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Latest Telecoms News from Japan
Panasonic begins tender offer for Sanyo takeover
Panasonic said Thursday it has begun a tender offer to take over smaller rival Sanyo Electric for an estimated $4.4 billion, moving closer to create one of the world's biggest electronics makers....
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Japan tech giants slump as SKorean rivals rebound
Asia's technology giants are showing mixed signs of recovery, with Japan's electronics makers set to languish in the red this year while South Korean companies rebound sharply from a global industry slump....
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Toshiba Launches Direct Methanol Fuel Cell for Mobile Phones
Toshiba has announced the launch of its first direct methanol fuel-cell product for mobile phones - the Dynario. ...
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KDDI Quarterly Profits Drop 25%
Japanese mobile network operator, KDDI Corp has reported a 25% drop in its fiscal second quarter results. The quarterly net profit was Y58.87 billion, down from Y78.66 billion in the same period a year ago. ...
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Twitter launches Japanese mobile site
The popular microblogging service on Thursday launched a Japan-based mobile version, hoping to penetrate a country where other U.S. social networking sites including Facebook and MySpace have failed to capture much ground....
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NTU team studies world's fastest satellite Internet connection
In disaster-struck areas where terrestrial communications may be down, the deployment of rescue teams becomes extremely challenging....
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Qualcomm Ordered to Amend Japanese Patent Licenses
Qualcomm has confirmed that the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has issued an order relating to its license agreements with Japanese manufacturers....
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DoCoMo Shows Off Concept Phone Made from Wood
Japan's NTT DoCoMo says that it has developed a mobile phone prototype made with the surplus wood of trees culled during thinning operations to maintain healthy forests. ...
Softbank still leading Japanese market for annual net additions
The total Japanese customer base was up 0.37m in August to 109.27m. Annual growth stood at 4.6%, down from 5.6% a year earlier....
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NEC, Casio and Hitachi to Merge Handset Manufacturing Divisions
Three Japanese companies, NEC, Casio and Hitachi have announced plans to merge their respective mobile phone divisions into a single joint-venture....
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