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Rakuten Mobile to offer unlimited data plan for JPY 2,980

Published 03 Mar 2020 10:53 CET | Japan

Rakuten is currently offering its service free of charge for one year for around 3 million users. The unlimited data service will be available in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya ...

Japan Airlines adopts Viasat Aerodocs document management system

Published 03 Mar 2020 10:12 CET | Japan

Japan Airlines (JAL) has deployed Viasat's Aerodocs document management system to support the airline's safety and compliance objectives. The Aerodocs aviation-grade document ...

Rakuten Mobile, Altiostar to launch container-based 5G radio access network platform

Published 28 Feb 2020 08:48 CET | Japan, World

Altiostar announced that it's launching what it calls the world's first container-based, cloud-native 5G radio access network (RAN) software. The platform was created in ...

IP Infusion joins KDDI's Telecom Infra Project Community Lab in Tokyo

Published 27 Feb 2020 14:04 CET | Japan

IP Infusion, a provider of intelligent network software for telecom and data communications services, has announced it will participate in KDDI's Telecom Infra Project (TIP) ...

G+D Mobile Security equips Sharp's new mobile phone for kids with eSIM

Published 26 Feb 2020 17:44 CET | Japan

NTT Docomo launched the Kids Keitai SH-03M, a new mobile phone especially for children. The devices produced by Docomo and Sharp use eSIM technology from G+D Mobile Security ...

NTT Docomo taps Cisco for 5G mobile backhaul upgrade

Published 26 Feb 2020 14:37 CET | Japan

Japanese operator NTT Docomo has selected Cisco's Network Convergence System routers and segment routing technology for network slicing to upgraded its 5G mobile backhaul in ...

Cisco completes PoC to build a 5G SA network for KDDI

Published 26 Feb 2020 14:30 CET | Japan

Cisco has completed a proof of concept (PoC) with Japanese operator KDDI to build KDDI's 5G standalone (SA) network. As part of this trial, Cisco is demonstrating the ...

NTT, Palo Alto Networks expand strategic partnership

Published 26 Feb 2020 11:31 CET | Japan, World

NTT and Palo Alto Networks announced an expanded strategic partnership to offer a portfolio of intelligence-driven security products that will help clients minimise risk by ...

Rakuten Mobile picks Nokia to operate virtualised core network

Published 25 Feb 2020 11:42 CET | Japan

Nokia said that is has been selected to run MVNO Rakuten Mobile's virtualised core network. It said this will enable the implementation of a fully automated operations ...

Netflix teams up with six Japanese creators to make new anime originals

Published 25 Feb 2020 11:26 CET | Japan

Netflix partnered with six Japanese creators to create original anime shows for fans around the world, as part of the company's continued effort to build on its anime ...

Boku enters direct carrier billing partnership with AWA

Published 24 Feb 2020 11:14 CET | Japan

Boku celebrated the successful preferred partnership with AWA to allow AWA's Japanese customers to charge their recurring monthly subscription fees directly to their mobile ...

Nokia, KDDI complete 5G core standalone network trial

Published 20 Feb 2020 14:50 CET | Japan

Nokia and Japanese operator KDDI have completed a 5G core standalone (SA) network trial. The trial used Nokia's 5G AirGile cloud-native core service, and was conducted ...

KDDI, Ericsson demo 5G cloud-native CI/CD pipeline delivery

Published 20 Feb 2020 14:44 CET | Japan

Ericsson and Japanese operator KDDI have demonstrated cloud-native CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery) pipeline delivery for KDDI's standalone 5G Core network. ...

PayPay hits 25 mln registered users, extends m-payment service to nearly 2 mln locations

Published 20 Feb 2020 08:26 CET | Japan, World

M-payments platform PayPay, a joint venture between SoftBank and Yahoo Japan, has announced that the number of users registered to the PayPay smartphone payment service ...

Sky Perfect JSAT launches JCSAT-17 mobile satellite from Lockheed Martin

Published 19 Feb 2020 11:40 CET | Japan

Lockheed Martin announced the launch of its third satellite based on the LM 2100 bus. The satellite was launched from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana aboard an ...

Nokia, Odakyu Electric Railway collaborate on AI-based railroad crossing safety trials

Published 19 Feb 2020 10:11 CET | Japan

Odakyu Electric Railway announced that it's carrying out trials of Nokia's SpaceTime scene analytics in order to identify ways of enhancing rail crossing safety. With testing ...

SoftBank joins TM Forum

Published 18 Feb 2020 16:45 CET | Japan, World

TM Forum has announced the addition of Japanese operator SoftBank Corp to the industry association. The association said 70 new members joined at the end of last year, ...

Mitsubishi Electric completes new satellite production facility

Published 18 Feb 2020 16:38 CET | Japan

Mitsubishi Electric completed construction of a new facility for the production of satellites at the company's Kamakura Works in Kamakura, Japan. Together with existing ...

Radisys, KDDI start 5G collaboration with RAN slicing use case demo

Published 18 Feb 2020 15:48 CET | Japan

Radisys and KDDI Research have completed a demonstration of RAN slicing involving different traffic streams with different latency requirements on a single Radio Unit (RU) ...

Fujitsu secures Japan's first private 5G license

Published 18 Feb 2020 15:22 CET | Japan

Fujitsu has announced it was granted Japan's first private 5G radio station provisional license by the Kanto Bureau of Telecommunications. Fujitsu's private 5G license covers ...

Sharp unveils first 5G-ready smartphone in Japan

Published 18 Feb 2020 11:53 CET | Japan

Sharp unveiled its first 5G smartphone model, the Aquos R5G, during a news conference held in Japan's capital Tokyo on 17 February, writes the Japan Times. The move comes ...

Japan govt to offer loans, tax incentives for 5G, drone services developers

Published 18 Feb 2020 10:05 CET | Japan

The Japanese Cabinet has approved a bill to support companies developing secure 5G mobile networks and drone services. The decision follows increasing fears among Tokyo ...

NTT Data intros facial authentication, dynamic pricing at Catch&Go digital grocery stores

Published 17 Feb 2020 14:39 CET | Japan, World

IT services provider NTT Data has introduced Facial Authentication Shopping and Inventory-linked Dynamic Pricing at their experimental Catch&Go digital store. Catch&Go is a ...

NTT Docomo Ventures invests in Repro

Published 13 Feb 2020 16:55 CET | Japan

NTT Docomo Ventures, through a fund it operates, invested in Repro, the provider of the Repro customer engagement (CE) platform, which is designed to help companies build ...

Rakuten says base station roll-out ahead of schedule, pricing announcement planned for 3 March

Published 13 Feb 2020 12:23 CET | Japan

Rakuten announced it it is on track to launch 4G services in April and 5G services in June on its new mobile network under construction in Japan. Pricing for customers will ...

 

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