Japan

NTT Docomo | January 28, 2011 | Press Release TOKYO, JAPAN, January 28, 2011 — NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today a new 10-year environmental vision under which the DOCOMO Group intends to help lower carbon footprints, strengthen recycling and protect biodiversity, including …

Reuters | January 31, 2011 | Isabel Reynolds (Reuters) – Japan‘s Toshiba Corp (6502.T) more than doubled its quarterly operating profit on booming sales of NAND flash memory chips and robust demand for LCD panels used in smartphones and tablets. But …

PR Newswire | January 31, 2011 | Press Release Qualcomm’s Industry-leading Multi-mode Chipset Solution Elevates Mobile Broadband Experiences for Consumers in Japan SAN DIEGO — Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) congratulates NTT DOCOMO, INC. on launching Xi™ (Crossy), Japan’s first LTE service, using …

The Nikkei | January 26, 2011 TOKYO (Nikkei)–KDDI Corp. (9433) is teaming up with 52 FM radio broadcasters to stream programming via the Internet to its smartphone and cellular phone customers. The Lismo Wave service will be launched Wednesday, giving …

Wall Street Journal | January 25, 2011 | Juro Osawa TOKYO—Yahoo Japan Corp. said Tuesday its net profit for the October-December quarter rose 19% from a year earlier amid solid growth in advertising revenue, and said its planned search-technology tie-up …

Trading Markets | January 24, 2011 BEIJING, Jan 24, 2011 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) — Lenovo Group Limited (SEHK: 0992) is eyeing the lucrative Japanese market through an investment deal. Two days ago, local media said by quoting …

Bloomberg | January 21, 2011 | Jason Clenfield and Maki Shiraki  NEC Corp., Japan’s largest maker of phone-network equipment, won an order valued at about 30 billion yen ($362 million) from a group led by Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. …

NTT Com | January 18, 2011 | Press Release TOKYO, JAPAN – NTT Communications (NTT Com) announced today plans to establish a point of presence (POP) for its Arcstar™ Global IP-VPN service in Perth, Australia, which will launch in the …

Korea Times | January 19, 2011 |  Yoon Ja-young KT, Korea’s telecommunication giant, is setting up a smart belt in Northeast Asia, lowering barriers for roaming services in the region. China Mobile and NTT Docomo, leading mobile operators from China …

Gemalto | January 18, 2011 | Press Release Partnership also involves MasterCard Worldwide, Orient Corporation, Credit Saison and Kyodo Printing Amsterdam, Jan 18, 2011 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces its selection by SOFTBANK MOBILE for …

Trading Markets | January 13, 2011 | Press Release TOKYO, Jan 13, 2011 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) – Japanese high-speed mobile internet company UQ Communications Inc. has forged a roaming agreement with South Korean communications giant KT Corp (KSE:030200). The agreement …

Times of India | January 13, 2011 TOKYO: Japan’s top mobile operator, NTT Docomo, is likely to boast two million smartphone contracts by the end of March, compared with a forecast of 1.3 million, an executive said in an interview. …

NTT Com | January 13, 2011 | Press Release TOKYO, Jan. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced on January 13 that it has expanded the data-transmission capacity of its Global IP Network between the United States …

TechTree| January 5, 2010 | Samir Makwana Censorware to protect minors from accessing objectionable content The relationship between Apple and the Japanese government hasn’t been great last year. After cases of exploding Apple iPod batteries were reported, Japan is once …

Reuters | January 1, 2010 | James Topham Jan 1 (Reuters) – Japan‘s top mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo, is looking to launch a tablet computer that will be produced by LG Electronics and run on software developed by Google, the …

By Lenie Lectura| ABS CBN News | December 27, 2010 MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines and Japanese governments are working on signing a memorandum of cooperation following the decision to tap the latter’s Integrated Services Digital Broadcast technology as the …

Taipei Times | December 28, 2010 Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) shares gained in early Taipei trading after a Nikkei Shimbun report that the world’s largest contract manufacturing service firm for electronics and communication products plans to acquire control …

Calgary Herald | December 27, 2010 MONTEVIDEO – Uruguay will adopt a Japanese and Brazilian digital TV standard known as ISDB-T, instead of European rival DVB-T, Foreign Minister Luis Almagro announced Monday. Uruguay will joins most of Latin America in …