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Mobile Internet Usage In Japan: Survey - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Fri 21 Dec 2007 06:39 AM PST

Most Japanese seem to have fairly steady mobile phone usage habits if a self-reported survey is anything to go by. What Japan Thinks reports that 61.3 percent of respondents said…

What If The iPhone Weren’t A Slam Dunk In Japan? - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 21 Dec 2007 03:14 AM PST

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…

Can Japan’s Mixi Take The Mobile Web? - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Thu 20 Dec 2007 03:58 AM PST

Facebook and MySpace may be all the rage in the US and Europe, but in Japan, homegrown Mixi is the country’s most popular social networking site. But the site—which started…

Apple Talking To Japan’s NTT DoCoMo And Softbank - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 18 Dec 2007 04:08 AM PST

Having conquered the US and some of the European markets, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is gearing up to sell the iPhone in mobile-crazy Japan. The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple…

Korean Operators Turning To Online And Mobile Web Advertising - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 17 Dec 2007 04:12 AM PST

South Korean operators are turning to online and mobile advertising as an alternative revenue source—thanks to pressure both from politicians and consumers to lower the price of mobile phone bills,…

Ofcom Finds Global Mobile Growth Surging - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 12 Dec 2007 05:17 AM PST

Mobile is the lynch pin of the communications sector, driving its growth and accounting for 53 percent of total telecoms revenues, according to the UK regulator Ofcom in their exhaustive…

US Mobile Data Services Market Luring Asian Wireless Firms - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 10 Dec 2007 11:57 AM PST

Just as Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is gunning for the US market, so too are Asian wireless firms. The lure: the potential that these players see in the country’s mobile internet…

Japanese Cellular Storytelling: Digital Novels Gain Traction - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 03 Dec 2007 02:24 PM PST

[by Blake Robinson] Many bestselling novels in Japan are now being written on mobile. They’re called “keitai shousetsu” and comprise half of Japan’s top-10 works of fiction from 2007. Each…

Asian Mobile TV Take-Up Good, Profits Small - 2 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Mon 26 Nov 2007 12:14 AM PST

Analyst company Screen Digest claims there are more than 15 million mobile TV subscribers in Asia but the revenues from the industry are “miserable”, reports RapidTV News. Apparently Japan has…

Australian Social Net Tilefile Takes Investment From Motorola - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 15 Nov 2007 10:52 AM PST

Tilefile, a Sydney, Australia-based social network, has taken an unspecified investment from Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Ventures. The company’s previous investor is Japanese venture firm ngi group (formerly Netage). The company,…

Disney To Start Another MVNO, In Japan - 1 Comment
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Sat 10 Nov 2007 07:56 PM PST

Disney is planning another MVNO, this time in Japan according to the Nikkei business daily, reports Reuters. Not put off by two failures in the US, “Disney aims to win…

PCs Pushed Aside In Japan By Mobiles, Game Consoles Etc: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Sun 04 Nov 2007 10:17 PM PST

PC purchases in Japan is falling as people spend their money on other gadgets, including game consoles, digital cameras and mobile phones. “Overall PC shipments in Japan have fallen for…

Japan’s Never-Was Carrier IP Mobile Folds - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Tue 30 Oct 2007 05:59 AM PST

IP Mobile, which was going to be the next mobile carrier in Japan, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The company failed to attract the capital investment needed to launch the…

78 Percent Of Mobile TV Viewers In Japan, Korea: Report - 1 Comment
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Mon 29 Oct 2007 04:00 AM PST

Analyst firm Berg Insight has released a report that there were about 38 million viewers of mobile TV in Japan and South Korea in mid-2007, representing about 78 percent of…

Yahoo Lauches Mobile Version Of Videocast In Japan - 0 Comments
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Thu 25 Oct 2007 03:18 AM PST

On the heels of news that Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is planning to extend its mobile operations across Asia, some news from Japan. The Internet portal is launching a mobile version…

Earnings: KDDI Profit Up 4.7 Percent, Data ARPU Still Not Making Up For Fall In Voice - 0 Comments
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Fri 19 Oct 2007 01:59 AM PST

Despite the intense price wars being waged by Japanese mobile operators and the impact on increasing churn, number-two provider KDDI reported a 4.7 percent rise in profits to 63.25 billion…

Sony, KDDI Allow Music Sharing On Gadgets - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 17 Oct 2007 02:30 AM PST

Sony (NYSE: SNE) and KDDI have announced they will let digital music be shared between Sony’s portable and home-use music players and mobile handsets from KDDI starting in December. The…

DoCoMo Unveils “Body Antenna” Prototype - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Tue 02 Oct 2007 09:52 PM PST

DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) has unveiled a prototype handset which uses a sensor made by start-up Kaiser Technology that “sends electric signals through the human body to transmit data, enabling electronic…

City Guide To Search SMS, E-Mail For Recommendations - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Fri 28 Sep 2007 07:26 AM PST

CNet has a review of a service developed by PARC which provides information about a local region: “things like shops, restaurants and event listings based on your location (via the…

Mobile Books Taking Off In Japan - 1 Comment
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 26 Sep 2007 07:42 AM PST

It’s been quite a while since Deep Love, the first book to be written for a mobile phone and a phenomenal success. The industry is growing, especially in Japan where…

Round Up: Behavioural Targeting In Japan; DoubleClick Mobile; AdMob IPhone - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Mon 24 Sep 2007 04:48 AM PST

-- New York-based behavioral targeting company Revenue Science has partnered with Japanese web portal operator mediba and the Digital Advertising Consortium (DAC) to launch an advertising service in Japan based…

NextWave Backs Out Of Japan’s Carrier Market - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Fri 21 Sep 2007 04:02 PM PST

US company NextWave Wireless has decided against investing in the Japanese mobile carrier business, opting to sell back its stake in Japanese 3G operator IP Wireless, reports TelecomAsia. This has…

Japanese Mobile Internet Users Rack Up 8.1 Hours Per Month; PC 18.9 Hours - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 20 Sep 2007 03:31 AM PST

ComScore has released a report into the web surfing habits of people in Japan. It claims that in June almost as many people used a mobile device to access the…

Mobile Gaming Technology Provider Ideaworks Gets Funding For Asian Moves - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 06 Sep 2007 01:43 PM PST

Mobile game developer Ideaworks3D has received funding from Japan Asia Investment Company. The amount, which represents the company’s first funding round since its founding in 1998, was not disclosed. While…

Cloud Over Japan Music Downloads; Mobile Provides Slight Silver Lining - 0 Comments
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Wed 05 Sep 2007 02:13 AM PST

For the first time since it started reporting figures in 2005, the Recording Industry Association of Japan notes that the legal music downloading market has shrunk. Taking both PC-based and…