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Articles tagged with: Docomo and Lte
Japanese Developers Pushing Ahead with LTE Mobile-Terminal Platform
Japan's docomo, NEC, Panasonic Mobile and Fujitsu have announced that they are making progress with their joint development of "LTE-PF", a mobile-terminal platform based on LTE networks. more
Related Tags: nec, panasonic-mobile, fujitsu, chipset
Japanese Networks Announce LTE Upgrade Plans
Japan's docomo is reported to be planning an investment of ¥ 343 billion (US$3.4 billion) for the investment, while KDDI and Softbank Mobile have budgeted ¥ 515 billion and ¥207.3 billion, respectively. According to the Nikkei newspaper, among the four, LTE services are forecast to attract around 36 million subscribers, with docomo projecting 17.74 million LTE customers. more
Related Tags: kddi, softbank-mobile, Japan
Japanese Operators Planning $10 Billion Spend on LTE Upgrades
The four Japanese mobile phone networks are expected to collectively spend one trillion yes (US$10 billion) over the next five years on so-called 3.9G based network upgrades, reported Bloomberg News, citing the local Nikkei newspaper. more
Related Tags: emobile, kddi, softbank-mobile, softbank, Japan
Mobile Phones Get Smarter at CTIA with Touch Screen Tech
This month's International CTIA Wireless 2009 event in Las Vegas showcased in the mobile handset's industry increasing focus on smart phones, as illustrated by prevalence of announcements related to touch-screen technology, according to iSuppli. more
Related Tags: android, google, sony-ericsson, , wi-fi, microsoft, nokia, sim, iphone, samsung, wimax, apple, isuppli, sprint-nextel, gps, tim, wind, ericsson, ovi, palm, blackberry, rim, sony, kyocera, mobile-internet, touch-screen, navteq, sprint, nextel, smart, windows, las-vegas, ctia, kyocera-wireless
DoCoMo Demos Mobile Downloads at 120Mbps using LTE Test Network
Fujitsu has announced that, in collaboration with NTT docomo, they have conducted successful field testing for Long-term Evolution (LTE), using 4x4 MIMO technology. The testing took place in the Special Ubiquitous Zone, an area of the northern Japanese city of Sapporo in Hokkaido, designated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in 2008 as a wireless communications testing area, and used prototypes of the wireless LTE base stations developed jointly by NTT docomo, Fujitsu and Fujitsu Laboratories which, with the use of MIMO technology, resulted in high-speed wireless transmissions in the range of 120 Mbps (using 10 MHz bandwidth) in Sapporo's urban environment. more
Related Tags: base-station, fujitsu, mimo, base-stations, testing, bandwidth, Japan
DoCoMo to Shut-Down its 2G Network
Japan's docomo has announced that it will shut-down its 2G mova service (including car phone and Pre-Call prepaid services), as well as its 2G DoPa packet communication service at the end of March 2012. Associated services and related billing plans will also be terminated at the same time. more
DoCoMo Produces Mobile Chipset Supporting 100 Mbps Mobile Data Download Speeds
Japan's docomo says it has successfully developed a trial large-scale-integration (LSI) chip that consumes less than 0.04 W of power yet supports multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) signal detection and decoding for downlink transmissions at 100 Mbps, the speed required for LTE networks. more
Related Tags: mimo, bandwidth, Japan
Fujitsu and Nokia Siemens to Develop Japanese LTE Network
Fujitsu and Nokia Siemens Networks have agreed to cooperate on jointly developing the Service Architecture Evolution (SAE) Gateway, including the Serving Gateway and the PDN Gateway, for the Super 3G projectÃ's Long Term Evolution (LTE) core on behalf of Japan's NTT docomo. more
Related Tags: base-station, wimax, core-network, nokia-siemens-networks, fujitsu, nec, wimax,, siemens, Japan
121 Million Mobile Users in Japan by 2011
A new report from the ROA Group says that the number of mobile users in Japan will increase to 121 million by 2011 and the penetration rate in the Japanese market will grow to 95.4% by 2011. more
Related Tags: wimax, mobile-wimax, softbank, kddi, long-term-evolution, Japan
Fujitsu Wins LTE Supply Contract from Japan's DoCoMo
Fujitsu has been selected by Japan's NTT docomo to be a supplier of core network systems for the carrier's next-generation Super 3G - LTE based - network. more
Related Tags: base-station, fujitsu, nec, base-stations, ims, siemens, long-term-evolution, handover, Japan