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Yahoo Japan to enter telecom market

TOKYO, Japan - Manabu Miyasaka, president of Internet search engine Yahoo Japan Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 27, 2014. The company said it will expand into the telecommunications market by acquiring a major stake in telecom service provider eAccess Ltd, which is scheduled to absorb PHS carrier Willcom Inc. on June 1.

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Developer of TRON devises PHS to read bar codes

TOKYO, Japan - University of Tokyo Professor Ken Sakamura said Dec. 3 that he and his associates have developed what he claims is the world's first prototype personal handy-phone system (PHS) (shown) that gives information on products by reading bar codes attached to them.

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NTT DoCoMo develops wristwatch-style PHS mobile phone

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. said March 26 it has developed the world's first wristwatch-style personal handy-phone system (PHS) mobile phone (top). The WRISTOMO, whose name is a fusion of wrist and mobile, fits the user's wrist when folded and looks like a regular digital watch. When two buttons above and below the watch face are pressed, it opens up into a PHS handset (bottom L and R). The company will market the phone on the Internet, possibly in April for between 30,000 yen and 40,000 yen.

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Mitsubishi Electric devises IP cell phone technology

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said Sept. 25 it has developed an Internet protocol (IP)-based mobile phone technology combining wireless local area network (LAN) communications and personal handy-phone system (PHS) technologies. The new technology will enable inexpensive mobile phone services, it said.

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Wristwatch-shaped PHS developed

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) has developed a small wristwatch-shaped personal handy-phone system (PHS) which incorporates a low power-consumed large-scale integration (LSI). The product weighs 45 grams.

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Mitsubishi Electric devises IP cell phone technology

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said Sept. 25 it has developed an Internet protocol (IP)-based mobile phone technology combining wireless local area network (LAN) communications and personal handy-phone system (PHS) technologies. The new technology will enable inexpensive mobile phone services, it said. (Kyodo)

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NTT DoCoMo develops wristwatch-style PHS mobile phone

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. said March 26 it has developed the world's first wristwatch-style personal handy-phone system (PHS) mobile phone (top). The WRISTOMO, whose name is a fusion of wrist and mobile, fits the user's wrist when folded and looks like a regular digital watch. When two buttons above and below the watch face are pressed, it opens up into a PHS handset (bottom L and R). The company will market the phone on the Internet, possibly in April for between 30,000 yen and 40,000 yen. (Kyodo)

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Developer of TRON devises PHS to read bar codes

TOKYO, Japan - University of Tokyo Professor Ken Sakamura said Dec. 3 that he and his associates have developed what he claims is the world's first prototype personal handy-phone system (PHS) (shown) that gives information on products by reading bar codes attached to them.

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NTT DoCoMo to begin music download service via PHS

TOKYO, Japan - Handout photo shows a personal handy-phone unit unveiled Jan. 5 by NTT DoCoMo Inc. Japan's biggest mobile phone operator said it will begin a nationwide music download service via the system on Jan. 15.

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NTT DoCoMo to distribute video content via PHS

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the personal handy-phone system (PHS) unit ''eggy'' of NTT DoCoMo Inc. through which the company will start distributing video content such as news and entertainment information Dec. 8. NTT DoCoMo said it will be the world's first video content distribution service using mobile phones.

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Wristwatch-shaped PHS developed

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) has developed a small wristwatch-shaped personal handy-phone system (PHS) which incorporates a low power-consumed large-scale integration (LSI). The product weighs 45 grams.