Tag archive: DoCoMo

A smartphone that can measure radiation levels will be showcased at the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technology (CEATEC) in Japan next month. The development of the phone comes in the wake of the disaster at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima back in March. The plant suffered meltdowns inside several of its reactors and continues to release radiation into the environment, though it is gradually being brought under control. Not surprisingly,… Read More

These days, the Apple iPhone, a plethora of Blackberry models, Nokia's Symbian devices, and even the odd Windows Mobile device seem to be capturing all the media attention in the smartphone marketplace, but Panasonic and NEC have just introduced nine new mobile phone handsets for Japan's NTT DoCoMo running the open source LiMo operating system. The cameras feature a range of consumer-friendly features—like high-resolution… Read More

From the Press Realease: DoCoMo's revolutionary new service and smart-card handsets may be used for a variety of unprecedented functions that were previously possible only with IC-equipped cards, including train travel, debit card (electronic money) and credit card-based withdrawals and transactions, and personal identification. Ten companies will offer the i-mode FeliCa Service initially, allowing P506iC users to enjoy these new… Read More

Newly announced services and handsets from Japan's NTT DoCoMo make mobile payments possible in both prepaid and postpaid modes. According to Gartner, operators should concentrate on the merchant infrastructure to exploit the possibilities. On 16 June 2004, Japan's mobile phone operator, NTT DoCoMo, announced i-mode FeliCa, a service for new handsets to act as electronic wallets. The new handsets will be available in July… Read More

In 2000, NTT DoCoMo paid $6 billion for a 16 percent stake in AT&T Wireless. As a condition of the Japanese telecom's investment, AT&T wireless agreed to launch third-generation mobile services in 13 of the top 50 U.S. markets by June of 2004. DoCoMo hoped to win new users for its i-mode mobile phone platform in the United States. But when the economy soured the pact was recast to cut the number of cities to four and extend… Read More

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced Monday that it will launch a trial of the “i-mode® FeliCa preview service,” using mobile phones equipped with FeliCa contactless IC chip technology developed by SonyCorporation. The phones will be used for public transport tolls, electronic money, personal identification and other trial services between December 17, 2003 and the summer of 2004. DoCoMo will supply 27 participating service providers… Read More

The new company, FeliCa Networks Inc., will be established in January 2004 to launch the new services, which will combine Sony's contactless IC card technology called FeliCa and NTT DoCoMo's mobile multimedia expertise. NTT DoCoMo will begin the new services on a trial basis in December using some 6,000 cell phones. Announcing the agreement at a press conference, NTT DoCoMo President Keiji Tachikawa said the joint project will… Read More