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Japan's two largest mobile network operators, NTT DoCoMo and KDDI, have submitted presentations to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) outlining their plans to...
2010-07-23Industry
Japan's KDDI and Softbank have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korea's SK Telecom to roll out a common mobile payment (m-payment) system. The operators are looking...
2010-07-15Industry
Leading mobile operator NTT DoCoMo is to launch LTE femtocells in 2011-2012 according to the company's managing director of radio access network, Yoshiyuki Yasuda. The company already...
2010-06-23Companies
Japan's Softbank Corporation is reported to be close to making a JPY13.5bn (US$147mn) investment in US-based social gaming developer Zynga Game Network as part of a broader plan to...
2010-06-18Companies
Japanese mobile handset manufacturers Toshiba Corporation and Fujitsu Ltd have confirmed that they are considering a combination of their mobile device businesses in order to revitalise...
2010-06-11Companies
Mobile market leader NTT DoCoMo announced its LTE network testing phase has begun. The operator began building out its LTE network infrastructure in December 2009, around the same...
2010-06-09Companies
The ageing Japanese personal handyphone system (PHS) network operated by Willcom is to be replaced with Chinese-developed fourth generation (4G) wireless technology at the behest...
2010-04-29Industry
A signal that more opportunities could open up for China Mobile to export the Chinese-developed TD-LTE standard beyond its own borders may have appeared, as a Japanese network has...
2010-04-22
