Wireless Federation (Free subscription) | yesterday
Japanese cellco NTT DoCoMo has placed an offer for a 30% stake in GSM operator Telecom Malaysia International Bangladesh (AKTEL) currently owned by Bangladeshi conglomerate AK Khan & Co, reports local newspaper the Daily Star. The stake, valued at around USD300 million, has also been targeted by UK-based Vodafone Group, which has previously sent representatives [...]
Unwired View (Free subscription) | yesterday
Verizon Wireless has joined the Linux Mobile Foundation, a consortium that has big names like LG, NEC, Motorola, Samsung and NTT DoCoMo as it's members and whose goal is to develop their own Linux-based mobile platform. The first phones based on said platform should come out by the end of 2008. Verizon on the other hand [...]
Moco News (Free subscription) | yesterday
-- NTT DoCoMo ( NYSE: DCM ) is making a bunch of changes to its executive team. Most importantly, Ryuji Yamada will be promoted to President and CEO from Senior Executive Vice President. He replaces Masao Nakamura, who will become a corporate advisor and member of the Board of Directors. Kazuto Tsubouchi will become Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, replacing Masayuki Hirata...
LWN.net (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
CrunchGear reports that Verizon has joined the LiMo Foundation. " Verizon has signed up as the final member on the board of directors of the LiMo Foundation, a group founded by Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic, Samsung, and Vodafone to deliver an open and globally consistent software platform based upon Mobile Linux for use by the whole industry to catalyze next-generation mobile consumer...
LAPTOP Magazine Blog (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Earlier this morning, Verizon Wireless announced that it has joined the LiMo Foundation, and that it has taken a seat on the board of directors. LiMo was created in 2007 by Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics, and Vodafone with the goal of creating an open mobile Linux platform for mobile consumer [...]
mozilla links (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Mozilla has joined big mobile market players including Verizon, NTT DoCoMo, Samsung, LG, Motorola, Panasonic, Orange, McAfee, AMD and long list of others, as a member of the LiMo Foundation, a non-profit organization that aims to deliver a mobile Linux distribution as the cornerstone of its members’ mobile applications and devices. LiMo, which was founded on [...]
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Verizon has signed up as the final member on the board of directors of the LiMo Foundation, a group founded by Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic, Samsung, and Vodafone “to deliver an open and globally consistent software platform based upon Mobile Linux for use by the whole industry to catalyze next-generation mobile consumer experiences.” I’m all [...]
archenemy blog (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Typorgrapher.org dishes it out to NTT DoCoMo like NTT DoCoMo’s blocking the way to the tacqueria: So, it appears our brand specialist has been drinking one too many Châteauneuf-du-Pape and has gone into a drunken overdrive during a meeting with DoCoMo… oh, sorry, I meant docomo: “The new logo’s color is red, which symbolizes the company's energy [...]
InfoWorld (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Verizon Wireless is throwing its support behind mobile Linux, becoming the first U.S. operator to join the LiMo Foundation , a group developing mobile Linux technology. The LiMo Foundation , started by companies including Motorola, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic, NEC, and Samsung, is one of several initiatives working to unify mobile Linux development so that applications can run across phones with...
Microweb News (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
In the United States, telecomoperator has ATE postponed&T the launch of umts in June 2004 till end 2004. Moreover the new mobile service will not be then in thirteen, but only in four cities available. That has announced large shareholder NTT DoCoMo Thursday. [...]
NovaCiencia.com (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Whether you believe in evolution or creationism, it is hard for technology to beat the natural world when it comes to design and function. Often it is best to study nature and try to emulate its wonders. That's what Audience has been doing for its voice processor that can be found in NTT DoCoMo’s new [...]
Car & Auto (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
One of the top Japanese mobile phone companies, NTT DoCoMo, Inc. ( TYO:9437 ) will market LG’s PRADA Phone in Japan from June. Wireless Design Asia reports: Handset features include an intuitive, full-size touch screen with vibration touch to improve usability. This function activates whenever users touch screen icons to make a call, use e-mail, take and view photos or listen to music. The 2...
Brand New (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
After establishing a Corporate Branding Division last year, Japan's 53-million-customer NTT DoCoMo is undergoing a major re-branding that will be rolled out July 1st — the cornerstone of which is their new logo. DoCoMo’s company name, previously divided in...
Gadgets Future (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
NTT DoCoMo will go about redeveloping the LG Prada cell phone in time for a June release in Japan. You will be able to enjoy a (proclaimed) intuitive, full size touch screen display complete with haptic feedback for improved usability, a function which kicks in whenever the user touch the screen in order to perform an operation. In addition, you get a 2 megapixel German-made Schneider-Kreuznach...
Gadgets News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
NTT DOCOMO and its regional companies announced today that they will begin marketing Prada Phone by LG, a full touch screen mobile phone for the Japanese market, from June. The LG Prada has been redeveloped specifically for DOCOMO. Handset features include an intuitive, full-size touch screen with vibration touch to improve usability. This function activates whenever users touch screen...
