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Wanted:
Online Editor/Content Manager
Mobile Media Int'l www.mmint.com seeks an Asst. Web Editor/Content Manager for its mobile content services. Candidates should be enthusiastic, Netherlands-based, native English speakers with strong editorial skills, experience with online editing and a wide array content management, understanding of mobile services, and basic knowledge of HTML.
Send resume via email to
jobs@mmint.com
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Need an Internet-mobile phone for your trip to Japan or Korea? Order online now and have your handset delivered to in the USA or in Japan/Korea in time for your arrival in Japan or Korea! Find out more...
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i-mode |
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> 45.239m |
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EZWeb |
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> 19.464m |
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J-Sky |
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> 12.769m |
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PHS |
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> 4.49m |
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TOTAL |
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> 77.472m | |
Japanese 3G Subscribers
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Au 3G: |
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> 19.849m |
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FOMA: |
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> 17.58m |
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J-Phone 3G: |
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> 2m |
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TOTAL |
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> 39.429m | |
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Updated 11/30/2005 |
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for February 16-20, 2004 |
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3G MOBILE LAUNCHES J-STYLE/ NOKIA 3G IN JAPAN? / JAPAN BB / IMODE GLOBAL... |
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3G MOBILE LAUNCHES, J-STYLE
As the global wireless industry is wheeling and dealing toward hefty front-page corporate consolidation, Japanese network operators and device manufacturers have been steadily launching a stream of advanced telecom gadgets, 3G and otherwise, in the unified and synchronized manner that exemplifies the J. market and sets it apart from many others. DoCoMo's most recent 3G FOMA "900i" series of handsets came in a highly orchestrated, coordinated launch style with devices from 5 manufacturers (er, should be 6--where's the SONY ERICSSON!?), all incorporating special feature upgrades that collectively market the FOMA service as a whole - including 2 megapixel cameras, fingerprint sensors, external memory cards, motion video download, high speed, longer battery life and more. Net result: consumers know what FOMA is, and that it is something cool they want to check out. Even if you don't know Japanese, you should check them out too on the flashy Flash site devoted to these slick devices at 900i.
NOKIA 3G IN JAPAN?
Nokia also reported it is talking to DoCoMo to join the 3G line-up. If it happens, it will be the first DoCoMo Nokia since the classic sliding NM502i (launched in March 2000), now a mobile museum collectible. It will also be interesting to see Nokia march in lockstep to the same development drumbeat as the other Japanese handset manufacturers, dictated by DoCoMo, quite the opposite of Nokia's reputed relationship with operators elsewhere in the world (where it dominates, that is). We expect a Nokia 3G phone will be a distinctively "foreign" addition to the FOMA line-up.
JAPAN BB
Once again, Japan is steaming ahead with broadband. Japan's DSL subscribers exceeded 10.6 million in January, led in gains by upstart Yahoo! BB, which gained 122,000 to hold its market share at 36%. MMJ is watching broadband closely, as it is soon to become another key media pipeline in Japan's data infrastructure, and a delivery channel for more integrated content services.
IMODE GLOBAL...
This past week had two international stories with a Japan angle worth looking at. DoCoMo may be wondering where the Cingular buyout of ATTW leaves its international strategy, but it is a lot happier not to see its $10 billion cash investment being sold off at a 30% discount to rival Vodafone (which has previously styled itself the 'NTT DoCoMo of the global market'). Still, the potentially brighter outlook on the Cingular acquisition (DoCoMo may still collaborate on 3G development in the US) must still somehow clear away the haze that hung around its partnership with ATTW (which did not use the DoCoMo i-mode brand exactly...will DoCoMo/i-mode ever acquire a real international footprint, or just a paw print? ). Meanwhile, the KPN group announced its sale of 1 million i-mode handsets in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, two years after launch, with Vodafone gaining about twice as many users in half the time. MMJ has some good strategic advice for DoCoMo, but they will have to come and ask us for it...
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e-cash killing real money in Japan? |
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Summary (Digital World Tokyo)
Next month in Japan sees the beginning of the endgame in an ambitious scheme to entirely do away with paper tickets across Tokyo's complex public transport network. The new the Pasmo IC-card ticketing system will work seamlessly with several existing ... |
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Google launches free Japanese-language news service for cellphones |
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Summary (Kyodo)
Google Inc. started offering free, Japanese-language news service for mobile phone handsets. The major U.S. Internet firm collects news articles on sites of newspapers and broadcasters and categorizes them into politics, economy and other news areas. Hand... |
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DoCoMo to add Yahoo search on mobile phones |
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Summary (Yahoo)
NTT DoCoMo Inc. will add three new search services for its mobile phone users, including Yahoo Japan Corp., a unit of its rival Softbank Corp. DoCoMo will on Thursday offer new online search engines for its wireless Internet browsing service, which will e... |
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