Japan Computer Industry Scan articles from December 2007

Japan Computer Industry Scan archives from December 2007

Sales of Sony's new PSP top 1 mil. units 2 months after release.
December 1, 2007... TOKYO, Nov. 26 Kyodo Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. said Monday the number of its new slim and light PlayStation Portable handheld game players sold in Japan topped the 1 million mark as of Thursday, only two months after the product's...

Emobile to begin 'world's top-class' fast-speed mobile data service.
December 1, 2007... TOKYO, Nov. 26 Kyodo Emobile Ltd., a Japanese wireless communication newcomer, said Monday it will launch ''the world's most advanced'' flat-rate mobile data service allowing downloads at 7.2 megabits per second in December. This is...

Total sales of Nintendo DS game console in Japan top 20 mil.
December 1, 2007... TOKYO, Nov. 28 Kyodo The number of Nintendo Co.'s Nintendo DS portable game consoles sold in Japan has topped the 20 million mark about three years after they first hit the shelves in December 2004, a game magazine publisher said...

Nintendo allies with NTT to aim for Wii's increased Net connection.
December 1, 2007... TOKYO, Nov. 28 Kyodo Nintendo Co. said Wednesday it has struck a cooperation deal with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.'s two regional carriers in an attempt to increase the number of people in Japan connecting its hugely popular...

Rakuten on verge of buying biggest marriage broker OMMG.
December 1, 2007... TOKYO, Nov. 29 Kyodo Major online shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc. has entered the final phase of talks to buy OMMG Inc., the operator of the nation's biggest matchmaking service O-net, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday....

Sony, others plan joint venture to promote FeliCa card business.
December 1, 2007... TOKYO, Nov. 29 Kyodo Sony Corp. and four other firms said Thursday they will form a joint venture around January to help small retailers, restaurants and entertainment firms in local economies devise sales promotion systems such as...

LEAD: Rakuten to enter Taiwanese online shopping market via tie-up.
December 1, 2007... TOKYO, Nov. 29 Kyodo (EDS: ADDING QUOTES FROM NEWS CONFERENCE) Rakuten Inc. said Thursday it will tap into the Taiwanese online shopping market next year by setting up a joint venture with President Chain Store Corp., Taiwan's...

Fujitsu, Oki to jointly devise next-generation ATM software.
December 8, 2007... TOKYO, Dec. 4 Kyodo Fujitsu Ltd. and Oki Electric Industry Co. said Tuesday they will jointly develop an industry standard for application software for automated teller machines. The next-generation ATM software will be managed on a...

Softbank Mobile to begin 3G int'l roaming service in N. America.(Brief article)
December 8, 2007... TOKYO, Dec. 4 Kyodo Softbank Mobile Corp. said Tuesday it will begin international roaming services using third-generation mobile phones in the United States and Canada on Dec. 18. The new service will be initially available on X01HT...

Benesse, P&G Japan ally in sales promotion.
December 16, 2007... TOKYO, Dec. 11 Kyodo Benesse Corp. and Procter & Gamble Japan K.K. announced Tuesday a business tie-up to cooperate in the promotion of their products and services. P&G will use ''Shimajiro,'' a popular tiger character from Benesse's...

GMO Internet to ink capital tie-up with Yahoo Japan.
December 16, 2007... TOKYO, Dec. 12 Kyodo GMO Internet Inc. said Wednesday it will promote Internet-based advertising services for small and midsize companies under a business and capital tie-up with Yahoo Japan Corp., the biggest portal site operator in...

E-mail seen as lazy way to send new year greetings.
December 22, 2007... TOKYO, Dec. 17 Kyodo Only 12 percent of dot-com workers will send business-related new year cards by e-mail, as most are afraid they would be considered lazy for doing so, according to an Internet survey by a Tokyo-based career change...

No. of Japan's fiber-optic broadband service users tops 10 million.
December 22, 2007... TOKYO, Dec. 18 Kyodo The number of subscribers to fiber-optic broadband service in Japan as of Sept. 30 came to 10,518,000, up 818,000 from three months earlier and surpassing the 10 million mark for the first time, the communications...

LEAD: Gov't grants new wireless telecom licenses to KDDI-led group, Willcom.
December 22, 2007... TOKYO, Dec. 21 Kyodo (EDS: UPDATING, ADDING INFO) The government Friday granted licenses for next-generation high-speed wireless data communications services in Japan to a joint venture led by KDDI Corp. and personal handy-phone system...

No news available this week.
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