Word: docomo
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...half of 2002. He believes that 20% to 25% of Vodafone's service revenues will be derived from mobile data by 2004. Analysts say Japan is a good place to gain experience with next-generation wireless technology and data services. But the latest deal pits Vodafone directly against NTT DoCoMo, which has already captured nearly 60% of the Japanese market and has global ambitions...
Keiji Tachikawa NTT DoCoMo President and CEO 62, Japanese www.nttdocomo.com...
...problem, according to a shamefaced DoCoMo, is that the software for the system is full of bugs. Worse: no one really knows whether consumers even want 3G. An intermediate system, 2.5G, is in service in four countries, offering speedy, "always on" Net connections. But few manufacturers make souped-up handsets and the networks are idle?while the world continues to simply talk on their cell phones. Will 3G be greeted with a similar yawn? DoCoMo is putting on a brave face, insisting it will be the first 3G provider on the planet. Its big competitor these days: the Isle...
...less than it does in the U.S. Another reason for the superiority of European and Japanese mobile telephony is better transmission standards. The Europe-wide GSM standard has long allowed a range of uses that are only just becoming widely available in the U.S.; the Japanese firm NTT DoCoMo, with its i-mode technology, has made mobile Internet access available to millions. But there's more to it than that...
Though telecom companies in Europe and Asia have paid dearly for 3G licenses, the whole mobile revolution looks further off than once seemed likely. The Financial Times recently reported that only two of the 11 manufacturers with whom NTT DoCoMo had signed contracts for 3G handsets would be ready for a scheduled launch of the service in May. Meanwhile, manufacturers like Ericsson, Motorola and Siemens are scaling back their projections for today's mobile phones, never mind tomorrow's; Ericsson's shares tumbled to a 17-month low after the company said that it expected handset sales to be considerably...