persuade subscribers to switch to a new standard if a broad service area outside Japan is established from the outset through international alliances. A key advantage of adopting modified 3G technologies, rather than leaping to an entirely different 4G standard, is that subscribers can continue to use conventional 3G handsets. (Asahi)  
 
   
3G News of 6/3/2005
  Japan Opens Mobile Phone Market to New Companies
Friday, June 3, 2005
  Summary Japan will allocate two new frequencies for mobile phone services, allowing up to three more companies into a market now dominated by NTT DoCoMo Inc. and KDDI Corp. The move paves the way for competition in the market for the first time in 12 years. The 1.7 gigahertz and 2.0 gigahertz frequencies, now used for public services, will be opened up to private companies, the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry said today on its Web site. It didn’t name potential service providers. Softbank Corp. and eAccess Ltd., providers of high-speed Web services, are among companies that have started trial networks to compete against DoCoMo, KDDI and Vodafone K.K. Shares of the companies gained yesterday after the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported that Japan had decided to give priority to new service providers when granting mobile phone licenses this year. (Bloomberg)  
 
   
3G News of 5/31/2005
  Softbank Gets Test License for 3G Mobile Service
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
  Summary Japan’s Softbank Corp. has received a license from the government to test a high-speed third-generation mobile phone service based on W-CDMA technology on the 1.7 gigahertz bandwidth. The issuance of the test license comes at a time when government regulators are close to finalising a draft policy on allocation of highly coveted new commercial mobile service licenses. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has for several months been considering guidelines for issuing commercial licenses to new mobile entrants on the 1.7 and 2 gigahertz bandwidths. Companies such as Softbank and eAccess Ltd., which both provide high-speed broadband services, are seeking to win a slice of the available spectrum, which the government is freeing up as a way to introduce more competition in an industry dominated by three operators. EAccess won the same test license from the government earlier in May. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 3/22/2005
  Wireless Focus: Delivering Mobile Video:DVB-H, MediaFLO
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
  Summary The development of cellular mobile video technology in the US has intensified over the past several months. Two specification technologies, DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast - Handheld) and MediaFLO from Qualcomm Inc of the US, are leading the charge to deliver large video applications to cell phone subscribers. Both technologies propose to deliver data over stand-alone networks that lie outside of 3G cellular networks, thereby saving bandwidth. (Nikkei)  
 
   
3G News of 11/22/2004
  DoCoMo offers 3G/VoIP Linux phone
Monday, November 22, 2004
  Summary DoCoMo is now offering business subscribers a dual-network 3G/VoIP handset that works as a 3G mobile phone, VoIP terminal, or both simultaneously. The N900iL is based on a Linux-based 3G mobile phone software platform developed jointly by NEC and Panasonic. NTT DoCoMo says the N900iL uses its "passage duple" system for dual-network operation. It can operate as a 3G mobile phone under NTT’s W-CDMA 3G network, or as a VoIP phone with SIP control under wireless 802.11b networks. Or, it can be set up for dual-mode operation under both kinds of network simultaneously. (LinuxDevices.com)  
 
   
3G News of 9/27/2004
  Govt To Open Up Frequencies To Firms In 3G Cell Phone Market
Monday, September 27, 2004
  Summary The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has decided to open up some of the frequencies currently used for public services to private-sector cellular phone companies as early as fiscal 2005. The move will allow more companies to enter the cell phone market,a development which will further spur competition and a decline in cell phone service fees and more improvement in the quality of services. Companies, which will be allotted the new band, will have to select one of the two 3G communications standards -- DoCoMos W-CDMA or KDDIs CDMA2000 1X. Because both are already in practical use, they will be able to start their own 3G services soon after obtaining a frequency. Companies likely to apply for the new band include Softbank and newly-emerging communications firms. (Nikkei Online)  
 
   
3G News of 8/26/2004
  Competition To Intensify In 3G Market
Thursday, August 26, 2004
  Summary The main battlefield of cellular phone makers is shifting from 2G and 2.5G to 3G models, as the percentage of 3G terminals is expected to top 50% in one to two years. For cell phone makers the shift will be a major business opportunity. However, the 3G market will likely be more competitive than the market for 2G terminals. Domestic cell phone makers have so far dominated the Japanese market for 2G models. However, the new FOMA terminal is being developed and produced by Nokia because a global communications standard, not a regional one, has been adopted for 3G services in Japan, unlike that for 2G services. This means the domestic 3G market has been opened to foreign manufacturers. (Nikkei Interactive)  
 
   
3G News of 6/17/2004
  KDDI to slash fee for 3G mobile phone data transmission service
Thursday, June 17, 2004
  Summary KDDI's "au" mobile phone service will slash the fixed-amount charge for data transmission services on August 1st due to the fact that its Net Increase in Subscribers to 3G services lagging behind the FOMA service of its archrival NTT DoCoMo. Presently, KDDI charges a uniform 4,200 yen a month for its "EZ Flat" 3G data service that allows users to send an unlimited volume of data at the flat rate, even if they do not send large volumes of data. Under the envisioned new two-tier levy system KDDI will cut the uniform rate for users whose data transmission volume does not exceed "40,000 packets" of data to 2,100 yen. If the volume of data transmitted tops that threshold, KDDI will add charges in proportion to the volume of data transmitted with an upper limit of 4,200 yen. (Yahoo! News)  
 
   
3G News of 6/8/2004
  NTT DoCoMo’s ’FeliCa’-Capable FOMA Phones to be Manufactured by Fujitsu
Tuesday, June 8, 2004
  Summary The "FeliCa" contactless IC technology will be supported by NTT DoCoMo Inc’s FOMA mobile phone handset for the first time.Its handset model will be Fujitsu Ltd’s "F900iC" modelNTT DoCoMo was said it would introduce FeliCa handsets to the market around August 2004. Industry watchers say that there would be three PDC-formatted models and one FOMA model launched this summer. The "N900iL" will also be the first Linux-based model of NTT DoCoMo’s mobile phones. (NE ASIA)  
 
   
3G News of 5/26/2004
  Japanese 3G phones get U.S. airing
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
  Summary Japanese mobile phone giant NTT DoCoMo showed off sophisticated phones at the CeBit trade show in New York, part of an effort to spur interest in high-speed wireless phone service. NTT DoCoMo holds a 16 percent stake in AT&T Wireless, which has pledged to bring high-speed 3G mobile phone technology to San Francisco, Seattle, Dallas and San Diego by Dec. 31, 2004. NTT DoCoMo showed its 2102 series, which is comprised of one handset that’s available in Asia now and two more that were announced on Monday. AT&T Wireless will use the same services and 3G network as does NTT DoCoMo. The network uses technology that’s based on wideband code-division multiple access (W-CDMA), an emerging cellular standard that triples network capacity without requiring an upgrade by carriers. The network standard is also known as the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS). AT&T Wireless scaled back its 3G debut plans in 2002. If the U.S. carrier doesn’t build its 3G network on time, it will have to buy back the $6.2 billion stake that NTT DoCoMo took in the company. In the United States, coming high-speed cell phone networks compete with wireless technologies such as 802.11g, which work well with existing computers--but only over short distances. (ZDNet)  
 
   
3G News of 4/7/2004
  TI Enhance New FOMA(TM) 3G Handsets
Wednesday, April 7, 2004
  Summary Texas Instruments announced that TI’s OMAP(TM) application processor is featured on new models of FOMA ’900i Series’3G (third generation) handsets from NTT DoCoMo, Inc., including the N900i from NEC, P900i from Panasonic Mobile and SH900i made by Sharp. (3g.co.uk)  
 
   
3G News of 3/29/2004
  Fujitsu, Mitsubishi Electric May Collaborate on FOMA Handset Development
Monday, March 29, 2004
  Summary Fujitsu Ltd and Mitsubishi Electric Corp announced that they are exploring a collaboration to jointly develop new FOMA mobile handsets running the Symbian OS operating system for NTT DoCoMo Inc. In recent years, handset manufacturers have been steadily moving toward the implementation of two main OS standards as the advanced mobile operating system for FOMA handsets: Symbian OS, which has a strong track record overseas as an operating system for mobile phones, and Linux. Manufacturers that are licensees of the Symbian OS (as well as other OSs) account for 85% of total worldwide mobile handset sales, according to Gartner Group research. (NEAsia Online)  
 
   
3G News of 3/22/2004
  Softbank Bets Heavily on Japan’s 8-Trillion-Yen Mobile Phone Market
Monday, March 22, 2004
  Summary Softbank Corp is rushing to break into Japan’s oligopolistic cellular-phone market by every possible means, even though there are already four dominant cellular operators -- NTT DoCoMo Inc, Vodafone KK, KDDI Corp and Tu-Ka Group. Softbank’s focus will be on the latest Time Division Code Division Multiple Access (TD-CDMA) standard that enables a high-speed data communications service and on the existing CDMA2000 3G standards. Softbank has grown up fast as one of the largest broadband operators in Japan, by pursuing an aggressive business strategy centering on lower prices. (NEAsia Online)  
 
   
3G News of 3/2/2004
  3’s not much of a crowd as DoCoMo considers split
Tuesday, March 2, 2004
  Summary Flagship UK third-generation operator 3 could be about to lose a powerful supporter in the shape of Japanese giant and 20 per cent owner DoCoMo. DoCoMo is reportedly unimpressed by the returns it’s been receiving from its 930m investment in 3 due to the company’s low subscriber figures in the UK, as well as the 3G company’s refusal to adopt DoCoMo’s i-mode data-services platform. (Silicon)  
 
   
3G News of 2/7/2004
  Qualcomm Japan Eyes Phone Chip Market’s Sweet Spot
Saturday, February 7, 2004
  Summary Qualcomm Japan aims to carve out a significant share of Japan’s market for W-CDMA chips, used in NTT DoCoMo Inc and Vodafone Holdings Inc mobile phones with high-speed Internet access, it said on Friday. "Japan’s mid-tier mobile phone market is comparable to the high-end market in the rest of the world. That’s the sweet spot we’d like to hit in the W-CDMA chip market," said Ted Matsumoto, president of San Diego-based Qualcomm Inc’s Japan unit. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 1/16/2004
  Japan cell phone industry ready for banner 3G year
Friday, January 16, 2004
  Summary Japan’s mobile phone industry expects to ring up a banner year for sales of 3G phones in 2004 and wireless operators around the world will be watching closely as they prepare for similar roll-outs. "(Japan) was always held out as the example that encouraged investors, operators, equipment vendors and so forth to pursue this vision," said James Carrabino, global head of telecoms, media and technology for ABN AMRO. "2004 is a benchmark year for information flow on service (adoption), where the product differentiation is and how discerning the customer base is." (Forbes)  
 
   
3G News of 1/15/2004
  Too Many Standards Must be Avoided for Next-Generation Wireless Tech, WWRF Chief Says
Thursday, January 15, 2004
  Summary The Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF) is an industry body that is working on the formulation of visions and technologies for the next-generation wireless field. It was founded in 2001 in order to assist in standardizing technical specifications by shaping a common understanding among the members of the forum regarding the future of wireless directions. Nikkei Communications interviewed Mikko A. Uusitalo, who is the newly appointed chairman of WWRF for 2004, as concerns the WWRF’s activities and visions of wireless technology. (NEAsia Online)  
 
   
3G News of 1/1/2004
  Extended Specifications of 1xEV-DO to be Decided in Spring 2004
Thursday, January 1, 2004
  Summary KDDI Corp recently launched its new "CDMA2000 1X WIN.3Gservice that enables high-speed data communications of up to 2.4Mbps. It is based on the CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network. The 3GPP2 (third-generation partnership program 2,) a standardization organization for 1xEV-DO, has announced that it will set the extended specifications of 1xEV-DO. The 1xEV-DO is a wireless standard specially designed for packet data communications, which is expanded from one 3G cell phone network system, the "CDMA2000 1X." It can offer data communications of up to 2.4Mbps on the downlink, with an average downlink speed of 600kbps to 800kbps. As for the uplink with KDDI, it can offer a maximum of 144kbps for data communications. (NEAsia Online)  
 
   
3G News of 12/31/2003
  An Industry Watches Japan’s Experience
Wednesday, December 31, 2003
  Summary By now, it has become almost routine: for years, consumers have heard about the promise of third-generation, or 3G, cellphone networks. The 3G wireless phones have Internet connections 40 times as fast as those of ordinary phones, and offer users the promise of downloading movie clips and music, holding videoconferences and using the same handset anywhere in the world. (New York Times)  
 
   
3G News of 12/30/2003
  Consumers starting to swing to 3G in Japan
Tuesday, December 30, 2003
  Summary 3G is finally catching on in Japan, in part because of better, cheaper phones, lower rates and wider coverage. DoCoMo’s 3G service drew 300,000 subscribers in the first 18 months, added about that many in September, and by the end of November had 1.6 million subscribers. (SMH.com.au)  
 
   
3G News of 12/18/2003
  Ripplewood Holdings Mulls Entry into 3G Mobile Services in Japan
Thursday, December 18, 2003
  Summary US investment fund Ripplewood Holdings LLC will launch 3G mobile phone services based on TD-CDMA in Japan though Japan Telecom Co, Ltd, an affiliate of Ripplewood, it was learned recently. In November 2003, Ripplewood acquired Japan Telecom from Vodafone Group. Japan Telecom is a fixed-line telephone service provider and therefore has not supplied mobile phone services. Japan Telecom, in collaboration with East Japan Railway Co and others, has launched test wireless LAN access services. It has examined a 3G mobile phone service based on TD-CDMA as a new business in Japan. (NEAsia Online)  
 
   
3G News of 12/3/2003
  Softbank applies for test licence for 3G service
Wednesday, December 3, 2003
  Summary Softbank Corp, Japans largest provider of ADSL high-speed Web access services, said on Wednesday it had applied to the Telecommunications Ministry for a licence to test a third-generation (3G) mobile phone service. Softbank declined to elaborate on its plans, but the licence, if granted, could be Softbanks first step to break into the highly competitive cellphone market. The company, which already offers Internet Protocol (IP) phone and wireless local area network (LAN) services in addition to ADSL operations, said it was unclear when the licence for the field experiment of the wireless service based on TD-CDMA technology would be granted. No operators currently offer a commercial mobile phone service based on TD-CDMA technology in Japan. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 11/28/2003
  ’UTStarcom’s Performance, Brand Power Valued Highly,’ Says Panasonic Executive
Friday, November 28, 2003
  Summary Panasonic Mobile Communications Co, Ltd (PMC), a worldwide leader in mobile communications products, announced November 6 that it established a joint venture with US-based UTStarcom Inc to focus on design, development, and manufacturing of third-generation (3G) communications system equipment. UTStarcom is a leader in the PHS facility and handset market in China. (NEAsia Online)  
 
   
3G News of 11/18/2003
  3G: the waiting game
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
  Summary W-CDMA is here. Since March of this year, consumers in several European countries have been able to purchase working terminals, and try the video telephony and streaming services that have been positioned as the new application enabled by 3G. Outside Europe, the picture is even better. Subscriber growth in Japan to NTT DoCoMos (W-CDMA) FOMA service has increased greatly over the past quarter. Subscribers passed the half million mark in June 2003, and the user base doubled in just two months between April and May. And these numbers pale beside those recorded by operators offering CDMA20001X services in Japan, Korea, and North America. However, our focus in this article is W-CDMA, the technology chosen by almost all of the GSM community. (3G Newsroom)  
 
   
3G News of 10/12/2003
  NTT Communications Testing IP 3G Mobile Communication
Sunday, October 12, 2003
  Summary NTT Communications Corp has begun jointly testing a third-generation mobile communication that makes use of Internet Protocol technology. NTT Communications, which is conducting the tests with the Multimedia Research Institute, aims to develop services that use the TD-CDMA standard. If the testing is successful, NTT Communications will be able to provide low-cost third-generation mobile communication services. (NEAsia Online)  
 
   
3G News of 9/24/2003
  GSM body declares victory in 3G standards war
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
  Summary The GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) standard for 3G (third generation) phones will dominate globally, according to the chief executive of the group backing the standard, the GSM Associations Rob Conway. GSMs 3G standard, called Wideband CDMA (WCDMA), has been re-branded the catchier 3GSM. Eighty-five percent of the worlds operators have committed to WCDMA as the natural progression to third-generation networks, said Conway. Competing standards such as CDMA2000 1X EV-DO will be runners-up in the 3G battle, he said. For now, the adoption rate will remain higher among CDMA users for EV-DO networks. For example, operator SK Telecom in Korea has nearly 1.5 million EV-DO subscribers while Japan's NTT DoCoMo has only one third of that number on its 3GSM network, said the report. Operators backing 3GSM include U.S.-based AT&T Wireless, U.K.-based Vodafone Group, Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo and China's dominant mobile operator China Mobile. (CNET Asia)  
 
   
3G News of 7/17/2003
  Multimedia Research Institute to Emerge as Fourth Provider of 3G Mobile Phone Services
Thursday, July 17, 2003
  Summary Multimedia Research Institute Corp is set to become Japanfs fourth mobile service provider of third-generation cellular phone services, after NTT DoCoMo Inc, KDDI Corp (au) and J-Phone Co, Ltd. The startup company was established by people who created the now-defunct Tokyo Metallic Communications, which had been hyped as the countryfs first company to offer an asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) service. After it faced bankruptcy due to a shortage of working capital, the Softbank Group purchased Tokyo Metallic. MRIC is planning to use the wireless communications standard called TD-CDMA, which is based on IMT-2000, one of the next-generation mobile phone technologies. (NEAsia Online)  
 
   
3G News of 7/10/2003
  Multimedia Research Institute to Emerge as Fourth Provider of 3G Mobile Phone Services
Thursday, July 10, 2003
  Summary Multimedia Research Institute Corp is set to become Japans fourth mobile service provider of third-generation cellular phone services, after NTT DoCoMo Inc, KDDI Corp (au) and J-Phone Co, Ltd. The startup company was established by people who created the now-defunct Tokyo Metallic Communications, which had been hyped as the countrys first company to offer an asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) service. After it faced bankruptcy due to a shortage of working capital, the Softbank Group purchased Tokyo Metallic. MRIC is planning to use the wireless communications standard called TD-CDMA, which is based on IMT-2000, one of the next-generation mobile phone technologies. (NEAsia Online1)  
 
   
3G News of 6/2/2003
  The generation game
Monday, June 2, 2003
  Summary The so-called third-generation (3G) technology, on which mobile operators have spent $100 billion on licence fees alone, has proved difficult to implement. And where it has finally been introduced, the take-up has not been at anything like the sort of rates that would justify the enormous cost. Europes 3G is based on a technology called W-CDMA, whereas experience in Japan suggests that a rival technology, CDMA may have the edge. The 3G service of Japans NTT DoCoMo, using W-CDMA, was slow to take off, while its competitor KDDI, using CDMA, gained customers more easily. (The Economist)  
 
   
3G News of 5/1/2003
  Qualcomm to Support All 3G Technologies, Qualcomm CEO Jacobs Says
Thursday, May 1, 2003
  Summary Irwin Jacobs, chairman and CEO of Qualcomm, gave the following comments at the press conference: In Japan, KDDI Corp already has started to offer BREW service and cdma2000 1x service. The company has acquired 7 million subscribers for its 1x service, and is planning to launch the 1xEV-DO (1x Evolution Data Only) service as well. NTT DoCoMo Inc, on the other hand, is aggressively expanding the coverage area with more subscribers for its third-generation (3G) mobile phone service called FOMA (Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access). J-Phone Co, Ltd is also joining the race for 3G services. (NEAsia Online)  
 
   
3G News of 4/10/2003
  W-CDMA gains momentum in Japan
Thursday, April 10, 2003
  Summary Customers are subscribing to W-CDMA 3G services in Japan at an increasing rate, with both J-Phone and NTT DoCoMo reporting sharply higher adoption over the last two months. J-Phone added 15,300 customers in March, while DoCoMo’s FOMA subscriber numbers grew by 138,400. The combined number of W-CDMA additions still falls far short of the 914,100 increase KDDI saw on its CDMA2000 network. (PMN)  
 
   
3G News of 3/17/2003
  Battle over 3G phone services intensifies
Monday, March 17, 2003
  Summary With the December launch by J-Phone Co., all three major mobile phone operators in Japan have entered the area of third generation (3G) mobile phone service. NTT DoCoMo, Inc., KDDI Corp. and J-Phone share the view that 2003 will be the final year of preparation for next year’s full-scale transition from the current second-generation mobile phone technology, including personal digital cellular (PDC) phones, to the International Telecommunication Union-set global standards (IMT-2000). However, each company has its own way of handling 3G technology and service, reflecting their different approaches to the market and number of subscribers. (Yomiuri)  
 
   
3G News of 3/12/2003
  3G subscribers top six million in Japan
Wednesday, March 12, 2003
  Summary A total of 621,600 people signed up for a third-generation (3G) mobile phone services in Japan last month, bringing the countrys 3G subscriber total to more than six million as of the end of February, according to Japans Telecommunications Carriers Association (TCA). (Digitimes)  
 
   
3G News of 3/10/2003
  How does Three compare with DoCoMo 3G launch?
Monday, March 10, 2003
  Summary Three launched its 3G mobile service in the UK last Monday but how does Three’s compare with those in Japan? Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo launched their 3G FOMA in October 2001, which was then followed almost one year later by J-Phone in December of last year. (3G Newsroom)  
 
   
3G News of 2/28/2003
  Toshiba to launch video messaging handset in China
Friday, February 28, 2003
  Summary Toshiba, via its local joint venture business in China called Nanjing Postel Wong Zhi Telecommunications, will launch a mobile video messaging handset in China in early March. The T618X handset will let users take both still pictures and up to 15 seconds of video with a built-in CCD camera and send and receive an e-mail carrying the still or video data. The JV company will jointly provide the handset for the CDMA 1x service provided by China Unicom. The price for the handset is set to be under 6,000 Chinese yuan (US$725) and is hoping to sell 500,000 units per year. (Global Wireless)  
 
   
3G News of 1/6/2003
  Korea, China agree on 4G mobile technology
Monday, January 6, 2003
  Summary Korea and China reached a four-point agreement that includes the establishment of an international research center for fourth-generation mobile communication networks. The agreement hopes to usher in Korea-Sino cooperation in the mobile communication sector and boost technological cooperation among the three countries including Japan. Participants also agreed to expand the technology development in the field of fourth-generation mobile communication network to the three countries including Japan to help Asia lead the standardization in the field. (Korea Post)  
 
   
3G News of 1/2/2003
  Aplix brings Java MIDP 2.0 together with wireless messaging
Thursday, January 2, 2003
  Summary In addition to complete support for MIDP 2.0, the latest implementation of JBlend technology also supports, as optional extensions, the J2ME Wireless Messaging (JSR 120) and Mobile Media (JSR 135) APIs. MIDP 2.0 was approved by the Micro Edition Executive Committee of the Java Community Process (JCPSM) on November 4 of this year, while the Wireless Messaging and Mobile Media APIs were passed this summer. When deployed in mobile phones, this platform enables consumers to run enhanced games, maps, and productivity applications that can be downloaded to the phone wirelessly. (Wireless Software Info)  
 
   
3G News of 12/17/2002
  DoCoMo i-mode and Wireless Roaming Services for Orange HK
Tuesday, December 17, 2002
  Summary DoCoMo i-mode phones are now available for rental to Orange Hong Kong subscribers. Japan roamers can enjoy a broad range of local infotainment from i-mode, as well as access the Internet via mobile data connection with the NTT DoCoMo’s Mobile Card Triplex N, via roaming in Japan. (3G.co.uk)  
 
   
3G News of 12/5/2002
  Japan’s 3G war of words
Thursday, December 5, 2002
  Summary 3G war of words has broken out at ITU TELECOM ASIA 2002 between rival Japanese mobile operators. Executives from the two top operators, NTT DoCoMo and KDDI, exchanged sharp words on each other’s technologies and prospects. KDDI president Tadashi Onodera yesterday questioned whether the W-CDMA services from its rivals would attract customers. He said NTT DoCoMo’s new dual-mode phones will be too clunky, while 3G newcomer J-Phone was too focused on the corporate market. For its part, DoCoMo dismissed KDDI as not "offering new kinds of services." Behind the pointed exchanges is a market where incumbent NTT DoCoMo has performed miserably this year with its pioneering W-CDMA system. (telecomasia.net)  
 
   
3G News of 11/29/2002
  Tapping into the future of wireless communication
Friday, November 29, 2002
  Summary In late 2001, domestic heavyweight NTT DoCoMo, flying high on the popularity of its i-mode mobile Web service, launched the world’s first ultrahigh-speed, "third-generation" wireless network. Despite continuing problems with the carrier’s FOMA (Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access) 3G network, some say DoCoMo has gained valuable expertise in building high-speed mobile services and that early 2003 will see the deployment of much-improved 3G handsets that will go a long way to rebuilding the company’s reputation for "cool." (Japan Times)  
 
   
  J-Phones Japan 3G Launch to Offer Dual 3G-GSM Capability
Friday, November 29, 2002
  Summary After twice delaying a planned launch, Japans J-Phone Corp is finally set to start commercial third-generation (3G) mobile phone services this month, testing the water for British parent Vodafone Group Plc. Japans third-largest mobile operator is expected to offer international roaming from the start to give itself a competitive edge over its two main rivals, who already offer 3G services. J-Phone President Darryl Green has said the company planned to offer dual mode handsets that work both on the 3G network and the GSM (global system for mobile communication) network, which is widely used in Europe. Sanyo Electric Co Ltd. and NEC Corp provided J-Phone with handsets for its 3G test service. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 11/12/2002
  EU, U.S. give okay to 3G wireless patent groups
Tuesday, November 12, 2002
  Summary European and U.S. authorities on Tuesday granted antitrust approval to a group of worldwide telecommunications firms to help them access each other’s third- generation mobile telephone technologies. Some of the Japanese companies involved are Fujitsu Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., Mitsubishi Electric Corp., NEC Corp., NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Sony Corp. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 11/6/2002
  3G Giants Strike Patent Deal
Wednesday, November 6, 2002
  Summary Nov. 6, 2002. A scheme to cap royalty rates from the use of patented 3G technology has resulted in a multivendor agreement that aims to keep WCDMA equipment production costs down. LM Ericsson, Nokia Corp., NTT DoCoMo Inc., and Siemens AG have reached a deal regarding the royalties paid for the use of essential Intellectual Property Rights. These essential patents need to be licensed if equipment that conforms to the agreed WCDMA standard is to be manufactured. The quartet has struck a deal whereby royalties are determined by the proportion of essential patents a company holds. This, the group hopes, will "enable the cumulative royalty rate for WCDMA to be at a modest single-digit level," they announced in a joint statement. (Unstrung)  
 
   
3G News of 10/25/2002
  Japanese operators continue to win 3G subscribers
Friday, October 25, 2002
  Summary KDDI and J-Phone continue to expand their subscriber bases of next-generation services. KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, announced that the number of subscribers for the carrier’s third-generation (3G) services based on cdma2000 1x technology exceeded 3 million. KDDI is targeting to get 7 million 3G service users by the end of March 2003. (Global Wireless News)  
 
   
3G News of 10/9/2002
  ’Killer roadmap’ can lead telecom industry to 3G
Wednesday, October 9, 2002
  Summary Accenture Co. Ltd. doesn’t believe in the "killer app" (that is, one feature that is the deciding factor in consumer purchases of a new technology). Instead, the technology consulting company proposes a "killer roadmap," or a business model that "directs each customer segment to a service or product portfolio best suited for a given market segment." Japan’s market stands in sharp contrast to that of South Korea. Turner estimated growth in the mobile industry at "one to two percent per month but decreasing slowly." Japanese consumers, he said, are "cautious" about investing in 3G technology, and do not use or demand high-tech services. As a result, new technologies found in handsets are played down, as consumers are not willing to pay more for features they won’t use. (Dow Jones)  
 
   
3G News of 10/8/2002
  Three Telco Presidents Discuss Future of 3G: NTT DoCoMo
Tuesday, October 8, 2002
  Summary Keiji Tachikawa, president of NTT DoCoMo Inc., talked to Nikkei about the future of 3G mobile phones. NTT DoCoMo intends to collaborate more closely with user companies for application development, and review its handset strategy as its FOMA subscribers are fewer than what it had estimated. (NE Asia Online)  
 
   
3G News of 10/7/2002
  Eager to avoid Japanese 3G flop, Europe bets on interconnect
Monday, October 7, 2002
  Summary The European mobile phone industry is applying the hard-earned lessons of the world’s first third-generation or 3G phone operator, Japan’s NTT DoCoMo, and pushing for multi-standard and cross-generational handsets to ensure the technology’s success in Europe. "Two of the biggest headaches in Japan are that 3G handsets only work where you have 3G coverage, and then there is no roaming between operators, so it’s not surprising it isn’t successful there," Karri Rinta, telecom analyst with Evli Bank in Helsinki, said. "In Europe we are talking about dual-mode operation, so we have the whole GSM/GPRS network set-up and WCDMA (a 3G technology standard) working as one entity," said Anssi Vanjoki, head of Nokia Mobile Phones told reporters during the presentation. (Dow Jones)  
 
   
3G News of 10/1/2002
  3G cellular service fails to get folks talking
Tuesday, October 1, 2002
  Summary Japan got its first taste of third-generation cellular phone services a year ago with the launch of NTT DoCoMo Inc.’s FOMA service, but the technology has failed to get people talking. In fact, as of the end of August, the high-speed data transmission technology had drawn fewer than 2.2 million subscribers, accounting for less than 3 percent of the nation’s roughly 71.6 million mobile phone users, according to industry group Telecommunications Carriers Association. But in spite of the relatively bleak showing, the nation’s three carriers -- DoCoMo, KDDI Corp. and J-Phone Co. -- remain confident the service will prevail. Gartner Japan forecasts that 3G mobile phone services in Japan will begin expanding drastically sometime between the end of 2004 and the first half of 2005, with 3G users growing to around 48 million by the end of 2006. (Japan Times)  
 
   
  Big Three Telco Presidents Discuss Future of 3G
Tuesday, October 1, 2002
  Summary The J-Phone Group will launch commercial service using third-generation mobile telephony (3G) in December, to bring the number of Japan’s mobile telecom operators offering 3G services to three, following the 3G services launched by NTT DoCoMo Inc. and KDDI Corp. The rollout of 3G services has been affected by the deteriorating revenues of mobile operators in the United States and Europe. In regard to area coverage, international roaming, and other concerns, the three Japanese companies paint rather different pictures of upcoming developments. Nikkei Communications asked the three companies about their strategies. This week we publish interviews with KDDI and J-Phone. An interview with NTT DoCoMo will follow later. (NE Asia Online)  
 
   
3G News of 9/26/2002
  Mobile breakthrough--wideband-CDMA
Thursday, September 26, 2002
  Summary Nokia and Ericsson said Tuesday they’ve each separately reached milestones for cell phone equipment that uses wideband-CDMA, the cell phone standard expected to dominate its rivals by 2005. Wideband-CDMA (w-CDMA) triples the calling capacity of any cell phone network. It also creates a wireless Web with download speeds that are seven times faster than dial-up Web services such as America Online. It’s expected to dominate the world stage because any wireless carrier, regardless of the type of cell phone network it has, can upgrade to w-CDMA, which is not the case for rival cell phone standards like GPRS (General Packet Radio Service). Nokia plans to start selling the phones by the end of the year, likely to NTT DoCoMo customers, the company said. (ZDNet)  
 
   
3G News of 9/20/2002
  NTT DoCoMo Develop Multimedia Delivery Technologies for 3G
Friday, September 20, 2002
  Summary NTT DoCoMo, Inc., working jointly with Hewlett-Packard Company and Hewlett-Packard Japan, has developed world’s first technologies for a highly advanced multimedia content delivery network suited specifically to third-generation (3G) and future mobile communications services. The Mobile Streaming Media Content Delivery Network (MSM-CDN) is the result of the three companies’ joint research into future mobile communications systems. A key feature of MSM-CDN is its delivery servers, which are optimized for effectively delivering content from the internet, especially streamed content, via mobile networks. MSM-CDN will enable the servers of content-providers to reliably host millions of mobile customers simultaneously for the downloading of large-scale content without delay and content quality degradation. (JapanCorp.net)  
 
   
3G News of 9/11/2002
  Access, NTT DoCoMo Develop Browser For Next-generation FOMA
Wednesday, September 11, 2002
  Summary Access and NTT DoCoMo have jointly developed a browser for next-generation 3G FOMA cellular handsets. The browser software is based on NetFront v3.0, Access’s next-generation digital appliance browser that features sophisticated modularity and scalability. NetFront v3.0 supports HTML4.01, XHTML1.0, Dynamic HTML, ECMA Script (Java Script), DOM (Document Object Model), CSS, SSL (Security Socket Layer), and other enhancement functions. The core of NetFront v3.0 has also been implemented on Palm OS 5, Palm’s next-generation PDA operating system. Access expects FOMA handset browser sales to reach 500 million yen ($4.2 mil) over the next year. (JapanCorp.net)  
 
   
3G News of 9/6/2002
  J-Phone, Hutchison Unfazed by DoCoMo’s 3G Outlook
Friday, September 6, 2002
  Summary Japan’s J-Phone and Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd said they would stand by plans to launch third-generation (3G) mobile services this year, despite a sluggish start to the high-speed service by industry leader NTT DoCoMo Inc. DoCoMo President Keiji Tachikawa said that judging from the slow uptake of its service the company would probably have to lower its target of 1.38 million 3G subscribers by next March, casting a cloud over its growth prospects. "It’s way too early to draw any conclusion on 3G," said a spokesman for J-Phone. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 9/5/2002
  Rollout Delay Hurting WCDMA, Says Qualcomm Chief
Thursday, September 5, 2002
  Summary U.S. wireless technology firm Qualcomm Inc said the widespread delay in rolling out a third-generation (3G) wireless service based on the WCDMA format is hurting the future prospects of the technology. The rollout has been plagued by delays in Europe with cash-strapped operators choosing instead to focus on repairing their battered balance sheets after spending billions of euros on 3G licenses in 2000. "We are worried the longer the delay, the poorer the performance of the industry... So, the delay is a significant problem," Qualcomm Chief Executive Irwin Jacobs told reporters. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 8/28/2002
  W-CDMA Market to Reach 410 Billion Yen in 2005, Fuji Chimera
Wednesday, August 28, 2002
  Summary The number of mobile phone subscribers reached 76 million in Japan and the diffusion rate has exceeded 60 percent, said Fuji Chimera Research Institute Inc. in its mobile market research report for 2002. The report is a compilation of the trends of equipment manufacturers and communications operators in the mobile phone industry. According to the company’s forecast, the cdma2000 market will expand gradually to 135 billion yen in 2002, 178 billion yen in 2003, and 185 billion yen in 2005. On the other hand, it expects that W-CDMA will expand rapidly from 6.5 billion yen in 2001 to 185 billion yen in 2003 and 410 billion yen in 2005. (AsiaBizTech)  
 
   
3G News of 8/18/2002
  Qualcomm sees Japan 3G subscribers at 7 mln
Sunday, August 18, 2002
  Summary U.S. mobile phone technology company Qualcomm Inc said on Monday it expected Japanese subscribers using its third-generation (3G) mobile technology to quadruple to seven million within a year. Qualcomm Japan president Ted Matsumoto said strong demand for shipments of handsets using the new technology indicated subscriber growth would increase to 800,000 a month in Japan. "It is increasing in this way to reach 800,000 a month, so over the year seven million is a very reasonable target," Matsumoto told Reuters. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 8/6/2002
  Morgan Stanley report identifies CDMA2000 benefits
Tuesday, August 6, 2002
  Summary Independent research from investment bank Morgan Stanley has placed CDMA2000 ahead of W-CDMA as the most successful 3G network technology.  CDMA2000 networks, of which 16 are in operation worldwide, cost less to deploy than the W-CDMA equivalent, are supported by a more extensive range of handsets and can be more easily upgraded to next generation technology according to the report, details of which were publicised by the CDMA Development Group (CDG).  According to Morgan Stanley, Japanese operator KDDI will require just 25% of the capital employed by NTT DoCoMo to develop a CDMA2000 network comparable to DoCoMo’s W-CDMA deployment. (PMN.co.uk)  
 
   
3G News of 7/29/2002
  European Telecoms Rethink 3G Ambitions, Japan Keeps on Going
Monday, July 29, 2002
  Summary European mobile-phone companies are starting to retreat from their disastrous investments in third-generation, or 3G, wireless technology. Spain’s Telefonica and Finland’s Sonera are suspending their Group 3G joint venture to provide 3G mobile-telecommunications across Europe. Meanwhile, in Japan, NTT DoCoMo’s WCDMA-based 3G service has been very slow to grow, partly because of costly handsets and less battery life and coverage than standard mobile phones. Still, the 3G service launched by DoCoMo’s rival, KDDI Corp., using CDMA 2000 technology has been gaining customers at a rapid pace. That is ominous for Ericsson and Nokia, who are leaders in the WCDMA market, but trail rivals in the CDMA 2000 market. (WSJ.com)  
 
   
  NTT DoCoMo says stands by target for 3G users
Monday, July 29, 2002
  Summary Japan’s dominant mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo said last Friday it will stand by its original target to acquire 1.38 million subscribers in Japan for its third-generation (3G) service by next March despite a slow start. It said that even if it missed the 3G target there would be little impact on its earnings. NTT DoCoMo President Keiji Tachikawa also said he sees little synergy effects in cooperation with Telefonica Moviles (TEM). The Japanese operator said on Wednesday it had agreed to license its "i-mode" mobile Internet access technology to Spain’s Telefonica Moviles in its latest overseas expansion. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 7/26/2002
  Many to Migrate to 3G Mobile Phones in 2005: Gartner
Friday, July 26, 2002
  Summary According to a Dataquest group of Gartner Japan Ltd. forecast, the scale of the Japanese cell phone market in 2001 was 1.7 trillion yen, with an annual growth rate of 11.7 for 2002 to 2006. The company also forecasts that the replacement to the W-CDMA third-generation cell phone is to accelerate from 2005, because: (1) the base stations for the W-CDMA system are to be increased about the same number of the current PDC system base stations by 2004, and (2) more users will ask for high-speed communication systems for sending e-mails with photos or for downloading Java programs. (AsiaBizTech)  
 
   
3G News of 7/25/2002
  NTT-ME to Start Live Image Delivery Service for FOMA
Thursday, July 25, 2002
  Summary NTT-ME Corp. plans to launch a service that will arrange and operate live image delivery for FOMA services on July 29. To deliver images to FOMA mobile phones, NTT-ME will use V Live, a pilot service offered by NTT Corp. The new service will realize lower-priced image delivery by using the Internet instead of dedicated lines for FOMA or ISDN to deliver images taken to a V Live server. The target sales by the end of fiscal 2002 are about 200 million yen, with 3,000 users. (AsiaBizTech)  
 
   
3G News of 7/18/2002
  3G Wireless Noise Receives A Clean Up In Japan
Thursday, July 18, 2002
  Summary NCT Group announced that Sharp has incorporated its ClearSpeech(R) Adaptive Speech Filter (ASF) algorithm into its new line of Third Generation Cell Phones (3G Phones) like the FOMA SH2101V. ClearSpeech-Speaker can cancel up to 95% of background noise for greater intelligibility of incoming conversation. (3G.co.uk)  
 
   
3G News of 7/16/2002
  No Heat Yet for FOMA
Tuesday, July 16, 2002
  Summary Executives at NTT DoCoMo Inc. are banking on a new lineup of terminals due out this autumn to boost the subscriber levels for the company’s 3G service, FOMA. So says Shoji Suto, executive manager in DoCoMo’s FOMA marketing planning department, "We have a very high expectation about the models we will launch in the autumn. And next year we will start international roaming terminals, so I believe next year will be a turning point for us and for our 3G service." (Unstrung)  
 
   
3G News of 7/15/2002
  Cracking the FOMA Whip
Monday, July 15, 2002
  Summary Shoji Suto has quite a job on his hands. NTT DoCoMo, where the 45-year-old is executive manager in the marketing planning department, aims to sign up more than 1 million subscribers to its 3G service, FOMA (Freedom of Multimedia Mobile Access), during the coming nine months. It is Suto’s job to see that this happens. In the following interview Suto discusses the many trials FOMA faces, DoCoMo’s domestic competition, how he uses FOMA, and the future and ubiquitous networking (Unstrung)  
 
   
3G News of 6/26/2002
  S.Korea/Japan venture unveils 3G video phone roaming
Wednesday, June 26, 2002
  Summary South Korean third-generation (3G) mobile service provider, KT ICOM Co, has demonstrated the world’s first video phone roaming service with J-Phone Co of Japan. J-Phone, Japan’s number three wireless operator, is a joint venture between Japan Telecom Co and Britain’s Vodafone Group Plc, the world’s largest mobile carrier. World Cup co-hosts Korea and Japan used the soccer tournaments to showcase their advanced wireless services, including a partial voice roaming system and the provision of breaking World Cup news and video images over mobile phones domestically. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 6/19/2002
  Fujitsu chooses PacketVideo for 3G handsets
Wednesday, June 19, 2002
  Summary Fujistu will integrate PacketVideo’s pvPlayer 3 into next generation mobile devices, enabling users to receive streaming, interactive video services. PacketVideo provides solutions for wireless video deployments, including tools for content creators, a delivery platform for network operators and client software for devices. (PMN.co.uk)  
 
   
3G News of 6/18/2002
  Generic Media Expands Support to Video Streaming for FOMA
Tuesday, June 18, 2002
  Summary Generic Media Inc. and its Japanese subsidiary, Generic Media KK, announced that Generic Media’s video streaming service "Generic Media Publishing Service (GMPS)" is going to support NTT DoCoMo Inc.’s video streaming service "V-Live" for its FOMA standard handsets. The addition of FOMA to Generic’s GMPS support enables content providers operating their video streaming services using the GMPS to deliver video contents to FOMA handsets along with the current services to PCs and PDAs. (AsiaBizTech)  
 
   
3G News of 6/13/2002
  Tahoe Networks to Develop Mobile/IP Eedge Router with Oki
Thursday, June 13, 2002
  Summary The Japanese unit of Tahoe Networks will begin working with Oki Electric Industry Co. on a mobile IP platform products for the mobile Internet market in Japan. The company is developing an Eedge router for mobile providers called "MIE (Mobile Internet Eedge)" that connects mobile access networks and IP networks. The new router can handle access from over a million terminals as well enable a wide variety of applications, such as animation distribution and IP telephone, to be combined. (AsiaBizTech)  
 
   
3G News of 6/12/2002
  KPN Fluffs 3G Demo
Wednesday, June 12, 2002
  Summary KPN Mobile and its partner NTT DoCoMo are to set up a W-CDMA base station in Amsterdam to give Europeans a taste of 3G. However, KPN Mobile seems unaware of the ingredients. So, what equipment will they use? Which handsets will be used? Will all of DoCoMo’s FOMA services be available to try out? Does anyone at KPN know? Apparently not. "We have no technical details. The team that will be involved is in Japan. They will be back next week," says a KPN spokesman. "There is no one here who can tell you anything." (Unstrung)  
 
   
  NTT DoCoMo and KPN Mobile to Promote 3G Service in Europe
Wednesday, June 12, 2002
  Summary NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and Dutch-based mobile communications operator KPN Mobile N.V. intend to develop a joint campaign to promote a third-generation mobile communications service in the Netherlands this August. The service will be based on DoCoMo’s 3G mobile communications service, which DoCoMo is already operating in Japan. Under the pact, DoCoMo will install a FOMA base station in the Netherlands and KPN Mobile will open a FOMA demonstration room in the company’s headquarters to generate interest in FOMA 3G services. (NTT DoCoMo)  
 
   
  ’3G’ battle lines drawn in Asia
Wednesday, June 12, 2002
  Summary "The status of 3G is very complicated," says Merrill Lynch analyst Alistair Scott. "At the moment you’ve got a number of countries claiming they’re rolling out 3G -- the Koreans, the Japanese. But the general preoccupation seems to be more with preserving cash and cash flow so a lot of people are talking about delayed rollout." In Asia, the battle lines are now being drawn between CDMA and Europe’s GSM standard. Japan’s two largest wireless carriers are split between the two camps, while Korea has adopted CDMA, but reserved the right to switch later on. (CNN Asia)  
 
   
3G News of 5/28/2002
  KDDI, S. Korea’s SK to link mobile phone photo sharing
Tuesday, May 28, 2002
  Summary Mobile phone users in Japan will be able to share still photos with their South Korean counterparts after the start of the World Cup, when so-called 3G, or third-generation, wireless networks enter service. Japan’s KDDI Corp. and SK Telecom, the largest mobile telecommunications firm in the Republic of Korea (South Korea), will be the first firms in the world to offer international compatibility for photo transmission, sources said. (IHT/Asahi)  
 
   
3G News of 5/22/2002
  334,000 3G Wireless Subscribers In One Month
Wednesday, May 22, 2002
  Summary KDDI, Japan’s second largest wireless network operator, has surpassed its initial projections by signing 334,000 third generation (3G) subscribers in the first 30 days in which the company has offered 3G voice and data services. "We have surpassed the 280,000 subscribers we projected in April, and it remains our goal to reach seven million subscribers by March 31, 2003," said Tadashi Onodera, president of KDDI Corp. (3G.co.uk)  
 
   
3G News of 5/14/2002
  W-CDMA Bugs Will Delay 3G Take-off
Tuesday, May 14, 2002
  Summary Leading Japanese mobile vendor Matsushita has warned that ongoing technical problems with W-CDMA technology will delay mass market 3G take-up. According to the Financial Times, Matsushita president Yasuo Katsura has been quoted as stating that Japanese W-CDMA glitches will take until mid-2003 to solve. Katsurafs statement casts further doubt on NTT DoCoMofs ability to meet its target of signing up 1.29 million 3G subscribers by March 2003. (BWCS)  
 
   
3G News of 5/13/2002
  Korea Telecom Launches 3G Wireless
Monday, May 13, 2002
  Summary Korea Telecom launched its 3G service in South Korea via cdma2000 1x EV-DO (ratified by the ITU as meeting the minimum standard to be classed as 3G). Korea Telecom is launching its mobile multimedia service " fimm - First In Mobile MultiMedia" this month. The service was commercially launched in the Seoul district on 10th May 2002 and will expand to other areas in the near future. The new 3G system will also be demonstrated as part of the World Cup Football Finals. Samsung has confirmed it will be supplying its new SCH-V300 3G mobile to Korea Telecom and is reported to be the fastest mobile phone in the world. (3G.co.uk)  
 
   
3G News of 4/26/2002
  SK Telecom Considers Delaying 3G Launch
Friday, April 26, 2002
  Summary SK Telecom, a top Korean mobile carrier, is mulling over delaying its much touted third-generation (3G) mobile telephone service for one year from the middle of 2003. SK Telecom said the company is likely to change the timing of a commercial 3G launch, if the government agrees. ``Japanese mobile giant NTT DoCoMo launched the world’s first commercial 3G services last year, but its business profitability has yet to testified,’’ a representative said. (Korea Times)  
 
   
3G News of 4/25/2002
  DoCoMo to license W-CDMA patents
Thursday, April 25, 2002
  Summary NTT DoCoMo will license patents relating to the proprietary W-CDMA technology developed for the FOMA 3G network. DoCoMo says it plans to make its patents available on ’reasonable and non-exclusive terms’ to encourage the development of compatible W-CDMA systems around the world. Manufacturers of networking equipment are being encouraged to apply to the company for licenses to use the patents. (PMN)  
 
   
3G News of 4/23/2002
  Japan Slow to Accept New Phones
Tuesday, April 23, 2002
  Summary Mikio Fukai would seem to be a wireless phone company's dream. At 26, he is young, upwardly mobile and technology-savvy, just the type marketers expect to drop hundreds of dollars on fees every month. Yet in the latest pitch for his pocket money, so-called third-generation cellular phone service, Mr. Fukai is noticeably cool. Nearly 60 percent of the Japanese own cellphones, and persuading them to trade in their trusty year-old models for newfangled ones is becoming tougher. (New York Times)  
 
   
3G News of 4/17/2002
  Fujitsu Antenna Technology to Cut Cost of 3G Wireless
Wednesday, April 17, 2002
  Summary Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. developed a new antenna technology that reduces the cost of third-generation wireless communications systems. The new technology enables base stations to cover wider areas than before if a mobile terminal has the same level of signal power. As a result, this can reduce the number of the stations. Also, the technology can cut the power consumption of a mobile terminal by reducing its output power without changing the coverage area of base stations. (Nikkei Electronics)  
 
   
3G News of 4/16/2002
  KDDI Plans Commercial Cell Phone-Smart Card Duo
Tuesday, April 16, 2002
  Summary KDDI is jointly developing a 1.5 x 1.5cm IC card capable of downloading functions from the Internet for mobile phones. New phones supporting the technology will come equipped with a slot into which users insert the intelligent IC card. The project is being undertaken in cooperation with Dai Nippon Printing, Hitachi, and SchlumbergeSema, a major French IC card maker, and VeriSign Japan, an electronic authentication technology firm. (Dow Jones)  
 
   
3G News of 4/15/2002
  Survey Says 36 Pct. of Users Don't Use FOMA Features
Monday, April 15, 2002
  Summary What do DoCoMo users think about its FOMA service? BizTech has conducted a survey among subscribers of NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s cellular phone service (FOMA users and non-FOMA users included) to seek the answers. NTT DoCoMo started the full-fledged service of "FOMA," the third-generation cellular phone service, in October 2001, and the service area has expanded since April 1, 2002. It got a lot of attention when it started, but the number of subscribers hasn't increased as the company expected. NTT DoCoMo was at the beginning hoping to acquire 150,000 subscribers, but the number is still at 90,000. (Asia Biztech)  
 
   
3G News of 4/4/2002
  Lip-reading mobile phone on way from DoCoMo
Thursday, April 4, 2002
  Summary Researchers are developing a lip-reading mobile phone that could end the irritation of having to listen to other people's conversations. A Japanese firm is working on a handset that will convert silently mouthed words into speech or text. The early prototype from NTT DoCoMo works out which words are being said by detecting tiny electrical signals sent by muscles around the mouth. The signals are converted into spoken words by a speech synthesiser, or into text for a text message or email. Lip-reading accuracy could be boosted using the cameras that will be common in new generation 3G phones.(Ananova)  
 
   
3G News of 4/3/2002
  Japan's new 3G mobile services face global test
Wednesday, April 3, 2002
  Summary Domestic mobile phone services entered a new phase Monday as two leading carriers began competing on third-generation (3G) mobile technology nationwide. The moves by KDDI Corp. and NTT DoCoMo Inc. inspire expectations of renewed demand for mobile phone services and handsets. This is despite the fact that existing 3G technologies- which turn mobile phones into videophones and global positioning systems, and allow quick downloading of music and video off the Internet-has been a bit of a flop. (Asahi)  
 
   
3G News of 3/29/2002
  KDDI meets marketing challenges in Japan's 3G race
Friday, March 29, 2002
  Summary Japan's number two mobile carrier KDDI Corp believes it will soon be able to translate its cost-effective wireless technology into substantial subscriber growth because of unsuccessful marketing. KDDI launches its third-generation (3G) mobile service "CDMA2000 1x" on April 1 and believes it can win a chunk of market share. NTT DoCoMo kicked off 3G services in Japan last October, says it will offer coverage to 60 percent of Japan's population in April. KDDI's CDMA2000 1x, which delivers data at 144 kbps, plans to cover 70 percent of the population at launch and 90 percent by the end of March 2003. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 3/22/2002
  Japanese police: Calling all 3G phones
Friday, March 22, 2002
  Summary Japanese police officers believe third-generation (3G) mobile phones can be used to capture video footage of criminals in action and are encouraging people with the phones to assist them in their fight against crime. Officers in Osaka have set up an emergency videophone hotline. They hope people with 3G phones who witness a crime will be able to e-mail an image, or even a video clip of the action, to the Osaka police. (Cnet/Mainichi)  
 
   
  Two-Way Story: DoCoMo and KDDI battle to settle 3G standards
Friday, March 22, 2002
  Summary For a decade, telecoms operators and equipment makers have dreamed of a day when a single cellphone would work anywhere on the planet. Currently the world is fragmented into a host of different technologies; most phones bought in Tokyo won't work in the rest of Asia, for example, while a phone purchased in Hong Kong will only work in some parts of the U.S. At the moment, it's looking like a fight between two rivals, which will be played out first in Japan between arch-rivals NTT DoCoMo and KDDI. (Far Eastern Economic Review)  
 
   
3G News of 2/25/2002
  3G video phone and coverage expansion in Japan
Monday, February 25, 2002
  Summary DoCoMo has said that it will begin selling a 3G mobile phone equipped for the company's i-motion video-clip transmission service, as well as videophone, on March 1, 2002. DoCoMo already offers models with equipped for videophone, but the FOMA D2101V will be the first FOMA handset equipped both for i-motion and videophone. DoCoMo has also announced its plans to expand its 3G coverage areas. DoCoMo's regional subsidiaries DoCoMo Tokai and DoCoMo Kansai will expand their respective 3G service areas in early March. (Cellular News)  
 
   
3G News of 2/22/2002
  DoCoMo, KDDI jockey for position in 3G cellphone race
Friday, February 22, 2002
  Summary The year ahead promises a major shift in the mobile phone industry, as carriers dramatically enhance the functionality of their handsets with new services based on third-generation (3G) technology. Fueling the hype about the new technology on the media front are Takeshi Natsuno of NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Makoto Takahashi of KDDI Corp., who are busily pitching their respective firms' services, dubbed "Foma" and "au"(pronounced "ay-you.") (Asahi.com)  
 
   
3G News of 2/13/2002
  3G phone features fall short of hype
Wednesday, February 13, 2002
  Summary It is a dazzle of a gadget, a third-generation cell phone that streams live images of a caller's face onto a postage-stamp-size screen. But it's unreliable. It's blurry. And the videophone service is expensive. The P2101V handset from Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., on sale in Japan, is a fun $375 toy. But the 3G service from mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo--though it zaps information at up to 25 times the speed of most cell phones--is still raw. There's little to savor other than the initial joy of possession. (Chicago Tribune)  
 
   
3G News of 2/12/2002
  DoCoMo says 3G ARPU at Y10,400 in Oct-Dec
Tuesday, February 12, 2002
  Summary NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan's largest mobile operator and the world's first third-generation (3G) service provider, said on Thursday its 3G average revenue per user (ARPU) was 10,400 yen ($77.75) a month in October-December. DoCoMo said it had 27,000 subscribers for 3G in December. The company launched the services on October 1 last year, offering face-to-face communication, video streaming and fast Internet connection. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 2/1/2002
  Korea Telecom to offer TV programs over mobile handsets
Friday, February 1, 2002
  Summary From the article: "KTF (Korea Telecom), the country's second largest mobile carrier, said yesterday it has formed alliances with three major broadcasting stations to offer television programs over mobile handsets, heating up competition for a top slot in the video-on-demand (VOD) market among mobile carriers. The company yesterday signed the wireless multimedia content business deal with KBS, SBS and MBC. Under the deal, KTF will provide popular television soap operas, entertainment, news, traffic and weather programs over its icon-based multimedia mobile network, Multipack, beginning in late February." (M. Thuresson)  
 
   
3G News of 1/31/2002
  Japan Telecom to expand Wireless Lan test area
Thursday, January 31, 2002
  Summary According to the article, Japan Telecom hopes to commercialize this wireless LAN service across Tokyo locations and on train cars. So far, the experiment, held in conjunction with East Japan Railways Co., has been focused on providing high speed wireless access via laptops at JR Yamanote Line stations. 802.11b, which occupies the unlicensed 2.4Ghz radio band, is being used and can be accessed within roughly 300 meters of the transmitting antenna. Interference is a concern at this radio band as microwave ovens and other heating equipment, as well as Bluetooth, operate at 2.4Ghz. The sheer population density of these major stations and the inherent idle time that accompanies travelling makes these wireless "hot spots" an intriguing commercial service. (M. Thuresson)  
 
   
3G News of 1/23/2002
  At Home Japan to start Hot-Spot service
Wednesday, January 23, 2002
  Summary At Home Japan is a cable TV Internet service provider, and it will launch a "hot spot" service, which is a high-speed wireless connection located in a densely populated public place, in Nagano Prefecture as early as April this year. It will launch the service as a value-add to its regular wireline Internet service. This is a business trend to watch: wireline ISPs launching high-speed wireless LANs and hot spots to add value to their regular services. Broadband services have quickly become a commodity as Japan offers the cheapest xDSL access in the world now. (M. Thuresson)  
 
   
3G News of 1/18/2002
  Vodafone taps Ericsson to spread multimedia message
Friday, January 18, 2002
  Summary J-Phone is the undisputed world leader in multimedia messaging with over 3 million camera-phone handsets sold since November 2000. The article says "Once infrastructure is in place and phones are available, customers will be able to send and receive video and audio clips, animations and multimedia presentations as well as text." An equally important sign besides Ericsson supplying its multimedia messaging infrastructure is Vodaphone deciding to use its subsidiary J-Phone's proven camera-phones. Sony Ericsson is mentioned in the article as the supplier of multimedia messaging handsets for Vodaphone, yet Sony has yet to produce a commercial handset of that type in Japan. (M. Thuresson)  
 
   
3G News of 1/15/2002
  Application developers to save 3G?
Tuesday, January 15, 2002
  Summary A new report by Mobile Metrix of Sweden ranks the world's leading 125 mobile application developers and content providers. Based on eight key criteria including financing, customer contracts, geographic focus and sales, the most promising companies identified by the report are: Cybird (Japan), Digital Bridges (UK), Disney (US), Infospace (US), iTouch (UK), Ludigames (France), Mforma (US) and Zed (Finland). Cybird primarily takes content from third-party developers and uses its connections with operators to get the content onto the wireless medium. It's the business model and not any brilliant technology or app development which is responsible for the success of content companies like Cybird. (M. Thuresson)  
 
   
3G News of 1/10/2002
  Korea and Japan mull 4G phone network
Thursday, January 10, 2002
  Summary While a 4G network seems unrealistic at this point, there's a larger, more immediate good in this announcement. Given the diplomatic difficulties between Japan and Korea in the past, technology exchange has become a growing area of understanding and good will. South Korea boasts the world's highest usage of broadband wireline Internet, and Japan has seen a surge in Korean ventures entering the market. Recognizing the benefits of co-developing future high-speed wireless networks is another sign that this relationship is improving. (M. Thuresson)  
 
   
3G News of 12/12/2001
  NEC to open cell phone software development center
Wednesday, December 12, 2001
  Summary Mobile phones are not just mobile phones anymore - they're computers and wireless Net terminals equipped with radios and a multimedia processor. This complexity caused many handset makers to suffer embarrassing and expensive recalls last year, but NEC somehow avoided the major pitfalls of its rivals, namely Sony and Matsushita, and glided to the number one spot in the market. This new software development center indicates they are serious about maintaining that spot, though having to recall 1500 of their glitchy FOMA N2002 3G handsets last month may have set off some alarms too. (Mobile Media Japan)  
 
   
3G News of 12/7/2001
  Toshiba calls off joint 3G venture with Siemens
Friday, December 7, 2001
  Summary Toshiba Corp. said it had called off an agreement with Germany's Siemens to jointly develop third-generation (3G) mobile phones. Toshiba signed a memorandum of understanding with Siemens in November last year to develop and market 3G handsets. But the outlook for the alliance became shaky as many operators delayed the rollout of 3G services. (Reuters)  
 
   
  NEC stays on track for 3G Europe rollout
Friday, December 7, 2001
  Summary NEC Corp. said it was still on track to deliver volume shipments of third-generation mobile phones to Europe next July-September, shooting down reports of a delay. The company has not altered its schedule for delivering the dual-mode handsets, which would be capable of working with both high-speed 3G and existing phone networks, to Hutchison Whampoa. Hutchison said last month that it had placed an order with NEC for more than one million 3G handsets. Dual-mode phones are considered key to the success of 3G services because they would allow users to make calls in areas where no 3G infrastructure was yet in place. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 12/5/2001
  Sanyo, Kodak To Set Up JV to put OEL panels on 3G phones
Wednesday, December 5, 2001
  Summary Sanyo Electric Co. and Eastman Kodak Co. have signed an accord to jointly manufacture organic electroluminescence (EL) displays via a joint venture to be formed Dec. 21 in Japan. Sanyo will take a 66% stake in the newly launched joint venture, to be capitalized at Y450 million at the initial stage, while Kodak will take the remaining 34% stake. The device is used in mobile phones, digital cameras and personal digital assistants, and is unique in emitting light itself, so doesn't require a back light like liquid crystal displays. This characteristic enables lower power consumption and a thinner display. (Dow Jones)  
 
   
3G News of 12/4/2001
  3G spectrum allocation sparks dispute
Tuesday, December 4, 2001
  Summary South Korea's Ministry of Information and Communication has allocated the third-generation (3G) B-band spectrum to SK Telecom, sparking vociferous opposition from LG Telecom and suggesting a fresh round of confrontation. The ministry said it will give 3G A-band to LG Telecom, B-band to SK Telecom and C-band to KT ICOM, a unit of Korea Telecom, as an essential step before the three mobile carriers implement the much-touted 3G services capable of delivering multimedia services on the go. SK Telecom, the country's largest mobile carrier, and state-run Korea Telecom won the 3G license based on W-CDMA technology favored by NTT DoCoMo and Nokia last December. LG Telecom also obtained a 3G license based on cdma2000 technology backed by U.S.-based wireless technology firm Qualcomm Inc. (The Korea Herald)  
 
   
3G News of 11/29/2001
  NEC and Matsushita mull 3G handset venture in China
Thursday, November 29, 2001
  Summary Japan's NEC Corp and Matsushita Communication Industrial Co. said they are considering developing third-generation (3G) mobile phone handsets in China together. The two companies will launch a joint venture this year in an aim to popularise 3G cell phones in China, help set a Chinese standard for 3G services, and grab a bigger share of the world's largest mobile phone handset market. The Chinese government plans to introduce 3G cell phone services sometime in or after 2003, and NEC and Matsushita Communication aim to have handsets capable of transmitting video ready by then.(Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 11/26/2001
  NEC close to roll out of dual-mode 3G phones
Monday, November 26, 2001
  Summary NEC, Japan's biggest cell phone maker, expects to start supplying the world's first dual-mode third-generation mobile phones to European operators early next year. The dual-mode phone - which can be used to make calls on existing infrastructure as well as new high-speed third-generation (3G) networks - is undergoing trials. Dual-mode phones are critical to the success of 3G because they allow users to make calls in areas where there is no 3G infrastructure. European operators have decided not to launch 3G services until such phones are available. NTT DoCoMo launched the world's first 3G service in Japan last month, but the single-mode 3G-only phones it uses do not work outside Tokyo. (Financial Times)  
 
   
3G News of 11/22/2001
  Average users spend 2,600 yen monthly for i-mode
Thursday, November 22, 2001
  Summary Japan's i-mode users spend 2,614 yen monthly on average for paid information and shopping through i-mode services, NTT Group company InfoCom Research Inc. found in its survey conducted in August 2001. This amount was 1.4-times more than the results of a similar survey carried out in July 2000, in which the average amount was 1,845 yen. Fee-based ring melodies and music data ranked first for user popularity. As a whole, the items that ranked first to sixth were all online-related digital contents, and this trend has stayed the same from the last survey. However, users who purchased CDs, videotapes, and DVDs increased most from 7.8 percent to 16.4 percent. (Nikkei Communications)  
 
   
3G News of 11/21/2001
  Nokia to offer FOMA handsets
Wednesday, November 21, 2001
  Summary Nokia Corp. will be ready technically to make and supply its FOMA cellular phones for NTT DoCoMo's 3G service in the third quarter of 2002. Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd. and NEC Corp. already started supplying DoCoMo with their FOMA cellular phones. Elsewhere, DoCoMo has chosen eight other handset manufacturers -- Nokia, LM Ericsson, Motorola Inc., Sharp Corp., Denso Ltd., Toshiba Corp., Fujitsu Ltd. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Nikkei Electronics)  
 
   
3G News of 11/13/2001
  DoCoMo: no decision on soccer games for 3G phones
Tuesday, November 13, 2001
  Summary NTT DoCoMo said it has yet to make a decision on whether it will show clips of European soccer matches on its third-generation cellphones in conjunction with Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. of Hong Kong. Sources at the Hong Kong firm said a plan to beam European soccer updates and highlights could be realized within months. All matches of the U.K.'s Premier League and Italy's Serie A are currently broadcast by Japan's SKY Perfect Communications Inc., but Hutchison Whampoa has exclusive international broadcast rights for 3G cellphones. DoCoMo has also said it expects to provide a video clipping distribution service via its 3G cellphones by the end of this year. Such a service could enable DoCoMo subscribers to view video highlights of European soccer matches on their 3G TV mobile phones. (Dow Jones)  
 
   
3G News of 11/9/2001
  Access's 3G browser compatible with WAP 2.0
Friday, November 9, 2001
  Summary Access Co.'s "NetFront v3.0 Wireless Profile," a new Web browser the company is developing for use in third-generation mobile phone handsets, will be able to run on Wireless Application Protocol 2.0 (WAP 2.0)-type phones. This means that NetFront v3.0, which is scheduled to be ready for the market some time in the first quarter of next year, will be suitable for use in a wide range of different phones, both i-mode and WAP 1.x, as well as WAP 2.0. Access plans to sell its NetFront v3.0 browser mainly to manufacturers of mobile phones, who will then incorporate it into their new 3G handset models. It is a follow-up product to "Compact NetFront" and "Compact NetFront Plus," which have been widely adopted as Web browsers for use in the current range of i-mode phones and in networked household appliances. (BizTech News Dept.)  
 
   
3G News of 11/2/2001
  Hutchison orders 1 million 3G phones from NEC
Friday, November 2, 2001
  Summary Conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa, which is building third-generation mobile phone networks in several European and Asia-Pacific markets, has placed an order for more than one million 3G handsets from NEC Corp. This is Hutchison's second order for 3G phones from NEC. NEC will begin delivery of the 3G "videophones" in the fourth quarter of 2002 to Hutchison's 3G operations, which include networks under construction in Italy and the United Kingdom. This order is NEC's largest for 3G handsets outside of Japan -- where it supplies the world's only commercial 3G network, launched by NTT DoCoMo a month ago. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 10/31/2001
  NTT to launch FOMA-Compatible ISDN videophones
Wednesday, October 31, 2001
  Summary NTT group's two regional carriers, NTT East and NTT West, plan in November to launch a new type of ISDN telephone called the "Moppet," which is capable of serving as a videophone that talks face-to-face with owners of NTT DoCoMo's videophone-type FOMA mobile phone handsets. Moppet users will not only be able to hold videophone conversations with other users of Moppets and FOMA videophones, but also with users of existing ISDN videophone models. The 3G-324M communications protocol is used for calls made between a Moppet and a FOMA videophone, while the ITU-T H.320 protocol is employed for calls between a Moppet and an ISDN videophone. The Moppet phone will be targeted at both business users and ordinary consumers and is expected to retail at slightly less than 100,000 yen. (Nikkei Communications)  
 
   
3G News of 10/26/2001
  Sony delays 3G phone launch, focuses on 2.5G
Friday, October 26, 2001
  Summary Japan's Sony Corp. said on Thursday that its introduction of high-speed, Net-access third-generation phones would be delayed as the consumer electronics giant concentrates on rolling out interim 2.5G technology in Europe. ``2.5G is our main target right now,'' Sony president and chief operating officer Kunitake Ando said in an interview, referring to the mobile phone development and manufacturing joint venture with Sweden's Ericsson launched this month. Europe's wireless carriers are offering an interim technology called general packet radio system, dubbed 2.5G, that can offer fast data downloads. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 10/22/2001
  Matsushita, Utstarcom join in 3G base stations
Monday, October 22, 2001
  Summary Matsushita Communication Industrial Co. has formed a partnership with U.S. provider of communication access equipment UTStarcom Inc. in the area of base stations for 3G mobile phone service. Matsushita Communication, although Japan's top company for mobile phone units, has been slow to develop operations in base stations. Through its partnership with UTStarcom, the Japanese firm aims to grow its base station business. The companies will jointly develop and sell base station systems compatible with the W-CDMA standard. Matsushita Communication will be in charge of developing base stations, while UTStarcom will handle development of base station control equipment, switches and servers. (Nikkei)  
 
   
3G News of 10/16/2001
  NTT DoCoMo's FOMA service off to slow start
Tuesday, October 16, 2001
  Summary NTT DoCoMo, which launched "FOMA," a third-generation mobile communications service, on Oct. 1, got just a little over 5,700 new subscribers in the first three days of operation. A breakdown of mobile terminals selected by the subscribers shows that about 2,300 users opted for the standard "N2001" service, used mainly for high-speed data communications. Another 2,300 users chose the "P2101V," which enables the use of a videophone function. And 1,100 users went for the "P2401," a PC card adapter used exclusively for data communications. NTT DoCoMo aims at winning 150,000 subscribers by the end of March 2002 by gathering momentum through a year-end sales battle. (Nikkei New Media)  
 
   
3G News of 10/12/2001
  Japan's quantum leap
Friday, October 12, 2001
  Summary "The phone rings, which means there are only seconds to prepare. Hunt around for the most flattering light, straighten glasses, attempt rakish smile, turn least bad side towards the camera. Ready at last, this image-conscious reporter presses the "accept call" button to begin his first conversation on a third-generation mobile phone. It is from an attractive young Japanese woman, whose perfectly made-up features suddenly fill the 2.2-inch screen. She smiles, blinks and her bright red lips move in synch as she asks: "Well, what do you think?" There is only one possible answer. "Beautiful." We are talking, of course, about the image quality offered by the latest leap in mobile telecommunications technology: Foma, or Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access, Japan's pioneering third-generation mobile phone service, launched last week in Tokyo..." (The Guardian)  
 
   
3G News of 10/9/2001
  Trying to Attract Cell Users to Next Wireless Generation
Tuesday, October 9, 2001
  Summary With the world watching, DoCoMo stage-managed its introduction of the new service, distributing only 4,000 handsets to 260 shops in Tokyo. All the handsets were sold the first day, and most stores expected to wait a week more for replacements. But the phones, which promise Internet connections fast enough to download audio and video files, snap and send photos and hold teleconferences, do not impress many users. DoCoMo plans to spend $8 billion the next three years to make this third-generation service available nationwide. The company does not expect the 3G network to turn a profit until 2004, by which time it predicts it will have six million subscribers. The initial success of the new service in Japan will also partly determine how quickly DoCoMo might try to offer similar services through its partnerships with AT&T Wireless in the United States, KPN Mobile in the Netherlands and Hutchison 3G UK Holdings in Britain. (New York Times)  
 
   
  'The First' 3G System? Andrew Seybold Comments on FOMA
Tuesday, October 9, 2001
  Summary "NTT DoCoMo launches world's first third-generation wireless service. You may have seen the headline. Only problem is, it's wrong! The real "first 3G system" was launched Sept. 30, 2000, by SK Telecom in South Korea. Two other South Korean operators began offering 3G voice and data services this spring, and there are now more than one million users of 3G technology in South Korea. NTT DoCoMo is indeed the first wireless operator in the world to offer the 3G service known as WCDMA. But according to the International Telecommunications Union, or ITU, the standard known as cdma2000 1x, which is the technology being deployed in South Korea, is also a true 3G network." (ABC News)  
 
   
3G News of 10/8/2001
  Korea Gets in First with Nascent 3G Mobile Service
Monday, October 8, 2001
  Summary If you want a taste of the much anticipated arrival of third-generation mobile phones, look not to Japan, but to Korea, which has a one-year jump on its neighbor in offering the latest phones capable of swapping video and data. The mobile future works, judging from the nearly 1.2 million South Korean consumers chatting and swapping pictures on phones that use an alternative to the technology that NTT DoCoMo in Japan. SK Telecom, the market leader with half of South Korea's almost 28 million mobile subscribers, has converted nearly one million, or 7 percent, of those subscribers to the upgraded system since it started its 1x service in October.The technology boasts CD-quality sound and data transmission at a top rate of 144 Kilobits per second, according to the International Telecommunications Union. ``Actually, the speed is around 60 to 80 Kbps, depending on how many users are trying to get on the system,'' said Lim Byeong-yong, vice president of the corporate strategy team at LG Telecom. LG, the smallest of Korea's three mobile carriers, began its 1x service in May. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 10/5/2001
  UK may get 3G in 2002 VIA DoCoMo
Friday, October 5, 2001
  Summary NTT DoCoMo has announced that it is confident that its 3G services will be up and running in the UK before the end of next year. Speaking with foreign reporters on Tuesday, NTT DoCoMo president Keiji Tachikawa said that it would offer services in Britain in partnership with Hutchison 3G. "Hutchison 3G will be our top batter for services in Europe," he claimed. NTT DoCoMo, which operates the highly successful i-mode service in Japan, owns a 20 percent stake in Hutchison 3G--one of the five companies to win a 3G licence in last year's auction. Hutchison 3G told ZDNet News on Wednesday that it was still on track to launch a 3G service in mid-2002. "Obviously, our 3G network will only be launched when it's ready, but the plan for the last 18 months has been to launch 3G in the second half of 2002, and that's still very much our intention," a spokesman said. On Monday NTT DoCoMo launched the world's first 3G network, in Tokyo. It is planning to spread its operations to cover several other major Japanese cities by early next year. "We've been learning a lot from NTT DoCoMo. They've been solving a number of problems on the way to launching their 3G services," said the Hutchison 3G spokesman. (ZDNetAsia)  
 
   
3G News of 10/3/2001
  False Dawn In Japan (Editorial)
Wednesday, October 3, 2001
  Summary "3G or not 3G? That was the question hanging over the beleaguered telecom industry as NTT DoCoMo rolled out the world's first third-generation wireless service, which supposedly puts broadband Internet access in the palm of your hand. That's only if you live in Tokyo and are willing to pay up to $570 for one of DoCoMo's new video handsets, which have built-in cameras that allow face-to-face video conferencing. It will be many months before the rest of Japan has access to the new service, which in any case is hardly comprehensive enough to be considered full-fledged 3G. It will much longer--several years at least--before 3G broadband services will be available to wireless customers in the U.S. So today's news does not mean that the wireless millennium has arrived. Nor is it just around the corner. A few thousand Japanese early adopters exchanging MP3 files via their cell phones is not what telecom investors had in mind several years ago when they began to bank on 3G wireless services as the key to future riches." (Forbes.com)  
 
   
  Superfast Cell Phone Service in Japan: DoCoMo launches FOMA
Wednesday, October 3, 2001
  Summary The world's first superfast cell phone service started Monday in Tokyo from top Japanese mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo, although without its biggest promised attractions -- the relay of video clips and music downloads. Even in gadget-crazy Japan, boasting some of the most advanced cell phones in the world, things were a bit anticlimactic for the start of so-called 3G, or third generation. The phone relays information at 40 times the speed of current cell phones and includes a videophone. Analysts say DoCoMo intends a slow start for 3G and will have no problem meeting its target to sell 150,000 handsets by March. None of the models so far deliver the flashy features trumpeted as the convenience that will turn 3G mobile phones into glamorous, portable computers that can play on the tiny cell phone screen video clips of music concerts, movie trailers and sports highlights. DoCoMo's other problem is the tough competition from rivals at home. KDDI Corp., Japan's second-largest telecom company, is planning a similar service for April that uses a different, cheaper technology. J-Phone -- the mobile unit of Japan Telecom Co., which is partly owned by British mobile giant Vodafone Group PLC -- is also planning a comparative phone for release in June. (AP)  
 
   
3G News of 10/2/2001
  Japan's DoCoMo blazes trail with new speedy phones
Tuesday, October 2, 2001
  Summary Japan's NTT DoCoMo Inc on Monday launched a new generation of cellphones that allow users to talk face-to-face via video and surf the Internet faster than before. DoCoMo began selling the new phones in the initial service area of greater metropolitan Tokyo under the brand name FOMA, for Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access. The world's first third-generation, or 3G, handsets will transmit at speeds six to 40 times faster than current cellphones and use a radio spectrum set aside for the new service. About half a dozen people lined up outside one retail shop in Tokyo's Shinjuku district in rainy weather to buy the phones. The video phone ranges from 59,800 to 76,800 yen. The second model, a standard cellphone without a camera, is made by NEC Corp in silver and red and will retail for 39,800 to 56,800 yen. Both the video phone and standard type offer i-mode Net access and voice calling quality equal to fixed-line phones, and they have no protruding antennae, according to DoCoMo. The third type, a Panasonic that will retail for 29,800 to 35,600 yen, is a data-only model that slides into a laptop card slot. 20,000 of the standard models were to be made available at 260 shops throughout Tokyo and that several thousand video phones would be for sale. Total monthly output is to be 25,000 units. The phones are capable of transmitting data at 64 to 384 kilobits per second, six to 40 times faster than the slowest 9.6 kbps used for i-mode services. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 10/1/2001
  Industry awaits DoCoMo 3G launch with apprehension
Monday, October 1, 2001
  Summary The handsets are in place, the network has been tested and the sales representatives thoroughly trained, but the launch on Monday of NTT DoCoMo's third generation service, Foma, is being watched with more than the usual trepidation. "Everything is in place but we are worried because we have no idea how much demand there will be for the new services," says Takashi Tanaka, deputy manager of one of DoCoMo's largest retail stores in downtown Tokyo. The success of Foma, the world's first 3G service using wide-band CDMA technology, is critical not only for DoCoMo, which is spending well over Y1,000bn on infrastructure and more on the handsets. The Europeans, who will be using the same W-CDMA technology that DoCoMo is, have a keen interest in seeing the service succeed, if only to convince their anxious shareholders and banks that the money they poured into the licenses was well spent. But the launch of Foma comes just as personal consumption in Japan is expected to slump even further due to a worldwide economic downturn and rising unemployment. With handsets ranging from Y30,000 to Y60,000, it is unclear how much demand there will be for the new phones. Batteries will only last 55 hours at a time and will require frequent re-charging. DoCoMo's most advanced phones have a battery life of 200 hours. (Financial Times)  
 
   
3G News of 9/28/2001
  DoCoMo and Vodafone spar over 3G future
Friday, September 28, 2001
  Summary Japan's NTT DoCoMo and Britain's Vodafone sparred over the fate of third-generation (3G) services as DoCoMo nears its launch of the world's first commercial service. DoCoMo president Keiji Tachikawa told the Financial Times that European carriers did not understand the appropriate business model for data services. "It is important to figure out how to develop attractive content and convince content providers to do so. Western (operators) still don't understand that very well," said the DoCoMo head. But Vodafone chief executive Sir Christopher Gent told the Financial Times he is skeptical about DoCoMo's upcoming 3G commercial service launch. "Three cheers for DoCoMo if they manage to get the service open (but) I think it's unlikely to be a full commercial service," said Gent. Over the last year, Vodafone has been moving aggressively into Japan, the second-largest telecom market in the world and active testing ground of cutting-edge, next generation mobile services. Last week, the British mobile heavyweight agreed to pay $2.7 billion in cash to take control of Japan Telecom, Japan's third largest telecom firm. Vodafone has been eager to increase its stake in J-Phone, Japan Telecom's wireless unit, to better take on NTT DoCoMo. (CNN.com)  
 
   
3G News of 9/27/2001
  NTT DoCoMo Says Handsets Ready For 3G Launch
Thursday, September 27, 2001
  Summary Japan's biggest wireless operator NTT DoCoMo on Tuesday said it will have handsets ready for the commercial launch of its third-generation (3G) mobile phone service next week. DoCoMo's 3G service, dubbed FOMA, is scheduled to debut in the Tokyo area only on Oct.1. On Tuesday, the carrier said that 3G handsets would be available on the same day in three versions - with one supporting video communication and another specializing in high-speed data communications. The Japanese company says the high-speed wireless voice and data service will incorporate wireless Internet service I-mode, provide landline sound quality, 64 kilobits per second (Kbps) digital video communications, up to 384 Kbps download speeds, e-mail and the ability to connect a PC to the Net via a FOMA handset. FOMA is based on wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) technology and will initially launch in the Tokyo area only. DoCoMo says it will then expand service to Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and Nagoya by December, and to major cities nationwide before the middle of next year. (NewsBytes)  
 
   
3G News of 9/25/2001
  Japan To Deregulate Bandwidth Use By Wireless Services
Tuesday, September 25, 2001
  Summary The Telecommunications Ministry aims to allow by next spring high-speed wireless Internet service providers to use part of the 25-gigahertz bandwidth without seeking ministry approval. The bandwidth will be 7 times larger than that currently dedicated to cell phone services and is expected to enable transmission of large-volume data, including high-resolution images, at a speed comparable to that of a Net service using a fiber-optic network. The measure is aimed at easing the entry of wireless service firms, which do not require the telecom infrastructure of Nippon NTT, into the Internet business. It is also expected to benefit foreign companies and smaller/start-up firms, resulting in lower service fees and an increase in the variety of services for consumers. Considering the promise of wireless Net service, the government had earlier decided to secure bandwidth for such service sometime during fiscal 2002. But the ministry wants to implement the measure earlier. (Dow Jones)  
 
   
  KDDI delays 3G until 4/ 2002, but "3G-type" services in 2001
Tuesday, September 25, 2001
  Summary KDDI Corp. said it will postpone the launch of its third-generation mobile phone service, "1x," until April 1, 2002. Despite plans to start the service in Autumn 2001, delays in infrastructure development for 1x forced a postponement. Instead, the company will provide users with new applications, including a motion media distribution service, using the existing cdmaOne mobile phone network. From December 2001, KDDI will enhance the data transmission speed of its browser phone service "EZweb" from the present 14.4kbps to 64kbps throughout the country. At the same time, the company will start the following three new application services: (1) a MP4-based 64kbps moving-image distribution service for mobile phones named "ezmovie," (2) positional information service using GPS named "eznavigation," and (3) an advanced version of "ezplus," the Java application service for mobile phones launched in July 2001. KDDI also plans to install the WAP2.0-based browser into all of its devices. "WAP2.0" a global standard for browser phones. KDDI will start introducing the "1x" service with a maximum data transmission speed of 144kbps from April 2002. The fees for the communication services of the 64kbps EZweb and 1x have yet to be decided. (Nikkei Communications)  
 
   
3G News of 9/20/2001
  Bouygues/i-mode: GPRS Services Launch Jan 2002
Thursday, September 20, 2001
  Summary French construction and telecommunications group Bouygues said Wednesday that it is in talks with NTT DoCoMo Inc. about developing the "i-mode" phone services technology owned by the Japanese telecom company. Speaking at a news briefing following the release of first-half earnings, Chief Executive Martin Bouygues said: "We are seeing how we can work on developing this technology." "We are talking to Japan's NTT DoCoMo," Bouygues said, adding that the Japanese company was very accommodating. "We are researching the technology, financing and laws, and moving forward very seriously," he added. The chief executive said the talks were only about the technology and involved no capital deal. NTT DoCoMo owns the highly popular i-mode mobile Internet services technology, which allows its almost 30 million Japanese subscribers to download data on their mobile phones. (Dow Jones)  
 
   
3G News of 9/19/2001
  DoCoMo, IBM Debut Video Indexing Technology
Wednesday, September 19, 2001
  Summary Just weeks from launching its 3G mobile services in Japan, carrier NTT DoCoMo announced the joint development with IBM Japan of a new technology to index video clips. The system lets 3G users search video content using keywords, then download only the desired content. DoCoMo and IBM began developing the joint system last December. The companies said they plan to pitch the technology as a new standard for the Internet -- already, they are making their case to international organizations. DoCoMo previously said it plans to launch limited 3G service beginning October 1st. Soon afterward, video applications will pick up steam in the wireless space. With the new searching technology, users can find specific video content quickly. For example, DoCoMo said, a soccer fan could punch in the name of his favorite soccer star to compile a video digest of scenes showing that star making shots on goal, even while a game is still in progress. The same technology can be used by stock market watchers, music video fans or even those obsessed with weather reports from Nepal. (NewsFactor Network)  
 
   
  New 3G Mobile Browser from ACCESS compatible with WAP 2.0
Wednesday, September 19, 2001
  Summary Access Co., Ltd., revealed Sept. 13 that "NetFront v3.0 Wireless Profile," a new Web browser the company is developing for use in third-generation mobile phone handsets, will be able to run on Wireless Application Protocol 2.0 (WAP 2.0)-type phones. This means that NetFront v3.0, which is scheduled to be ready for the market some time in the first quarter of next year, will be suitable for use in a wide range of different phones, both i-mode and WAP 1.x, as well as WAP 2.0, the company said. Access plans to sell its NetFront v3.0 browser mainly to manufacturers of mobile phones, who will then incorporate it into their new 3G handset models. It is a follow-up product to "Compact NetFront" and "Compact NetFront Plus," which have been widely adopted as Web browsers for use in the current range of i-mode phones and in networked household appliances. Access describes NetFront v3.0 as a modular browser with a high level of expandability. The company says that it can be customized to suit particular items of hardware, and is therefore ideal for use in a wide range of applications -- from mobile phones to digital interactive TV sets. (BizTech News Dept.)  
 
   
  Nihon Ericsson Adds Position Info Service to Bluetooth Trial
Wednesday, September 19, 2001
  Summary Nihon Ericsson KK in November 2001 plans to start distributing town information that links to position information services for cellular phones, through the "Bluetooth Launch Trial" (B.L.T.) test service it is providing with Marubeni Corp. and Handspring Inc. B.L.T. is a test communications service using "Bluetooth," a short-distance wireless technology. Users who have Bluetooth-ready cellular phones will be able to receive information on restaurants, amusement facilities, and other activities at Internet cafes and other locations providing B.L.T. services. Nihon Ericsson and the two other firms are aiming to attract general users with cellular phones without Bluetooth by adding the town information. (Nikkei New Media)  
 
   
3G News of 9/17/2001
  Report: KDDI will ship more 3G Handsets than DoCoMo in 2001
Monday, September 17, 2001
  Summary Japan will ship approximately 1 million 3G handsets in 2001, according to a survey of mobile communications market trends by Yano Research Institute. Some 700,000 of the devices will be for compatible with KDDI's cdma2000 1x, while NTT DoCoMo is expected to deliver about 300,000 handsets for its FOMA servie, which will launch in October. KDDI is expected to launch its 3G service, cdma2000 1x, by the end of the year. KDDI said that while makers of FOMA-enabled terminals are limited to NEC Corp., Matsushita Communication Industry Co., Ltd., and Mitsubishi Electric Corp., a larger number of makers are planning to ship cdma2000 1x-enabled terminals because they are much easier to develop. The actual shipments of cellular phones/PHS phones in 2000 totaled about 48.50 million units (up 18.9 percent from a year earlier). In 2001, the shipments are estimated at 45.90 million units (down 5.4 percent). Also, Japan's number of subscribers to cellular phone services as of March 2002 is projected to reach 69.92 million (up 14.7 percent from a year earlier), while the subscribers to PHS services are projected to reach 5.964 million (down 2.4 percent). (BizTech News Dept.)  
 
   
3G News of 9/14/2001
  It's up to you, Tokyo: Japan Carrying the Ball for 3G
Friday, September 14, 2001
  Summary It takes a lot to impress colleagues with your latest gadget in Japan. For people selected to trial test NTT DoCoMo's FOMA service, the excitement has come with a glimpse of the future of mobile telephony - a video-capable phone. As flashy as Japanese mobiles are, this was something very special - a third-generation mobile phone capable of taking and sending pictures at a blistering 64kbps, or six times faster than the UK's 2G phones. While reviews by testers have been mixed, some users have raved about the sound quality. Other benefits include the handset doubling as a digital camera, an LCD with 4,096 colours, a multimedia software engine for MPEG-4 playback, and removable expanded memory. So far the service only works in Tokyo and will only be extended to other Japanese cities after the October launch. Then the world will be turning to Japan to see if 3G could really live up to the hype. (The Guardian)  
 
   
3G News of 9/13/2001
  ACCESS Supports WAP 2.0 in Next-Generation NetFront Browsers
Thursday, September 13, 2001
  Summary ACCESS Co., Ltd., the leading provider of microbrowsers for i-mode phones, will support the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) version 2.0 in its next-generation embedded Internet browser, NetFront v3.0 Wireless Profile. In addition to the standard WAP 2.0 specification, ACCESS will support enhanced features such as Dynamic HTML, ECMA Script (JavaScript), and SSL. ACCESS' Internet browsers have been installed in over 35 million devices, including cellular phones, televisions, set-top boxes, game consoles, PDAs, and car navigation systems. NetFront v3.0 Wireless Profile provides native support for a wide range of standards so mobile phones can seamlessly display content in any format. NetFront v3.0 Wireless Profile will be available in the first quarter of 2002. ACCESS went public on Mothers, Tokyo Stock Exchange on February 26, 2001, and has subsidiaries in both the US and Germany. (Business Wire)  
 
   
3G News of 9/6/2001
  Japan rolls out 3G phones as European Telcos Watch
Thursday, September 6, 2001
  Summary Despite the continuing gloom in telecoms, Japanfs largest mobile-telephone operator, NTT DoCoMo, announced on September 3rd that it plans to launch the worldfs first commercial third-generation (3G) wireless service on October 1st. Even though Japanese consumers often flock to snap up high-tech products, DoCoMofs decision is risky. Apart from hoping that most of the bugs that have plagued the new technology have now been sorted out, DoCoMo is also gambling that enough customers will be prepared to sign up to what will be a relatively expensive service, at a time when the Japanese economy teeters on the brink of recession. The outcome will be closely watched all over the world, especially by Europefs telecoms firms, which have splashed out billions of dollars for 3G licenses. (The Economist)  
 
   
  KDDI Says No Decision Yet On Sale Of Tu-Ka Cellphone Unit
Thursday, September 6, 2001
  Summary KDDI Corp. said Wednesday it has made no decision yet on a sale of "Tu-Ka," one of its cellphone units, but said it has received inquiries from several firms about a possible purchase. "The sale of Tu-Ka isn't decided at this time," said a KDDI spokesman. "But we have gotten several inquiries." KDDI spokesman declined to identify any of the interested companies, Wednesday morning's Nikkei Shimbun reported the Texas Pacific Group of the U.S. has approached KDDI to acquire the Tu-Ka unit. According to the report, Texas Pacific plans to use Tu-Ka as a network wholesaler for new foreign and domestic entrants in the Japanese market and informal negotiations on the sale are now under way with KDDI. The report also stated that Texas Pacific values Tu-Ka at roughly Y300-400 billion, but company sources said Y380 billion in interest-bearing debt must be subtracted before a fair purchase price can be set. (Dow Jones)  
 
   
  NEC, Matsushita Tie-Up to Cut IMT-2000 Development Costs
Thursday, September 6, 2001
  Summary NEC Corp., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. and Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd. said their joint development would enable them to cut costs for developing IMT-2000-type cellular phones by 20-25%, particularly with regard to cellular phone parts development and verification tests. The three firms recently made an agreement to jointly develop cellular phones capable of IMT-2000 services, a third-generation mobile communications service. Some industry watchers predict that increased demands on quality for new cellular phone DSP chipsets and displays, along with software for services related to IMT-2000, will drive up handset prices. The three companies plan to start commercializing those cellular phones after the spring of 2002 when NTT DoCoMo or European-based IMT-2000 business operators are expected to start international roaming-capable services. (Nikkei New Media)  
 
   
3G News of 9/5/2001
  Cellular Carriers Begin Countdown to IMT-2000
Wednesday, September 5, 2001
  Summary The international strategies of mobile phone operators are a topic of mounting interest in the market. UK-based Vodafone Plc. has become a serious player in the Japanese market with J-Phone Group now added to its empire, and the au Group and NTT DoCoMo Inc. are preparing to launch commercial 3G mobile services for IMT-2000 starting this October. Vodafone has unveiled its business strategy for delivering IMT-2000 services in Japan in June 2002. At the same time, the au Group and NTT DoCoMo are expanding their global partnerships and coordinating their services and systems for a global 3G rollout. (Nikkei Communications)  
 
   
3G News of 9/4/2001
  NTT DoCoMo unveils 3G package
Tuesday, September 4, 2001
  Summary NTT DoCoMo is set to win the race to launch the world's first fully-fledged third generation mobile service. The Japanese telecoms giant has applied for government consent to launch its third-generation (3G) service - dubbed "FOMA" or Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access - on 1 October. The news has eased fears that the launch would again fall victim to the delays which have hit the roll-out worldwide of 3G services, which enable features such as high-speed internet access or videoconferencing to be undertaken through a mobile phone. FOMA's launch was originally set for May, but postponed while trials were undertaken. Some experts nonetheless restated doubts over technology hitches associated with the service. (BBC)  
 
   
  DoCoMo to launch 3G on Oct 1 as planned, as shares fall 5%
Tuesday, September 4, 2001
  Summary Top Japanese mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo says it is on track to launch the world's first commercial third-generation (3G) wireless services on October 1. It plans to ship about 20,000 3G phones and thousands of 3G video phones and estimates 1/2 of initial subscribers will be corporate clients. It will offer two rate structures for 3G: circuit-switched transmission, where users will be charged by air time, and packet-data transmission, where they will be charged by the amount of data. For the latter, DoCoMo announced discounted monthly packet rates for heavy data-transmission users, who will pay up to 8,000 yen ($67.11) a month. After launching FOMA, which is to transmit data nearly 40 times faster than i-mode, DoCoMo plans to cut the 300-yen monthly fee for i-mode to 100 yen. DoCoMo forecasts only 150,000 3G users in the first year to next March, but expects six million subscribers by March 2004. DoCoMo will spend 1 trillion yen to build 3G networks nationwide over the next three years, and hopes to generate profits on 3G services in year 4. Still, DoCoMo shares fell 5.48 percent to end at 1.38 million yen on Monday after MSDW cut its investment rating on DoCoMo and its parent NTT Nippon to ``neutral'' from ``outperform.'' DoCoMo's stock has fallen 30% this year. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 8/30/2001
  US's Wind River Takes Market For Japan's FOMA Base Stations
Thursday, August 30, 2001
  Summary All the manufacturers supplying antenna base station infrastructure gear for NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s new third-generation (3G) mobile-phone service known as FOMA have adopted U.S.-based company Wind River Systems "VxWorks" real-time operating system for use in base station equipment. This means that Wind River, the developer of VxWorks and already the world's largest producer of such real-time OS products, has the whole FOMA market to itself, service for which is now being tested in Tokyo. For FOMA phone handsets, most manufacturers appear to have decided to use uITRON (read as mu-ITRON) spec-based OS software in their products, but a few are said to be opting for the EPOC OS developed by Symbian Ltd. of the U.K. (Nikkei Electronics)  
 
   
3G News of 8/29/2001
  NEC phone glitches point to tough challenge ahead
Wednesday, August 29, 2001
  Summary Technical glitches in increasingly complex Web-surfing mobile phones will find no easy fix and even NEC Corp's popular phones have narrowly escaped a costly recall, an executive at Japan's number two handset maker said. NEC's top-selling Net-enabled handsets made for dominant mobile operator NTT DoCoMo Inc had software glitches earlier this year, Ben Nakamura, NEC's senior vice president for mobile terminals, told Reuters in a recent interview. Cell phones in Japan are becoming increasingly complex as they connect to the Internet, download mini-programmes and play CD-quality music, and have suffered several high-profile recalls. The electronics giant's N503i phones were at the top of sales lists for DoCoMo's latest ``503'' series of i-mode phones, which lets users surf the Internet on colour screens. Users reported that some of the NEC handsets had a glitch causing earpiece speakers to die after phones were switched to a customised silent setting. Some also froze when dictionary settings were input, causing e-mail messages and home page bookmarks to be lost.DoCoMo confirmed that problems were reported with the phones and that they had been replaced free of charge. (Reuters)  
 
   
  DoCoMo, PacketVideo in Deal to Deliver 3G Video
Wednesday, August 29, 2001
  Summary Japan's top mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo unveiled on Tuesday a deal with multimedia software maker PacketVideo Corp to deliver video to mobile phones for DoCoMo's high-speed third-generation (3G) service. DoCoMo is set to become the first wireless carrier in the world to offer 3G services when it launches a full commercial services on October 1. The deal between the two companies will create a common platform for media and content providers to distribute video to mobile phones and handheld computers, and will begin with a trial service with 32 corporations and organizations.PacketVideo is an unlisted company that counts among its investors Intel Corp and AOL Time Warner. Reuters Group Plc has an interest of less than one percent in PacketVideo.The software platform will also deliver video to handheld personal computers over DoCoMo's PH (personal handyphone system) which is a more limited mobile phone service for mobile areas that delivers data at 64 kilobits per second. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 8/28/2001
  NTT DoCoMo to Debut Windows CE Handheld Packet Data Services
Tuesday, August 28, 2001
  Summary NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it would launch a mobile information device that enables access to FOMA, the company's third-generation mobile communication service, under the trade name of "sigmarion II" on Sept. 7. Equipped with an interface geared to packet communication via FOMA, the sigmarion II is ready to support FOMA as soon as the service launches in the autumn. In addition to FOMA, the sigmarion II also supports NTT DoCoMo's mobile phones and PHS services, and the current "DoPa" packet communication service. It employs Windows CE as its OS. The sigmarion II's body was designed by Zero Halliburton, as was its predecessor, the sigmarion.The sigmarion II has a 6.2-in. color STN display, which shows 65,536 colors. The price will be open, but it is estimated to sell for 40,000 yen to 50,000 yen at retail shops. (119.79 yen = US$1) (Nikkei Electronics)  
 
   
3G News of 8/22/2001
  Matsushita-NEC alliance is no guarantee of global success
Wednesday, August 22, 2001
  Summary An alliance between Japan's two top cell phone makers on next-generation technology may cut costs and reduce financial risks, but analysts say the two companies still need foreign partners if they want to make a splash on the global stage. Matsushita Communication Industrial Co Ltd (MCI) and NEC Corp said on Tuesday they would jointly develop video, audio and other technologies for third-generation (3G) mobile phones, which will offer much faster transmission speeds and Internet connections. However, neither company has strong branding overseas, and together they hold under 10% of the global market. At the same time, their combined R&D force of 8,000-9,000 handset engineers rivals that of global leader Nokia Oyj, which has over 10,000 and 35% of world handset sales. MCI and NEC expect to gain the edge on 3G technology when NTT DoCoMo launches the world's first commercial 3G services in October using their handsets. (Reuters)  
 
   
  3G not fast enough, Japan Gov't to fund faster mobile phones
Wednesday, August 22, 2001
  Summary Even as Japan moves ahead of the world with high-speed, Internet-enabled mobile phones, the Japanese government wants to promote research and development of faster, more powerful mobile phones on which users can take in rich content. The Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications will seek 1.2 billion yen ($10 million) in funding for the fiscal year 2002 national budget. The ``fourth-generation'' phones would come on line by 2010. It also said the government wants Japan to take the lead in setting the international standard for such devices. The new phones would be about 10,000 times faster than current ones, downloading an entire music CD in a few seconds. The phones would also be able to show movies with a sharp, high-quality picture, the report said. NTT DoCoMo plans to start its third-generation cell phone service in the Tokyo area in October, transmitting data at up to 40 times faster than current mobile phones. (AP)  
 
   
3G News of 8/20/2001
  DoCoMo's 3G service disappoints users in trial
Monday, August 20, 2001
  Summary At the end of May, FOMA trial applicants were thrilled to be chosen to try out NTT DoCoMo's next-generation cellphone system. But two months after the trial launch of FOMA, the world's first 3G service, there have been reports of repeatedly disrupted connections, poor battery life and a lack of content specifically designed for the faster transmission speed. According to one user, the service only works in limited parts of Tokyo and reception is patchy, particularly around high-rise buildings. Engineers at DoCoMo are desperately working to improve connectivity and hope to establish 71 more antenna bases by Oct. 1. There are currently 214.3G technology promises wireless distribution of music and video, but the high cost of data transmission poses yet another problem. (Japan Times)  
 
   
3G News of 8/17/2001
  Japanese Movie Distributor to Offer Movie Contents for FOMA
Friday, August 17, 2001
  Summary Japanese movie companies are entering wireless and broadband, setting a new trend in the domestic entertainment market. Toei Co., Ltd., will distribute some of its contents through NTT DoCoMo's next-generation mobile phone service, FOMA, while competitor Shochiku Co., Ltd., will offer films via broadband Internet. Toei, which produces hits such as "Kamen Rider" and "Goranger." will offer content that includes various children"s TV programs that use special effects, as well as other programming now under negotiation. Shochiku will produce original short films dedicated to the broadband Internet service. Shochiku has said it is considering other Internet services, but not mobile phones. (Nikkei Electronics)  
 
   
3G News of 8/8/2001
  The Sun Is Setting on Japanese Mobile Ambitions (Editorial)
Wednesday, August 8, 2001
  Summary In an editorial published by TheStreet.com, commentator Tero Kuittinen says that "Japanese telecom vendors are spinning their wheels in Western markets while network core orders in their domestic market have started to slip away to foreign vendors. That just might be the real reason for last week's temper tantrums from Japanese companies NEC and Fujitsu...these Japanese companies are now publicly attacking European vendors, even though their 3G efforts now depend on being junior partners to Alcatel and Siemens, decidedly European companies." The article says NEC has padded numbers for its European client roster, and Fujitsu has "invented" orders out of thin air. Writes Kuittinen, "A casual observer could conclude that European vendors have steamrolled the Japanese in the 3G infrastructure sweepstakes." (TheStreet.com)  
 
   
3G News of 8/7/2001
  Japan and Isle of Man Take the 3G Challenge
Tuesday, August 7, 2001
  Summary A small island in the Irish Sea and the island country of Japan are vying to become the first to host 3G wireless services, which bring multimedia applications to mobile phones. Each are using different strategies for content and suppliers. Manx Telecom is securing all components for the Isle of Man's 3G network from Mobisphere, a joint-venture between NEC and Siemens. NTT DoCoMo's strategy is to use multiple hardware and software suppliers. DoCoMo is also focusing on entertainment content, including video and music streaming. Manx will emphasize gambling, on-line banking, emergency medicine and virtual house tours. (IDG)  
 
   
3G News of 8/6/2001
  DoCoMo Dreams of 3G Future
Monday, August 6, 2001
  Summary NTT DoCoMo, Japan's leading cellular carrier, made headlines last year when it suggested up 360 million cellular terminals may be in use in Japan by 2010, among them 20 million on cats and dogs. Now the company has expanded its vision further by increasing its estimation to up to 570 million terminals. The company is looking to dream up new users for wireless terminals and hoping that users will adopt 3G (third- generation) cellular services at home in favor of fixed wire services. It forecasts up to 100 million automobiles and 60 million bicycles could be fitted with terminals that allow them to be tracked or alert owners that they have been stolen. Up to a further 50 million terminals are expected to be built into mobile personal computers and as many as 20 million attached to pets for tracking purposes; the remaining 10 million are expected to be integrated into things like ships and vending machines. (IDG)  
 
   
  NTT to Offer Bluetooth-Enabled Wireless Terminal Adapter
Monday, August 6, 2001
  Summary NTT East Corp. and NTT West Corp. will market a Bluetooth terminal adapter based on Bluetooth Ver.1.1 using Multilink Protocol communication at transfer speeds of 128kbps, with wireless communications within a 100m radius and functionality that enables three PCs to access the Internet via the same network connection simultaneously. The wireless set will be retailed at 39,800 yen that includes a core adapter and an extension. The units go on sale Aug. 7. (Nikkei Electronics)  
 
   
3G News of 8/2/2001
  Vodafone Targets FOMA
Thursday, August 2, 2001
  Summary Vodafone is sharpening up its Japanese strategy in a bid to outplay NTT DoCoMo after the coming fully fledged launch of 3G services in the country. J-Phone, the Japanese operator owned by Vodafone, says it is gearing up to press DoCoMos FOMA service hard over the next few months. According to the UK operator, its Japanese subsidiary will move quickly to introduce dual-band phones capable of working on existing infrastructure as well as on 3G networks.  
 
   
3G News of 7/26/2001
  NEC, Nippon Avionics Develop Smallest Bluetooth Modules
Thursday, July 26, 2001
  Summary NEC Corp. and Nippon Avionics Co., Ltd. said they have jointly developed the world's smallest transmitter/receiver modules for Bluetooth adapters, and will begin shipping samples in September 2001. Nippon Avionics expects to sell the modules, and the sample price is 10,000 yen. (124.18 yen = US$1) It plans to begin volume production of around 100,000 units a month in January 2002. (Nikkei Electronics)  
 
   
  DoCoMo CEO to Detail 3G Progress, Mid-Trial Results
Thursday, July 26, 2001
  Summary Nearly halfway into the trial period for its ground-breaking speedy third generation (3G) wireless service, NTT DoCoMo will supply more details about the service on Thursday. Focus on the company's 3G service has been intense since it delayed the full launch and began a trial service on May 30. Third-generation mobile phones receive information at least 40 times faster than current phones, making fast Internet access and video downloads possible. Keiji Tachikawa, president and chief executive of DoCoMo, will hold a news conference at 3.00 p.m. on Thursday at which he is expected to announce improvements made to the world's first 3G service, a spokesman said on Wednesday. The service is set for its commercial launch on October 1. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 7/16/2001
  Matsushita Comm may seek software, service alliances
Monday, July 16, 2001
  Summary Following a dip in its stock price and an announced recall of 100,000 of its i-mode handsets, Japan's largest handset maker, Matsushita Communication Industrial Co , said on Friday it may seek alliances with computer companies for next-generation mobile technology but tie-ups are unlikely with other handset makers. Matsushita Communication markets handsets under the Panasonic brand. The company has said it is aiming for a 10 percent share of the global mobile handset market by the business year to March 2004. This is nearly double its 5.2 percent share in calendar year 2000, according to the Gartner group. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 7/13/2001
  J-pop singer Hikaru UTADA will be the face of FOMA
Friday, July 13, 2001
  Summary NTT DoCoMo has selected bilingual Japanese pop singer Hikaru UTADA to star in its commercial advertising campaign to promote its next-generation mobile phone service, known as FOMA (Freedom of Mobile Access). DoCoMo hopes that FOMA, like Utada, will be popular among all segments of the Japanese public, "regardless of gender and age." Her personal image will project themes such as "budding potential," "innovative," and "international," thought to match the brand image that NTT DoCoMo wants to promote for its FOMA service. Born in New York in 1983, UTADA is the daughter of a well-known Japanese female singer and a music producer. She is currently studying at Columbia University in New York while continuing her recording career. (NTT DoCoMo)  
 
   
3G News of 7/10/2001
  Telecom Council Recommendations for 'Beyond IMT-2000'
Tuesday, July 10, 2001
  Summary Japan's Telecommunications Council has made its recommendations for a conceptual plan called "Beyond IMT-2000" on the next-generation mobile communications system to the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications. The council is an advisory group to the Minister of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications. The Telecom Council's new plan proposes introducing services with a maximum data communications speed of 100Mbps, a speed matching that of Fiber To The Home (FTTH) service. The maximum speed of the current IMT-2000 is 2Mbps, or the level of a digital subscriber line (DSL) service. (Nikkei New Media)  
 
   
3G News of 7/4/2001
  DoCoMo 3G Network Stabilizing, Will Launch in October
Wednesday, July 4, 2001
  Summary NTT DoCoMo said on Tuesday that the network for its high-speed third generation (3G) wireless services was becoming more stable, and that it was on track to meet its October 1 target for a full commercial launch. Shiro Tsuda, DoCoMo's executive vice president in charge of networks, said that its four-month introductory 3G service is giving it a chance iron out software problems in its network and handsets. Media scrutiny of the service has been intense since DoCoMo delayed its commercial launch in May. Over the last month, Tsuda said, many major problems with switching and wireless issues have been resolved. DoCoMo shares, which closed at 2.38 percent higher at 2.15 trillion yen on Tuesday, have climbed 9.13 percent higher since the beginning of the year while the benchmark Nikkei 225 average is down 7.02 percent. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 7/3/2001
  DoCoMo says 3G services will equal i-mode in popularity
Tuesday, July 3, 2001
  Summary NTT DoCoMo president Keiji Tachikawa he was confident its new FOMA (3G) services would become as popular as its current Internet-enabled i-mode. He dismissed technical glitches that have plagued 3G and delayed its launch, saying any such innovative service was bound to run into teething problems. The 3G launch requires testing of 100,000 operational items, twice as many as i-mode and 5-6 times more than mobile voice services. "But the rate of incidence of trouble has been declining," he said. The share price of Japan's biggest company by market value fell by 3.23 percent on Monday to 2.1 million yen, underperforming the benchmark Nikkei average, which closed down 1.68 percent. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 7/2/2001
  NTT DoCoMo To Offer 10 Sec Image Svc For 3G I-Mode Phone
Monday, July 2, 2001
  Summary NTT DoCoMo said it plans to start image distribution services by the end of this year enabling users of its Internet-capable i-mode cellular phones to watch 10 second videos on their screens as part of its FOMA third-generation cell phone service. DoCoMo has already announced it will start offering image distribution services in the greater Tokyo area in October and in Nagoya and Osaka in December. A NTT DoCoMo spokesman said the image to be distributed will be similar to TV commercials in length. The image distribution services, to be called "i-Motion," will offer, for example, a video showing a professional baseball player hitting a home run along with information on the game. NTT DoCoMo hopes to expand the services to other major cities in Japan in the spring of 2002. (Dow Jones)  
 
   
3G News of 6/26/2001
  Index Corp., Open Loop Develop FOMA Content Protection Tech
Tuesday, June 26, 2001
  Summary Index Corp. and Open Loop Inc. have jointly developed content protection technology for FOMA-compliant cellular phones that NTT DoCoMo started operating on a test basis on May 30. The technology will be applied to broadband services other than the mobile phone field. Index and Open Loop have strengthened collaboration in the mobile content field since founding a joint venture in May 2000 called Connect Corp. that develops Java software for mobile phones. (Nikkei Electronics)  
 
   
3G News of 6/22/2001
  "FOMA" 3G Monitors To Receive Delayed "Visual" Handsets
Friday, June 22, 2001
  Summary NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it will distribute a "visual" mobile phone to 1,200 monitors for introductory phase of "FOMA" third-generation (3G) wireless communication service based on W-CDMA technology. The model required a debugging of its embedded software, prompting DoCoMo to announce on May 25 that distribution of the new visual phone would be completed by the end of June at the latest. (NTT DoCoMo)  
 
   
  Japan's Fujitsu to Focus on 3G Corporate Users
Friday, June 22, 2001
  Summary Fujitsu Ltd said on Thursday that when third-generation (3G) mobile services start in October, it will release handheld devices only for business use and put the rollout of 3G handsets for consumers on hold.``In the immediate sense, we see the business market for 3G applications as the one that's being developed first and fastest, and that's our area of concentration,'' a Fujitsu spokesman said. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 6/21/2001
  Aplix to Collaborate with RSA Security
Thursday, June 21, 2001
  Summary Aplix Corp. announced a tie-up with RSA Security Inc. to bundle a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption tool kit in its OS called "JBlend" for embedded use. Aplix will build the RSA BSAFE SSL-C, an SSL encryption tool kit for the C language, into the JBlend OS and provide it after verifying its functionality. (BizTech News Dept.)  
 
   
3G News of 6/19/2001
  Ministry Forms Reliability Guidelines for IMT-2000 Networks
Tuesday, June 19, 2001
  Summary The Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications on June 18 set up a study group on the security and reliability of the third-generation mobile telecommunications system. The ministry plans to create, on the basis of the discussions by the study group, guidelines for establishing and managing the network facilities in October 2001, when NTT DoCoMo Inc. starts its full-scale IMT-2000 service, "FOMA," and KDDI Corp. launches its full-fledged IMT-2000 service using the "cdmaOne 1x" system. (Nikkei New Media)  
 
   
  Telecom Council Reveals Plan for 4th Generation Mobile Comms
Tuesday, June 19, 2001
  Summary A special committee of the Telecommunications Council, an advisory group to the Minister of the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, announced a detailed plan for the fourth-generation mobile communications system that will succeed the IMT-2000.According to the plan, the fourth-generation will be commercialized in 2010. The maximum data communications speed will be 100Mbps, while that for IMT-2000 is 2Mbps. (Nikkei Communications)  
 
   
3G News of 6/15/2001
  DoCoMo says it will replace 1,400 3G phones
Friday, June 15, 2001
  Summary Japan's largest mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo Inc, said on Friday it plans to replace 1,400 third-generation (3G) mobile handsets made by NEC Corp to upgrade them. "We are replacing handsets to improve their function, not because of technical problems," said Takumi Suzuki, a DoCoMo spokesman. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 6/13/2001
  Cash-strapped Japan eyes spectrum auction
Wednesday, June 13, 2001
  Summary The Japanese government, deeply indebted but unable to raise taxes amid an economic slowdown, is looking to sell radio spectrums by auction to put its finances back in shape, the finance minister said on Tuesday. (Reuters)  
 
   
  NTT DoCoMo, Mitsubishi Electric to Propose 3G Bluetooth Spec
Wednesday, June 13, 2001
  Summary NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. reported progress on formulating a Bluetooth specification for use in third-generation cellular services in Japan. In their presentation to the Bluetooth Congress, NTT DoCoMo and Mitsubishi said that evaluation trials of UDI-enabled handsets are due to begin this December, and that the formal UDI specification should be finalized by June 2002. (Nikkei Electronics)  
 
   
  Interview on 3G with NTT DoCoMo CEO Keiji Tachikawa
Wednesday, June 13, 2001
  Summary NTT DoCoMo CEO Keiji Tachikawa cuts a smooth figure as he strides confidently into a conference room on the 43rd floor of the company's Tokyo headquarters. These days, he's quite a busy man. On May 30, his company started testing the world's first third-generation (3G) cellular-phone system. Nearly 150,000 Japanese have applied for the 4,500 handsets available for the four-month trial service. DoCoMo will use the test run to iron out bugs and set prices before the commercial launch set for Oct. 1. (Business Week)  
 
   
3G News of 6/12/2001
  China Telecom, Japan Telecom in mobile business deal
Tuesday, June 12, 2001
  Summary Japan Telecom Co. and China's fixed-line telecommunication monopoly, China Telecommunications Corp. agreed to a comprehensive tie-up for high-speed communications service for corporations and mobile communications in China, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspaper reported. (Reuters)  
 
   
3G News of 6/11/2001
  DoCoMo's 3G Users Tell of Trial Tribulations
Monday, June 11, 2001
  Summary Since NTT DoCoMo launched the world's first public trials of its FOMA-branded 3G (third-generation) mobile service on May 30, it has been the hottest subject on Web sites and bulletin boards devoted to cell phones. Japanese cell phone lovers, and there are many, can't get enough of the new service. (IDG)  
 
   
3G News of 6/8/2001
  DoCoMo 3G Cell Phone Service Receives Mixed Reviews
Friday, June 8, 2001
  Summary NTT DoCoMo Inc. began a 3G cell phone service on a test basis on May 30 in Tokyo and parts of Kawasaki and Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture. Although there have been complaints about the glitches in the service, users are enthusiastic about the high-speed data transmission. The company is working to iron out the technical difficulties before commercial operations begin on Oct. 1. (The Nihon Keizai Shimbun)  
 
   
3G News of 6/6/2001
  Forbes/Andrew Seybold's Wireless Outlook: Investment opinion
Wednesday, June 6, 2001
  Summary According to Andrew M. Seybold, while Europe and Japan have paced the wireless industry in recent years, news that European third-generation wireless networks are as much as 3 years behind schedule and that Japan telecom giant NTT DoCoMo is experiencing difficulties with its Wideband CDMA alternative suggests that the United States is now solidly in the lead, with several service providers set to launch 3G wireless networks based on Qualcomm's CDMA technology this year. (Forbes/Andrew Seybold's Wireless Outlook)  
 
   
3G News of 6/4/2001
  NTT DoCoMo Says 3G Mobile Service's E-Mail Ops Disrupted
Monday, June 4, 2001
  Summary NTT DoCoMo Inc. said Friday the e-mail message operations offered as part of its trial third-generation mobile communications service were disrupted due to a technical problem at one of its computer servers late Thursday, just a day after the service was launched. (Dow Jones)  
 
   
3G News of 6/1/2001
  Survey Rates NTT DoCoMo's FOMA 3G Service Recognition at 50%
Friday, June 1, 2001
  Summary The recognition rate of the next-generation mobile phone service called "FOMA" has reached 51.2 percent.NTT-X Inc. and Mitsubishi Research Institute Inc. on May 30 published a survey on FOMA's recognition rate and ranking of its services people are interested in using. (BizTech News Dept.)  
 
   
3G News of 5/31/2001
  Japan starts 3G phones trial
Thursday, May 31, 2001
  Summary The world's first trial of third-generation (3G) mobile phones is under way in Japan. There will be no more than 3,300 users at first, and the service will be available only in Tokyo and some districts of neighbouring Yokohama and Kawasaki. (BBC News)  
 
   
  At last: DoCoMo's 3G debuts in Japan for lucky few
Thursday, May 31, 2001
  Summary Japanese mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc launched a trial third-generation service today, securing its place as frontrunner in the race to provide services such as videoconferencing and fast Net access on mobile phones. (Reuters)  
 
   
 
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