NTT DoCoMo has bought 35% in PacketVideo, a NextWave Wireless subsidiary for $45.5 million in cash earlier this week. Over the last 10 years, DoCoMo and PacketVideo have been partners on mobile multimedia solutions. PacketVideo plans to use the investment to advance their music and video technology.
“We are building on our unique and highly successful relationship with DoCoMo to further strengthen PacketVideo’s position in developing the best in class media experience, regardless of format or platform,” stated PacketVideo CEO James Brailean. The PacketVideo CORE multimedia pvPlayer has been integrated into 90 DoCoMo phones since 1998.
Japanese telecommunications company NTT DoCoMo holds 26% market share in Tata Teleservices based in India. Tata and DoCoMo have decided to merge their brands together to create a brand in India. The new brand is called Tata DoCoMo and it will be a GSM service. Tata DoCoMo will be launching in South India first and then gradually spread across the nation. What this means is that we will most likely see a lot more high tech mobile phones leaving Japan and entering the Indian subcontinent. Tata executives must be singing “Jai Ho” right now.
Fujitsu has unleashed a new phone called the PRIME Series F-09A on the NTT DOCOMO. The F-09A will be available on June 10 in Japan. The F-09A has a 3.4″ touchscreen with a VGA LCD. The F-09A screen can slide and rotate into a horizontal position. The F-09A is the only phone with the world’s first Exercise Monitor. The phone has an 8.1 megapixel camera with autofocus. The phone also has a geomagnetic sensor and GPS. Other features include 3G connection, GSM, Bluetooth, and TV tuner.
