Mobility Phones – Mobile Phones

"NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan's top mobile phone operator, plans to cut its handset prices, the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday, bucking an industry trend to boost handset prices in return for lower calling fees."

"After a decade as the dominant provider, NTT DoCoMo Inc. can no longer say it provides most Japanese with their mobile phones, March figures show, with smaller rivals grabbing share in a fierce fight ahead of the start of the academic and business year."

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that in experiments being carried out jointly with Professor Kazuo Sutoh of the Department of Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, and Associate Professor Shoji Takeuchi of the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, it has successfully demonstrated the world's first molecular delivery system for molecular communication.DoCoMo has been pioneering research into the field of molecular communication, a new communication paradigm in which molecules are used as a communication medium. By combining communication technology and biochemistry, DoCoMo aims to develop systems that could transmit information about the biochemical conditions ...

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced that it has recorded a downlink transmission rate of 250Mbps over a high-speed wireless network in an outdoor test of an experimental Super 3G system for mobile communications.DoCoMo has been field-testing and refining its experimental Super 3G system using an actual wireless environment near its R&D labs in Yokosuka, just south of Tokyo, since February. The test involves four Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) antennas for base-station transmission and mobile-station reception in the 20MHz bandwidth, the maximum under new Super 3G standards. DoCoMo is continuing to test connection handover from one base station to another, ...

Motorola, Inc., a major contributor to the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long-Term Evolution (LTE) standard, has joined the LTE/System Architecture Evolution (SAE) Trial Initiative (LSTI). This industry group is driving the acceleration of commercial and interoperable next-generation LTE mobile broadband systems through the collaborative efforts of leading telecommunications companies worldwide."Motorola has significant expertise in OFDM-based technologies and mobile broadband innovation," said Darren McQueen, vice president, IMS, Cellular and Broadband Network Technologies, Motorola Home & Networks Mobility. "Joining the LSTI supports our commitment from our networks and mobile devices teams to the advancement of technologies ...

"NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan's biggest mobile phone carrier, filed for an injunction to halt sale of a handset using No. 3 Softbank Corp's network, marking the latest move in a bitter fight for market share."

"Sony Ericsson, a joint venture between Sony Corp. and Ericsson, said it would continue developing cellphones for NTT DoCoMo Inc., denying a newspaper report that it plans to substantially scale back its mobile business with Japan's top wireless operator."

"Sony Corp. will stop manufacturing cellular phones for NTT DoCoMo Inc. by the end of this year to focus on overseas customers amid a saturated domestic market, The Nikkei learned Sunday."

New research has estimated that over 2.6 billion mobile tickets will be delivered to just over 208 million mobile phone users by 2011. This is one of the key statistics from a landmark study by Juniper Research. The report found clear evidence that the sector is gearing up for major launches over the next few years. Early trials, mainly led by mobile network operators, are now migrating into commercial services that are controlled by the ticketing issuers themselves.Benefits for the ticketing issuers include reduced cost, better security to help the fight against fraud and improved environmental footprint by ...

"Mitsubishi Electric said it plans to exit its loss-making mobile phone business, becoming the latest Japanese electronics maker to withdraw from a market dominated by overseas giants such as Nokia."

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it will form a business and capital alliance with Acrodea, Inc., a maker of software technologies for mobile-phone user interfaces. The agreement, which will result in Acrodea products being embedded in DoCoMo handsets for heightened functionality, user friendliness and user enjoyment, will also strengthen the efficiency of DoCoMo's handset-development process, as well as enhance the partners' overall existing relationship.DoCoMo will acquire 4,500 newly allocated shares valued at 1.8 billion yen, or 402,220 yen per share, accounting for about 5.7% of Acrodea's outstanding shares. DoCoMo expects to complete the share acquisition ...

NTT DoCoMo will participate in GSMA Mobile World Congress 2008, the largest exhibition of its kind in Europe attracting a large number of GSM technology related businesses, held February 11-14 in Barcelona, Spain. The exhibition is a platform for participating corporations to announce new products and technologies and attracts great attention internationally.From high-spec mobile phones and services to cutting-edge technologies such as the "Wellness Handset" prototype and networks such as Super 3G (LTE) and 4G, we will be showcasing a wide range of exhibits based on the theme of "advancement" and "technological prowess" ...

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and Google Inc. today jointly announced that they formed a partnership that includes providing search services, search-related advertisement and potential applications to i-mode(TM) users.The two companies will also collaborate to enhance the user-friendliness of i-mode services, by making various Google services easier to access through i-mode handsets. The default pre-loading of Google Maps(TM) application into upcoming DoCoMo i-mode handsets is one of the initial initiatives being discussed.

Google, one of the largest search engines in the world, is aiming to fulfill the mission of "organizing the world's information and make ...

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that the company, ACCA Wireless Co., Ltd. and ACCA Networks Co., Ltd. have dissolved the strategic partnership that they established on August 31, 2007 for the purpose of securing a license to provide broadband wireless services based on mobile WiMAX technology. Since Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications granted the two available broadband wireless service licenses to other bidding groups on December 21, 2007, the strategic partnership was no longer relevant.

Internet Initiative Japan, Inc., one of Japan's leading Internet access and comprehensive network solutions providers, today announced the launch of IIJ Mobile, a mobile data communications service for corporate customers. This represents IIJ's first foray into the mobile communications market as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), providing comprehensive solutions for businesses employing mobile broadband.IIJ Mobile is IIJ's first offering in this market and uses NTT DoCoMo's 3G FOMA network and data communications terminals to provide Internet access with high-speed mobile data communications up to 3.6 Mbps. IIJ plans to expand service offerings and functions, such as ...

Purple Labs, a leading supplier of embedded Linux solutions for mobile phones, announced today that it has joined the LiMo Foundation and will support the organisation's mission to develop a world-class Linux-based software platform for mobile devices. In joining the LiMo Foundation as an Associate member, Purple Labs becomes the first commercial Linux platform for feature phones in the consortium, thereby extending the LiMo initiative to mass-market mobile handsets.Founded by industry leaders Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics, and Vodafone, the LiMo Foundation aims to create a rich ecosystem based on Linux, which will ...

Ericsson has announced that a brand-new security device with positioning capabilities, enabled by Ericsson technology, has been launched in Japan.NTT DoCoMo, Inc., the Japanese telecoms giant, has launched a safety device that gets high-precision location information by using the GPS function. The device is designed to provide family members or authorities with positioning information or to enable location tracking when the user pulls the slide switch in a dangerous or emergency situation. The slide switch also triggers a crime prevention buzzer on the device. The device is based on the U310 platform developed ...

"Japan's NTT DoCoMo Inc is considering a tie-up with Google Inc., adopting the Web giant's search and email features in its mobile phone Internet service, company sources said on Tuesday."

"NTT DoCoMo, Japan's biggest cellphone carrier, said Wednesday that its president, Masao Nakamura, has met with Apple Inc chief executive Steve Jobs, amid reports that their companies are in talks about launching Apple's iPhone in Japan."

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional subsidiaries announced today that the FOMA F801i, a new child-friendly 3G mobile phone loaded with special features for the safety and convenience of children, will go on sale December 20.Building on the popular FOMA SA800i model that DoCoMo released in March 2006, the F801i offers many new or improved child-friendly features for security, theft/loss prevention, ease of use and more. In an emergency, the child can quickly switch on the phone's 100-decibel alarm, which produces two types of noise alternately. When the alarm is activated, the phone also emits a ...