Stories about: DDi

TOKYO (08/09/2000) - The total number of mobile telephone subscriptions in Japan smashed through the 60 million mark during July as mobile Internet service users also passed 15 million, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and Telecommunication Carriers Association announced Tuesday.

Among hundreds of applicants, our judges found 50 intranet and 50 Internet sites that inspired them to keep clicking.

Japan's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications on Friday officially awarded licenses for next-generation cellular telephone services, clearing the way for the winners to begin building new networks.

Japan's three major telecommunications carriers were the only applicants for licenses to operate third generation mobile telecommunications services, the Japanese government has confirmed.

Japan's three major telecommunications carriers were the only applicants for licenses to operate third generation mobile telecommunications services, the Japanese government has confirmed.

New York-based Citigroup Inc. has begun a test of mobile telephones for e-commerce in Japan as a prelude to a global rollout of the technology.

Japan's cellular phone giant, NTT DoCoMo Inc., and the nation's largest ad agency, Dentsu, say they have created a joint venture to handle advertisements for DoCoMo's mega-hit mobile-phone Internet service, i-mode.

The Japanese government this month thought it had a really hot ticket: a giveaway of the kind of new wireless licences that other countries sell for billions of dollars. But when the application deadline arrived, surprisingly few takers had lined up for the free offer.

Qualcomm is planning to apply for a license to operate third generation mobile services in Japan if DDI, a leading local cellular operator, doesn't choose Qualcomm's CDMA2000 technology as the base for its service.

Japan ended March with 56.8 million mobile telephone service subscribers in March, according to data released today by the Telecommunications Carriers Association (TCA).

Three Japanese telecommunications carriers today signed a merger deal with hopes that their new company will be large enough to take on industry mammoth Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT).