NTT DoCoMo Buys 51% Stake in Japan’s 4th Largest Informercial Company

Japan’s largest cellphone career, NTT DoCoMo announced it has agreed to  buy 51% stake for approx. USD310M in the country’s 4th largest TV infomercial company based in Nagoya, Oak Lawn Marketing(OLM). OLM was co-founded by a Chicagoese and university graduate who visited Nagoya in 1989.   The company is best known for selling a German stain remover… Continue reading NTT DoCoMo Buys 51% Stake in Japan’s 4th Largest Informercial Company

NTT DoCoMo Halted Brand-New BlackBerry Sales, While Sankei Keeps Distributing Its 1st Newspaper App For The Phone

Japan’s largest mobile operator NTT DoCoMo started selling the brand-new smartphone BlackBerry Bold (BBB) from Research In Motion(RIM) recently, but the operator halted[J] sales after only a week since its introduction, because the handset has reportedly overheated while the battery is being recharged. By the way, we covered a couple of  stories about newspaper apps… Continue reading NTT DoCoMo Halted Brand-New BlackBerry Sales, While Sankei Keeps Distributing Its 1st Newspaper App For The Phone

NTT Docomo provides high-speed cellularphone-web at home

NTT Docomo announced that they will start a new internet connection service “Home U” in June, which enables WiFi web access from cellularphone at home. With the latest cellphone type N906iL(nicknamed: “onefone”), which has not only data access over cellphone but also WiFi access feature, user can access their favorite cellularphone websites at maximum 54Mbps… Continue reading NTT Docomo provides high-speed cellularphone-web at home