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...KEIJI TACHIKAWA spent over 35 years at stodgy Nippon Telegraph & Telephone before his career went wild and wireless. As CEO of NTT DOCOMO, NTT's previously obscure mobile-phone wing, he has overseen the success of i-mode, the mobile Internet service that set nearly 30 million pairs of Japanese thumbs tap-tap-tapping on hand-held keypads. Tachikawa, 62, has set up partnerships with Europeans and recently bought a 16% stake in AT&T Wireless. Both moves should serve DoCoMo well in its bid to promote "3g," the ultra-speedy, new-generation service that seeks to make cell phones...
...second 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...
...buttoned-down Japanese executive in his 60s is turning out to be the world's most successful mobile multimedia maven. Under Tachikawa's leadership NTT DoCoMo's wireless data service, i-mode, has put Japan - rather than Europe or the U.S. - at the forefront of the wireless Internet industry...
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...