When you're in Japan, handset makers are fine-tuning their products to meet the high-tech needs of advanced Japanese mobile phone users. That being said, NTT DoCoMo announced it is working alongside LG to develop the new Prada phone. From what we can tell, aside from the 7.2Mbps HSDPA support, the device is pretty much the same [...]

Japan's NTT DoCoMo wireless carrier has taken to freshening up its brand with a new logo. In its push to change up its look, NTT DoCoMo has rolled out its more lower-case friendly  brand-logo. According to NTT DoCoMo (or is it NTT docomo now?), the new logo will go live on July 1 to usher [...]

Panasonic has announced the sale of it's 100 millionth Mobile phone in Japan. It has supplied devices to carriers including NTT DoCoMo, KDDI, and Softbank. Pansonic first began selling mobile comms terminals in 1979 - the first mobile phone being in 1987. Since then Panasonic has gone on to be Number 1 or Number 2 in [...]

LTE is really starting to stretch its legs as the high-speed mobile broadband standard that we knew it could always be. NTT DoCoMo reportedly just achieved "a downlink transmission rate of 250Mbps over a high-speed wireless network in an outdoor test of an experimental Super 3G system." Super 3G, also known as LTE (Long Term [...]

If you're like me, you're always eagerly waiting for the new product announcements coming from the leading Japanese mobile operators. They have the best phones in the world and it's unfortunate that we don't see many of those devices hitting markets outside of Japan. However, the advanced functionalities of Japanese phones are also an obstacle to [...]

You mean companies can sue for copyright infringement on the design of a particular handset? That must have been news to Toshiba, seeing as how they blatantly copied a RakuRaku handset made by Fujitsu. You see, the Toshiba Kandan Keitai 821T is an almost carbon-copy of the Fujitsu Foma RakuRaku Phone III, prompting NTT DoCoMo [...]

Wow, the Japanese handset market is really proving to be a tough nut to crack (a profit from, that is). With Sanyo's recent exit from the mobile phone business, and Mitsubishi's withdrawal from the handset game, it's clear that even Japan's larger handset makers are done with the grind that is the mobile phone industry. The [...]

We previously reported that the largest wireless operator in Japan has been in talks with Apple to bring the coveted iPhone to the island-nation’s NTT DoCoMo network. Well, today we get confirmation straight from NTT DoCoMo that Apple is indeed working with the Japanese network to bring those edgy-Japs a bit of minimalist-style. “It is true that Mr. Steve Jobs of Apple Inc. and our president (Masao) Nakamura held a meeting,” an NTT DoCoMo spokesman said in a statement to the Agence France-Presse ,. Unfortunately, NTT DoCoMo wasn’t all that forthcoming with information regarding the timing of the iPhone’s Japanese debut or even what Apple and NTT DoCoMo were talking about. Now, we are also hearing that Apple is in talks with another Japanese network operator, presumably to hedge their bets and make sure the iPhone makes it to Japan one way or another. Softbank Corp., Japans No. 3 carrier, has been rumored to have made business trips to Cupertino to discuss the iPhone exclusivity deals. Apple could be working both sides of the Japanese market to make sure they can land the revenue-sharing deal that’s turned the whole manufacturer-carrier model on its head. We’re not going to expect a Japanese iPhone launch before the middle of next year, perhaps in line with the Asian launch that we’re looking for in China. Ears to the ground, folks. Ears to the ground. [Via: Yahoo ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:NTT DoCoMo to carry iPhone in Japan?NTT DoCoMo to enter the fashion phone marketDoCoMo predicts the future; Preps to push video telephony, hologramsBlackberry 8707h now understands JapaneseChina Mobile negotiating with Apple to carry iPhone

File this under “we’ll wait and see,” but it seems Jobs&Co are in Japan negotiating with the leading carrier in the second-largest economy - NTT DoCoMo. According to the Wall Street Journal Asia , Steve has met with DoCoMo’s president, Masao Nakamur, and is currently pushing him to accept the revenue sharing deal. The story goes on suggesting The Steve is also in talks with Softbank in an unlikely case (according to WSJ) DoCoMo pulls out. We’ll see how this goes and whether Japanese can say no to Steve’s pitch… [Via: Engadget ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:NTT DoCoMo 3G FOMA subscribers exceed 40 million!NTT DoCoMo Simplifies Vocoders For Mobile Phones - Longer Battery Life To FollowNokia to provide a solution for NTT DoCoMo's "9 series" usersNTT DoCoMo releases Portable Battery ChargerNTT DoCoMo announced 6 new Symbian MOAP-based devices

It’s not everyday that we see new MVNO starting operations in Japan. That may be the reason we’ve found this article to be newsworthy… Anyway, one of Japan’s leading Internet-access and “comprehensive network solutions providers” Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ) has announced a deal with the leading mobile operator in the country, NTT DoCoMo, to become the first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) to use DoCoMo’s 3G network. IIJ’s idea is to pitch corporate customers with a “fast and secure net access everywhere” kind of proposal starting from January 2008. In addition, IIJ’s planning to provide comprehensive outsourcing services for mobile data communications, including mobile data-communications terminals, network and data-center management and system maintenance. Yap, they’ll rely on DoCoMo’s fast HSDPA network, until they implement something faster… [Via: FarEastGizmos ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:KDDI Busts Onto US MVNO Scene - KDDI Mobile To Launch In AprilGoogle to launch MVNO in UK?XE Mobile goes bye-bye - another MVNO goes belly upDisney Mobile to resurrect in Japan10 million Symbian OS phone shipped in Japan