Japan Computer Industry Scan articles from June 2005

Japan Computer Industry Scan archives from June 2005

Softbank Investment to start credit card business.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... TOKYO, June 1 Kyodo Softbank Investment Corp. established a wholly owned company Wednesday to provide credit card-related services to customers of group financial firms, the company said. As part of the services, the new company, SBI...

3RD LD: Yahoo Japan to launch securities brokerage services.
June 6, 2005... TOKYO, June 1 Kyodo (EDS: ADDING INFO AT 6TH GRAF) Yahoo Japan Corp. has agreed with Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. and E*Trade Securities Co. on a tie-up to launch securities brokerage services as early as August, the two brokerage...

Yoshimoto Kogyo, Intel tie up on content production.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... TOKYO, June 1 Kyodo Entertainment firm Yoshimoto Kogyo Co. and Intel Corp. of the United States said Wednesday they have agreed to cooperate in the business of producing content for digital home appliances and personal computers. The...

Subscribers to NTT East's high-speed broadband service top 1 million.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... TOKYO, June 1 Kyodo NTT East Corp. said Wednesday the number of subscribers to its B FLET'S high-speed Internet connection service via optical fiber topped 1 million at the end of May in the 46 months since its launch. The number has...

Dainippon Screen to acquire British printer maker for 6 billion yen.(Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... KYOTO, June 2 Kyodo Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co. said Thursday it will purchase all shares in British printer maker Inca Digital Printers Ltd. for about 6 billion yen to enter the inkjet printing business market. By making the...

Kyocera demonstrates new high-speed wireless communication system.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... TOKYO, June 2 Kyodo Kyocera Corp. demonstrated on Thursday a new wireless broadband system featuring high-speed multi-access communications even when there are many concurrent users. The iBurst communication system boasts a stable...

PlayStation 2 shipments top 90 mil. units.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... TOKYO, June 3 Kyodo Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. said Friday global shipments of its PlayStation 2 home game machine exceeded 90 million units Thursday in 63 months from its launch in Japan in March 2000. The PlayStation 2...

NEC to set up joint venture in India to develop software.
June 6, 2005... NEW DELHI, June 3 Kyodo Japanese high-tech firm NEC Corp. and HCL Technologies Ltd., an Indian technology product and services company, said Friday they have agreed to establish a joint venture later this year to develop software. The...

IP Mobile taps several firms for funds to enter cellphone business.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... TOKYO, June 4 Kyodo IP Mobile Inc., a data communications startup, has asked several firms for fresh capital to help it enter the cellphone business, company officials said Saturday. IP Mobile, which is looking to obtain a frequency...

Nintendo to set up 1,000 free wireless LAN centers for games.(local area network, Nintendo Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... OSAKA, June 7 Kyodo Nintendo Co. said Tuesday it will create some 1,000 locations by the end of this year in Japan where users of its game consoles can play games via the Internet for free. More than 90 percent of users of playable...

Seiko Epson to use Sarnoff's anti-electrostatic technology.(Sarnoff Europe bvba, agreement)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... TOKYO, June 8 Kyodo Seiko Epson Corp. said Wednesday it has signed a licensing agreement with Sarnoff Europe bvba of Belgium to use its electrostatic discharge protection technology for developing high-voltage semiconductors for use in...

IP phones have more subscribers than ISDN.(integrated services digital network)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... TOKYO, June 8 Kyodo Internet protocol telephony services expanded sharply in Japan in fiscal 2004 to last March 31, with subscriber numbers topping those of integrated services digital networks at the end of the year, according to...

Matsushita to release Blu-ray DVD drive for PCs.(Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2005... OSAKA, June 11 Kyodo Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. is set to release new DVD drives for personal computers in compliance with the Blu-ray format, a move that will mark a rupture in negotiations to unify the two competing...