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Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) is considering launching its own MVNO in Japan, according to Kyodo News ( via Cellular-News ). The move would be allow Nokia to compete head-to-head with operators, instead of relying on carriers to adopt both their phones and its newer content business. According to unnamed sources...
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NTT DoCoMo is developing an Android-based smartphone with an aim to launch it next year, a spokesperson with the Japanese operator confirmed to AFP via Business Standard. The phone could help the carrier compete with its smaller rival Softbank, which has been growing customers at a faster rate since...
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In a major move and a first by a Japanese telco into India, NTT DoCoMo ( NYSE: DCM ) is taking a 26 percent stake in local telco giant Tata Teleservices, for a price of $2.7 billion. This is surely to spur more rivalry with other local giants like Reliance, Vodafone ( NYSE: VOD ) and Airtel, and help...
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Japan's dominant carrier DoCoMo ( NYSE: DCM ) is betting that mobile phone services and better network infrastructure and speed will help it stay ahead of its rivals in the country's hyper-competitive market. After years of luring subscribers with deep subsidies on handsets, DoCoMo sees no more...
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For all of the cutting edge mobile technology that Japanese consumers have routine access to, surprisingly little of it has made its way outside of the country. Its government, however, wants to change this, and will begin an "aggressive push" to market the technology overseas, reports AP ...
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NTT DoCoMo ( NYSE: DCM ) reported first quarter profits of 173.5 billion yen ($1.6 billion) in the three months ended June 30, the company said today. The 41 percent jump in profits—up from 122.8 billion yen ($1.14 billion) compared to the same period last year—was attributed to reduced handset subsidies...
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Japan's number three carrier released prices and tariffs today, saying it would sell the iPhone starting at 23,040 yen ($215), according to Reuters . Customers will also have to take out a monthly plan costing 7,280 yen ($68)—which includes unlimited data. The carrier, which has built its business...
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Mobile banking is expected to be a big business in 2012 based on experiments and trials that wireless operators and members of the financial community are conducting today, according to a report released by IMS Research . The report estimates that 884 million users will conduct 62 billion mobile banking...
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NTT DoCoMo ( NYSE: DCM ) is planning to invest about 10 billion yen ($94.8 million) in NTT Resonant, an Internet company that supports a Web portal called goo, and hosts digital content, such as video and music, according to Forbes , which quoted an article in the Nikkei newspaper. The investment will...
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Napster ( NSDQ: NAPS ) Japan has added music videos to its unlimited over-the-air subscription service, Napster To Go. The new service is dubbed Napster Clips, and is only available on the N906iL onefone handset on DoCoMo ( NYSE: DCM ). This is Napster's first video service and operates over DoCoMo's...
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A couple of weeks ago we covered DoCoMo's ( NYSE: DCM ) rebranding and new strategy... Wireless Watch Japan has a video of Masao Nakamura, President and CEO of NTT DoCoMo describing what DoCoMo is going to do and why. Some quotes: "We introduced new handset purchase methods seperating the handset...
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NTT DoCoMo ( NYSE: DCM ) released full year earnings for the period ending 31 March 2008 today. Net profits in the January-March quarter more than doubled to 114.7 yen billion ($1.38 million), thanks to reduced personnel expenses and lowered costs of selling mobile handsets, reports Marketwatch. The...