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DOCOMO
 
> 58.79m
AU
 
> 33.53m
SOFTBANK
 
> 26.62m
EMOBILE
 
> 3.5m
PHS
 
> 4.1m
TOTAL
 
> 123.04m
OTHERS
W-MODULE:
 
> 5.39m
PREPAY:
 
> 1.27m
BWA (UQ):
 
> 1.16m
TOTAL
 
> 7.82m
Updated 9/7/2011
 
News of Wednesday, January 04, 2012
  Willcom announces 2-year discount plan
  Summary (1/4/2012) Willcom has announced that it is extending its "Willcom Spring Sale Fair" through February 29th, 2012. The discount comprises two parts with a free initial contracting fee and 450 yen off the monthly fees for 2 years (regular price is 1450 yen per month). (Keitai Watch)  
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News of Thursday, December 01, 2011
  DoCoMo denies reports of iPhone release on its network
  Summary (12/1/2011) NTT DoCoMo has aggressively denied rumors of a that they had agreed to a deal with Apple in which the iPhone 5 would be launched on its network next summer, following reports on several news sites stating this on December 1st. (Keitai Watch)  
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News of Thursday, November 10, 2011
  NTT DoCoMo to release the "REGZA Phone T-01D" on November 18th
  Summary (11/10/2011) NTT DoCoMo announced that the "REGZA Phone T-01D" will officially go on sale on November 18th. DoCoMo users can also begin pre-ordering their handset from November 11th and DoCoMo shops nationwide. This Android 2.3 smartphone also support DoCoMo’s dMenu and dMarket services. (Keitai Watch)  
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News of Monday, November 07, 2011
  DoCoMo and Gakken Holdings team up on an Education business for Smartphones and Tablet PCs
  Summary (11/7/2011) NTT DoCoMo and Gakken Holdings announced a partnership to promote a new style of education centered around smartphones and Tablet PCs. The companies plan to provide educational materials to children and adults through NTT’s "DoCoMo ZEMI" service and android handsets and tablets. Development is scheduled to begin at the end of November, with the service scheduled to be launched in 2012. (Keitai Watch)  
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News of Monday, October 31, 2011
  NEC Casio set sights on international release of "MEDIAS" brand
  Summary (10/31/2011) NEC Casio Mobile Communications formally announced its fall line on October 31st. Among the more interesting revelations is that NEC will continue to expand its MEDIAS smartphone line and also expand the line to inlcude international markets beginning with its MEDIAS WP line, the ultra-thin waterproof smartphone. NEC was clear that they intend to take into account the lessons of their past failures in entering overseas markets and feels that they need to concentrate on growing awareness of the brand. (Keitai Watch)  
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  NEWS CATEGORIES
 IMPORTANT NEWS
Japanese mobile industry ponders Galapagos Effect
  Summary (gilesrichter.com)
Japan has a super-powerful mobile ecosystem worth billions, brimming with futuristic technologies, business models, and experiences that the world wants to emulate. But is it a model or an anomaly? And does it only exist because it was incubated in isolat...
Surprise? 10 years in, ComScore Discovers m-Commerce in Japan
  Summary (New Media Age)
That's right. After ten years of leading the world in mobile commerce, Japan has leapt ahead to take the lead again, and it has snagged the attention of the foreign media. This surprising non-news was broken by ComScore at the Mobile World Congress an...
Japan slices books into e-reader-sized bytes
  Summary (News on Japan)
Would you pay $1 a copy to have all the books in your house cut up and scanned to PDF? That's what is happening in Japan, where cramped living conditions and the arrival of the iPad in May have spawned as many as 60 companies offering to turn paper bo...
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