A massive investment into mobile-specific video content. NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) and Japan’s largest music and movie entertainment company Avex Entertainment Inc. (AEI) are pouring in up to 7 billion…

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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,…

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Trouble in Japan’s mobile handset market. After years of heavy operator subsidies, some networks have pulled back on them, leaving mobile handset makers facing the bleak prospect of shutting down,…

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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…

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$200 Billion Mobile Data: Informa Telecoms and Media has published some figures from its World Cellular Data Metrics, predicting that global mobile data services will exceed $200 billion this year,…

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UPDATED: Nokia (NYSE: NOK) wants it all. The Finnish handset maker said today that it has launched a cash offer to acquire all of the shares of Symbian that it…

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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…

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So what happened to Apple’s iPhone talks in Japan? It was thought that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) would go with NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM), the country’s largest carrier with its 53.5…

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The march continues: Softbank, Japan’s third-biggest mobile phone operator, will start selling Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhones in the country by the end of this year, the company said...no more details…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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If only it were that easy…Japanese network NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) has unveiled a new corporate logo (pictured, right), which it says will help stop its subscribers from switching to…

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NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) is losing Takeshi Natsuno, the mastermind behind its hit mobile web service i-Mode, according to AFP, citing a source within the company. Natsuno, 43, is supposed…

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German mobile operator E-Plus is shutting down its i-Mode service as of 1 April, one of the last major European networks to abandon the Japanese import, TelecomTV reports. Germany’s third…

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This is an about-face for NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM), which has always sold on its extra data and content features: the Japanese operator will sell some stripped-down phones without data…

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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) may have lost its contract to be T-Mobile’s search partner in Europe last week, but apparently, it has won Japan’s mobile web battle, according to a Businessweek…

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Japan’s largest mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) released its earnings for the nine months ending December 2007 today, which includes its third quarter results. From October through December,…

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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) have announced plans for a tie-up in Japan, reports Reuters. Google Search will “feature” on DoCoMo’s handsets (not sure if that’s on the…

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JR Tokai Express Research has conducted a survey into Japan on the attitude towards the iPhone. Japan is considered a tough market for Apple because it’s already a sophisticated market…

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We’re closed for the rest of the year, hence running on headlines until Jan 2: -- DoCoMo To Offer Google Services: Japan’s NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) is in talks with…

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When the news surfaced that Steve Jobs was talking to DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) president Masao Nakamura, it was widely assumed that bringing the iPhone to Japan would be a slam…

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SF-based video platform Kyte says it raised $15 million in a second round, officially putting a number on previously reported investments from Telefonica, (NYSE: TEF) Nokia, (NYSE: NOK) DoCoMo, (NYSE:…

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