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Vodafone to promote shift to 3G mobile phone handsets

TOKYO, Japan - Vodafone K.K. President Shiro Tsuda speaks at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 22. Tsuda said that the Japanese unit of British mobile phone service company Vodafone Group PLC will encourage its customers to shift to third-generation handsets for faster data communications. ''Vodafone will offer its last 2G handset next year and no more 2G later,'' Tsuda said in an interview with Kyodo News.

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Demand for inexpensive smartphones growing in India

MUMBAI, India - A large number of inexpensive smartphone models are displayed at a discount electronics store in the western Indian city of Mumbai amid growing demand for cheap handsets made by domestic and Chinese manufacturers.

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Over 220 iPhone 5 handsets stolen in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows an "au" mobile phone retail outlet in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 21, 2012, where 33 handsets of the iPhone 5 have been stolen. More than 220 iPhone 5 handsets were stolen from outlets in western Japan prior to the launch of the popular Apple Inc. smartphone model on the morning of Sept. 21, police said.

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Softbank Mobile allocated coveted radio frequency band

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Mobile Corp. Chairman & CEO Masayoshi Son smiles in Tokyo on March 1, 2012, as he holds a document certifying that the government has allocated to his company the coveted 900-megahertz radio frequency band to improve the signal reception for its handsets in Japan.

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Softbank unveils new cellphone handsets

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Son, president of Softbank Mobile Corp., unveils 13 new cellphone handsets to be released by the company, nine of which will be Twitter-capable, during a presentation at a hotel in Tokyo on May 18, 2010. Son said, ''The Twitter function will enable cellphone users to communicate with people around the world simultaneously.''

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NTT Docomo unveils new cellphone handsets

TOKYO, Japan - Product demonstrators show two of NTT Docomo Inc.'s new smartphones during a presentation at a hotel in Tokyo on May 18, 2010. NTT Docomo will release 20 types of cellphone handsets, including three smartphones, in stages from late May.

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KDDI to release 2 smartphone models in June

TOKYO, Japan - A presenter shows one of the two smartphone handsets KDDI Corp. will release in early June or later at a Tokyo hotel on March 30, 2010. The provider of the ''au'' mobile phone service is aiming to catch up with its rivals in the area of smartphone services.

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KDDI unveils summer mobile lineup with hi-vision movie camera

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Onodera, president of KDDI Corp., the operator of the ''au'' brand mobile phone service, holds up two of the company's new mobile handsets during a press conference in Tokyo on May 25. Onedera unveiled KDDI's summer lineup of 13 mobile handsets featuring its first hi-vision camera for recording moving images and a player for reading electronic novels.

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DoCoMo unveils winter lineup of new cellphone handsets

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. President Masao Nakamura unveils a new ''905i'' line of mobile phone handsets at a Tokyo retail store on Nov. 26, most of which are based on the world's most popular GSM standard and can be used in about 154 countries.

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Sales of Windows Mobile phones to top 1 mil. units in Japan in 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Microsoft Co. President Darren Huston speaks on Microsoft Corp.'s business strategy at a press conference in Tokyo on July 9. He said that Microsoft Corp.'s technologies will penetrate further in Japan on the back of rising demand for wireless handsets with personal digital assistant capabilities. He said its local unit, Microsoft Co., is anticipating this year's domestic sales of Windows Mobile phones to top 1 million units.

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NTT DoCoMo unveils 5 handsets with 2 phone numbers apiece

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. unveils five new mobile handset models featuring the capability to communicate with phone partners via two different dial numbers and as many e-mail addresses apiece at a press conference in Tokyo on April 23. The handsets, which will hit store shelves from May to June, also brandish the capability to download any number of songs via the Internet for a fixed monthly fee.

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NTT DoCoMo, McDonald's ally for e-marketing

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. President Masao Nakamura (L) and McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) President Eiko Harada seal a deal in Tokyo on Feb. 26 on credit settlement services that will allow customers to use DoDoCo handsets with mobile-phone credit card functions at McDonald's 3,800 stores throughout Japan, starting in October.

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KDDI to keep marketing masses of handsets to win 30% share

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Onodera, president and chairman of KDDI Corp., speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Jan. 26.

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NTT DoCoMo, M'bishi Electric to recall cellphone battery packs

TOKYO, Japan - Kunio Ishikawa (R), vice president of NTT DoCoMo Inc., and Yoshifumi Ito, vice president of Mitsubishi Electric Corp., speak to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 7 about a recall of battery packs used in Mitsubishi-made FOMA D902i cellphone handsets for NTT DoCoMo's FOMA mobile phone services.

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Softbank to launch 15 new mobile phone models by year-end

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28 to introduce 15 new mobile phone models in 64 different colors which his company will launch by the end of this year with special focus on the slimness of handsets and easy Internet surfing. He said the company is hoping to grab a bigger slice of Japan's nearly saturated cellphone market.

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NEC, Matsushita to form joint venture for cellphone development

TOKYO, Japan - Kaoru Yano (L), president of NEC Corp., and Fumio Otsubo, president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on July 27. They announced that the two companies will establish an equally owned joint venture for the development of new handsets in early October.

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New KDDI handsets offer oral access to navigation service

TOKYO, Japan - KDDI Corp. said Jan. 12 it will introduce three new handsets for its ''au'' mobile phone service in February which will enable users to orally use the ''EZ Navi Walk'' navigation service. The handsets eliminate the troublesome process of inputting information for a search location, such as its address and phone number, by pushing keys on a handset, KDDI said.

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NTT DoCoMo's new cell phones used as walkie-talkies

TOKYO, Japan - Models holds up NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s new 902i series of 3G FOMA mobile phone handsets during a presentation in Tokyo on Oct. 19. The series is equipped with ''Push Talk'' walkie-talkie-style communication service, which will allow phones to be used like walkie-talkies for simultaneous, one-way communication from one 902i user to as many as four other 902i users.

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KDDI cellphones to be used to pay fares at JR East stations

TOKYO, Japan - A model demonstrates how a mobile phone handset is used to pay train fares at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on July 11. Subscribers to KDDI Corp.'s ''au'' mobile phone service will be able to pay train fares with their handsets at East Japan Railway Co. stations starting in January 2006, the two companies said. JR East will allow its Suica electronic train fare card functions to be installed on Internet-capable mobile phone handsets for use with KDDI's EZ FeliCa service to be launched in September in combination with Sony Corp.'s FeliCa contactless integrated-circuit card technology.

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KDDI to release new 3G handsets, including video cellphones

TOKYO, Japan - KDDI Corp. said May 23 it will release five new handsets for third-generation mobile phone services, including video cellphones, from mid-June. The five handsets for KDDI's ''au'' service include the W32SA and the A5511T that can be used to watch TV programs.

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NTT DoCoMo to introduce 5 new mobile handsets in June

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. said May 17 it will launch five new handsets in June for its FOMA third-generation mobile phone services. The new 901iS series will feature electronic money services and allow users to browse document files and switch to the television-mode during a voice call. Each model is expected to sell for around 35,000 yen.

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JR East to allow passengers to pay fares through cellphones

TOKYO, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. said Feb. 22 that starting next January railway passengers will be able to pay fares by using mobile phone handsets equipped with its Suica electronic train fare cards.

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NTT DoCoMo launches lightest 3G FOMA mobile handset

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. launched nationwide sales on Feb. 4 of its new third-generation FOMA mobile phones weighing only 104 grams, the lightest among FOMA handsets, the company said. Users of the phone, P901i 3G FOMA, can customize colors and designs with the purchase of ''custom jackets'' that can be installed on the handsets. The phone sells for around 35,000 yen.

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(1)NTT DoCoMo to launch 5 new 3G FOMA mobile phone models

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Kyoko Hasegawa (L) and actor Kenji Sakaguchi hold new models for the 901i series of 3G FOMA mobile phone handsets unveiled by NTT DoCoMo Inc. at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 17.

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(2)NTT DoCoMo to launch 5 new 3G FOMA mobile phone models

TOKYO, Japan - Five new models for the 901i series of 3G FOMA mobile phone handsets unveiled by NTT DoCoMo Inc. on Nov. 17 feature an enhanced audio system. The company will market one model, the SH901iC, in Japan on Nov. 26 with other models to follow. The new series features a surround-type 3D audio system for ringing-tones, i-appli games and other applications, with twin speakers, NTT DoCoMo.

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NTT DoCoMo to launch mobile phones equipped with IC cards in July

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. said June 16 it will release in early July four mobile phone models equipped with integrated circuit cards to enable the handsets to function as a train ticket, electronic money and ID card. A customer in this photo demonstrates its use for payment at a checkout counter.

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Mitsubishi to sell device for replaying video on handsets

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Plastics will put on the market at the end of June a device that can easily record television programs in memory cards for replay on mobile phone displays. The pyramid-shape recording device (photo), measuring 11.5 centimeters by 11.5 cm by 7.3 cm, can be connected with a TV or a videocassette recorder by a cable.

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NTT DoCoMo to begin tests on electronic money for handsets

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. said Dec. 15 it will start tests Dec. 17 on new services that will enable ''i-mode'' mobile phone users to shop using electronic-money as shown in photo.

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NEC to boost shipments of mobile handsets abroad

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. President Akinobu Kanasug announces a mid-term business plan at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 30. The plan aims to boost annual shipments of mobile handsets for overseas markets to 12.5 million units.

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Shopping system based on camera-equipped mobile phones devised

TOKYO, Japan - Venture business Mediastick Inc. said July 23 it has developed a system enabling users of camera-equipped mobile phones to place orders for merchandise merely by holding their handsets over a newspaper ad or TV commercial for the product concerned. A mobile phone camera (in photo) recognizes the ads' ''two-dimensional codes'' (located at top right of each ad) that identify merchandise advertised on TV or in newspapers.

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DoCoMo handset photos match quality of digital camera's

TOKYO, Japan - Women hold up NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s new Internet-capable mobile phone handsets at a hotel in Tokyo on April 8. The new ''505i'' series of handsets, which will hit the market in early May, can take pictures consisting of up to 1.3 megapixels, more than four times the 300,000 pixels that can be taken with conventional camera-equipped handsets.

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NTT-ME to start cut-rate IP phone service for ADSL subscribers

TOKYO, Japan - NTT-ME Corp., a Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. arm, said June 28 it will offer a new type of Internet-based phone service for subscribers of the NTT group's asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) service without charging them for the length of phone calls, starting in September. Those ADSL subscribers will be asked to pay only a monthly basic fee of some 1,100 yen if the subscribers talk to each other through compact phone handsets connected to personal computers.

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NTT DoCoMo launches 3G mobile service

TOKYO, Japan - A woman shows a new mobile phone able to subscribe to the third-generation (3G) mobile phone service launched in Tokyo by NTT DoCoMo Inc. on Oct. 1. The service enables the downloading of video images and high-speed Internet access six to 40 times faster than the current Internet-capable i-mode handsets.

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Matsushita group, NEC tie up on W-CDMA mobile phones

TOKYO, Japan - Kunio Nakamura (C), president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., and Koji Nishigaki (2nd from R), president of NEC Corp., shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21 before announcing their alliance to develop Internet-capable third-generation (3G) mobile phones. The two companies, along with Matsushita Communication Industrial Co, agreed on the tie-up to bolster global competitiveness of mobile phone handsets based on the advanced data transmission technology called the W-CDMA.

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NTT DoCoMo begins trial 3G cell phone service

TOKYO, Japan - An NTT DoCoMo Inc. employee holds a new handset on which Japan's largest mobile phone operator began trial third-generation (3G) mobile phone services in the Tokyo metropolitan area May 30. The world's first 3G mobile phone service to collect phone charges involves the free distribution of 4,500 handsets to participants in the trial to last till Sept. 30 in Tokyo's 23 wards and limited areas in Yokohama and Kawasaki, both Kanagawa Prefecture.

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Certification logo mark of the Reuse Mobile Related Guidelines Study Group

The Reuse Mobile Related Guidelines Study Group (chaired by Hamakazu Awazu, chairman of Reuse Mobile Japan (RMJ)), established by industry groups for used smartphones and smartphone repair, has formulated a revised set of guidelines to help consumers purchase used smartphones with peace of mind. The ban on SIM unlocking of used smartphones was also lifted, but Mr. Awazu said, "So far, there has been no noticeable movement. There is also the issue that many of the used phones collected by the major cell phone companies are leaked overseas; sales of used cell phones by RMJ regular member companies in FY2006 were down 60,000 units from the previous year to about 1.35 million. In order for more handsets to be distributed in the domestic market, measures other than quality assurance that can compete with the purchase subsidies of major cell phone companies are required. (= November 28, 2019, photo credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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(2)NTT DoCoMo to launch 5 new 3G FOMA mobile phone models

TOKYO, Japan - Five new models for the 901i series of 3G FOMA mobile phone handsets unveiled by NTT DoCoMo Inc. on Nov. 17 feature an enhanced audio system. The company will market one model, the SH901iC, in Japan on Nov. 26 with other models to follow. The new series features a surround-type 3D audio system for ringing-tones, i-appli games and other applications, with twin speakers, NTT DoCoMo. (Kyodo)

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(1)NTT DoCoMo to launch 5 new 3G FOMA mobile phone models

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Kyoko Hasegawa (L) and actor Kenji Sakaguchi hold new models for the 901i series of 3G FOMA mobile phone handsets unveiled by NTT DoCoMo Inc. at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 17. (Kyodo)

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NTT DoCoMo launches lightest 3G FOMA mobile handset

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. launched nationwide sales on Feb. 4 of its new third-generation FOMA mobile phones weighing only 104 grams, the lightest among FOMA handsets, the company said. Users of the phone, P901i 3G FOMA, can customize colors and designs with the purchase of ''custom jackets'' that can be installed on the handsets. The phone sells for around 35,000 yen. (Kyodo)

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KDDI to release new 3G handsets, including video cellphones

TOKYO, Japan - KDDI Corp. said May 23 it will release five new handsets for third-generation mobile phone services, including video cellphones, from mid-June. The five handsets for KDDI's ''au'' service include the W32SA and the A5511T that can be used to watch TV programs. (Kyodo)

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NEC, Matsushita to form joint venture for cellphone development

TOKYO, Japan - Kaoru Yano (L), president of NEC Corp., and Fumio Otsubo, president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on July 27. They announced that the two companies will establish an equally owned joint venture for the development of new handsets in early October. (Kyodo)

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Softbank to launch 15 new mobile phone models by year-end

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28 to introduce 15 new mobile phone models in 64 different colors which his company will launch by the end of this year with special focus on the slimness of handsets and easy Internet surfing. He said the company is hoping to grab a bigger slice of Japan's nearly saturated cellphone market. (Kyodo)

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NTT DoCoMo, M'bishi Electric to recall cellphone battery packs

TOKYO, Japan - Kunio Ishikawa (R), vice president of NTT DoCoMo Inc., and Yoshifumi Ito, vice president of Mitsubishi Electric Corp., speak to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 7 about a recall of battery packs used in Mitsubishi-made FOMA D902i cellphone handsets for NTT DoCoMo's FOMA mobile phone services. (Kyodo)

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KDDI to keep marketing masses of handsets to win 30% share

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Onodera, president and chairman of KDDI Corp., speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Jan. 26. (Kyodo)

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NTT DoCoMo, McDonald's ally for e-marketing

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. President Masao Nakamura (L) and McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) President Eiko Harada seal a deal in Tokyo on Feb. 26 on credit settlement services that will allow customers to use DoDoCo handsets with mobile-phone credit card functions at McDonald's 3,800 stores throughout Japan, starting in October. (Kyodo)

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NTT DoCoMo unveils 5 handsets with 2 phone numbers apiece

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. unveils five new mobile handset models featuring the capability to communicate with phone partners via two different dial numbers and as many e-mail addresses apiece at a press conference in Tokyo on April 23. The handsets, which will hit store shelves from May to June, also brandish the capability to download any number of songs via the Internet for a fixed monthly fee. (Kyodo)

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Sales of Windows Mobile phones to top 1 mil. units in Japan in 2

TOKYO, Japan - Microsoft Co. President Darren Huston speaks on Microsoft Corp.'s business strategy at a press conference in Tokyo on July 9. He said that Microsoft Corp.'s technologies will penetrate further in Japan on the back of rising demand for wireless handsets with personal digital assistant capabilities. He said its local unit, Microsoft Co., is anticipating this year's domestic sales of Windows Mobile phones to top 1 million units. (Kyodo)

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DoCoMo unveils winter lineup of new cellphone handsets

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. President Masao Nakamura unveils a new ''905i'' line of mobile phone handsets at a Tokyo retail store on Nov. 26, most of which are based on the world's most popular GSM standard and can be used in about 154 countries. (Kyodo)

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Sharp cuts profit estimate on slack cellphone handset sales

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. Vice President Toshishige Hamano speaks during a news conference at a hotel in Osaka on Oct. 6. He said the company has revised downward its group net profit forecast for the current 2008 business year to 60 billion yen from an initial estimate of 105 billion yen due to sluggish sales of cellphone handsets. (Kyodo)

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NTT-ME to start cut-rate IP phone service for ADSL subscribers

TOKYO, Japan - NTT-ME Corp., a Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. arm, said June 28 it will offer a new type of Internet-based phone service for subscribers of the NTT group's asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) service without charging them for the length of phone calls, starting in September. Those ADSL subscribers will be asked to pay only a monthly basic fee of some 1,100 yen if the subscribers talk to each other through compact phone handsets connected to personal computers.