Monday, April 11, 2005
5 Million Chaku-Uta-Full downloads
KDDI/AU announced that 5 Millions Chaku-Uta-Full songs have been downloaded until April 3, 2005.
Download our 230 page analysis of KDDI/AU
Download our "mobile music" report
Note added: on June 15, 2005, KDDI reported 10 million Chaku-Uta-Full downloads...
Download our 230 page analysis of KDDI/AU
Download our "mobile music" report
Note added: on June 15, 2005, KDDI reported 10 million Chaku-Uta-Full downloads...
Briefing the President of Germany
Recently the President of Germany, Bundespraesident Horst Koehler (previously President of the International Monetary Fund - IMF), visited Japan to open the German Year in Japan.
At the beginning of the visit, on April 3, 2005, four experts briefed The President and about 30 German Leaders, Members of Parliament, the President of Germany's Industry Federation BDI, and other VIPs in a 2 1/2 hour long discussion about Japan's economy, politics, culture and technology sectors and their impact on Germany.
The author of this blog was briefed the President of Germany on Japan's technology sector and impact on Germany. The write-up of this presentation was handed out to participants and after the briefing to the Press. If you are interested, you can download the presentation here:
Presentation in Japan's Technology sector to the President of Germany (April 3, 2005, in German).
Presentation in Japan's Technology sector to the President of Germany (April 3, 2005, in English).
At the beginning of the visit, on April 3, 2005, four experts briefed The President and about 30 German Leaders, Members of Parliament, the President of Germany's Industry Federation BDI, and other VIPs in a 2 1/2 hour long discussion about Japan's economy, politics, culture and technology sectors and their impact on Germany.
The author of this blog was briefed the President of Germany on Japan's technology sector and impact on Germany. The write-up of this presentation was handed out to participants and after the briefing to the Press. If you are interested, you can download the presentation here:
Presentation in Japan's Technology sector to the President of Germany (April 3, 2005, in German).
Presentation in Japan's Technology sector to the President of Germany (April 3, 2005, in English).
Friday, April 08, 2005
Japan's mobile subscriber data for March 2005
March is the month when new subscriptions peak in Japan. During March 2005 around one million new subscribers signed up for mobile services in Japan, the net gain (new subscriptions minus cancellations) was 930,500. New subscribers were shared as follows between carriers:
DoCoMo: + 480,200 (+ 51.6%)
KDDI/AU: + 436,100 (+ 46.9%)
WILLCOM: + 33,300 (+ 3.6%)
KDDI/TuKa: - 2,600 (- 0.3%)
Vodafone: -7,400 (-0.8%) <--- (without restatement: -58,400)
Astel: - 9,100 (- 1.0%)
TOTAL: + 930,500 (100%)
Vodafone announced a new method to calculate numbers. Without this new way of calculating, Vodafone's loss would have been: -58,400
DoCoMo: + 480,200 (+ 51.6%)
KDDI/AU: + 436,100 (+ 46.9%)
WILLCOM: + 33,300 (+ 3.6%)
KDDI/TuKa: - 2,600 (- 0.3%)
Vodafone: -7,400 (-0.8%) <--- (without restatement: -58,400)
Astel: - 9,100 (- 1.0%)
TOTAL: + 930,500 (100%)
Vodafone announced a new method to calculate numbers. Without this new way of calculating, Vodafone's loss would have been: -58,400
Sunday, April 03, 2005
Briefing the President of Germany, Horst Koehler
On Sunday, April 3, 2005, The President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Horst Koehler, - and about 30 VIPs accompanying him - on the first day of his visit to Japan was briefed by four outside experts at the Embassy of Germany in Tokyo in the areas of Economics, Politics, Culture and Technology of Japan.
I was asked to brief the President of Germany about Japan's technology sector. I prepared a 9 page document entitled "Japan is a technology superpower full of creativity and power to innovate", which was distributed to the press after the briefing.
Download my briefing in German language here (pdf file).
The President of the European Business Council (EBC), Richard Collasse, asked for an English translation - download the English language version of the briefing paper here.
I was asked to brief the President of Germany about Japan's technology sector. I prepared a 9 page document entitled "Japan is a technology superpower full of creativity and power to innovate", which was distributed to the press after the briefing.
Download my briefing in German language here (pdf file).
The President of the European Business Council (EBC), Richard Collasse, asked for an English translation - download the English language version of the briefing paper here.
Labels: bundespraesident, japan, klaus koehler, president
Friday, April 01, 2005
e-Access and Lucent announce HSDPA tests in Japan
e-Access Chairman & CEO, Sachio Semmoto and Lucent Chairman & CEO Patricia Russo on March 30, 2005 in Tokyo, explained their joint tests of HSDPA services in Tokyo. e-Access is preparing to enter Japan's mobile communications industry with the brand "e-Mobile", and is currently conducting tests with Lucent and Fujitsu as equipment providers.
Former US Ambassador to Japan, Thomas Foley, presenting his wishes for the Lucent-eAccess cooperation:
Sachio Semmoto and Patricia Russo answering questions having presented their visions of new mobile services in Japan:
e-Mobile's logo:
Former US Ambassador to Japan, Thomas Foley, presenting his wishes for the Lucent-eAccess cooperation:
Sachio Semmoto and Patricia Russo answering questions having presented their visions of new mobile services in Japan:
e-Mobile's logo:
