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NewsGizmoz scores $6.5 million in Series B
Social expression and user-generated media service Gizmoz announced the completion of a $6.5 million Series B financing round led by DoCoMo Capital, with additional funding from ngi capital, Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Minor threat?
How Japan's proposed mobile content filtering legislation may derail social networking and off-deck services. Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: A novel idea
Inside Japan's 'keitai shosetsu' books-on-mobile phenomenon. Article Read more...
Napster Mobile goes live on KDDIDigital music download service provider Napster Mobile announced a partnership with Japan's second largest mobile network operator KDDI. Napster Mobile will make available over-the-air full-track Read more... Metric: Japan, Korea lead in multimedia phonesMobile users in Japan and South Korea lead the world in the adoption of multimedia-capable phones, according to an ABI Research report. About 14 percent of phones in the Korean market today Read more... Japan's mobile music market slowing?Full song music downloads via mobile was a shining star in Japan when KDDI launched the oft-quoted Chaku-Uta Full Service, but data from the Recording Industry of Japan shows the growth rate may Read more... Japanese m-content sector doublesA report from Japanese business site Tech On claims that Japan's mobile industry has grown to €4.9 billion over the past year, a 39 percent increase. The report claims the increase was Read more... Report: Japan, US to lead mobile TVAccording to a recent report from Juniper Research, Japan will generate $2.9 billion of the predicted $11.7 billion worldwide mobile TV market in 2010, while the U.S. will pull in a hefty $1.8 Read more... Japan: More mobile Internet users than PCAccording to a recent government report, Japan claims it had 69.2 million people accessing the Internet from mobile devices compared to 66 million conventional PC users in 2005. An estimated 48.6 Read more... ALSO NOTED: Bacardi launches mobile content; Motorola studies impact of 3G; and much more...> Bacardi is set to launch an online and mobile radio station in May that it will fund entirely. Read more... | Press ReleasesPress Release: Alcatel-Lucent Invited by SOFTBANK MOBILE to Trial Femto BSR In-Building Mobile Access Solution in JapanAlcatel-Lucent Invited by SOFTBANK MOBILE to Trial Femto BSR In-Building Mobile Access Solution in Japan PARIS, July 30 -- Alcatel-Lucent today announced that its Femto Base Station Router (BSR) was Read more... Press Release: NTT DoCoMo to Support AT&T's 3G Network Deployment in HawaiiNTT DoCoMo to Support AT&T's 3G Network Deployment in Hawaii TOKYO, July 12 -- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that on July 11 (local time) it agreed with the wireless unit of AT&T Inc., the Read more... Press Release: Napster Over-The-Air Music Subscription Service Now Available Across Extensive New Line of DoCoMo Phones in JapanNapster Over-The-Air Music Subscription Service Now Available Across Extensive New Line of DoCoMo Mobile Phones in Japan LOS ANGELES, July 12 -- Napster confirmed today that the company's unlimited Read more... |