"Due to the changes in business environment, both companies concluded that it would be difficult to launch i-mode service at this time and agreed not to proceed”, says NTT DoCoMo,…

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DoCoMo has reported its full-year earnings for the last fiscal year ending March 31, reports AP. Japan’s incumbent mobile operator reported an increase in revenue of just 0.5 percent to…

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In May DoCoMo will start selling three mobile mobile games that use motion-sensing technology to play, with the launch of its 904i-series of phones. “In a boxing game users can…

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The NYT has an article on the desire by carriers and mobile content developers to have as few mobile operating systems as possible. DoCoMo and Vodafone are making this policy,…

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Warner Music has teamed up with Catalyst Mobile, a music and entertainment services provider with a sharp focus on Asia, to launch the Warner Music Group Rhino Mobile service to…

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NTT DoCoMo also announced its 2006 fiscal results, and 3G subscriber growth continues to outstrip that of its two main rivals, KDDI and Softbank. At the end of 2006, the…

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Another in Japanese operators’ efforts to shore up their content offerings: Japanese incumbent DoCoMo has bought a 3 percent stake in Nippon Television Network for 13.3 billion yen ($111 million).…

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Hutchison Essar in India has signed a deal with DoCoMo to launch an i-mode service. The service is expected to launch in 2007, and the biggest issue appears to be…

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UPDATE: In this Reuters update states that the current mobile TV service in Japan, One-Seg, is limited to simultaneous broadcasts of regular television programs, which obviously reduces its usefulness. This…

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Japanese operator DoCoMo has invested in Kadokawa Group Holdings (a group of companies engaged mainly in publishing or movies/visual content) by buying “1,031,000 shares in the holding company, or 3.78%…

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Reuters: Japan’s DoCoMo has teamed up with internet shopping mall Rakuten to “offer online auctions for personal computers from Monday and for mobile phones from November 20”. “The two companies…

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Following last month’s launch of its online music service in Japan, Napster has launched its mobile music service: its mobile OTA song and ringtone service is now available on DoCoMo’s…

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DoCoMo has a new handset which has a button on the side that will start a pretend call and a service which predicts a woman’s fertile period. “By tapping in…

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DoCoMo has seen its profits fall with increased competition in the Japanese mobile market, and expects the situation to get worse with the introduction of mobile number portability. “Net profit…

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Reuters reports that NTT DoCoMo is gearing up to add yet more names to its stable of mobile search companies, bringing the total to 13 providers. The surprise is the…

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Japanese mobile giant DoCoMo has reportedly signed a deal with NTV which will allow DoCoMo users to download and view NTV shows commercial free from next month. “Users will be…

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(reg required) The facts of the case: Users in Japan have been signing up to DoCoMo’s 1seg mobile terrestrial digital TV services, taking home the heavily-subsidized handsets and then cancelling…

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Informa Telecoms & Media has released its World Cellular Data Metrics, which indicates that global mobile data revenues were more than US$100 billion in 2005. “The figure of US$102.1 billion…

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DoCoMo has reported that it now has more customers using its 3G service (25.86 million) than its 2G service (25.76 million). DoCoMo launched 3G in 2001, and is expecting to…

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Japan’s NTT DoCoMo will introduce an improved search engine functionality for mobile phones later this year. It will enable cellphone users to surf the Internet as if using a PC.…

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Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) has reportedly formed a strategic partnership with NTT DoCoMo of Japan. “The report said according to the source, the two companies are likely to launch mobile…

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We mentioned about DoCoMo’s new full-track downoad service last night; some more details: The new service, which will start as soon as June, uses a high-speed data transmission technology to…

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NTT DoCoMo plans to launch a music download service as early as June to compete with rival KDDI’s popular version, the Nihon Keizai business daily reported. The paper said DoCoMo…

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At ATRE 2006 in Beijing (Asian Technology Round Table) Access CTO Kamada was asked what would need to happen for i-mode to be a success internationally by 2008. “This is…

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Just as the world starts to catch up with Japan...DoCoMo has applied for a license to test WiMax network (IEEE 802.16e) for its mobile customers. The trial is intended to…

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