Monday, May 25, 2009
beeTV - DoCoMo's new mobile TV
On May 1, 2009, DoCoMo in cooperation with media firm Avex started the mobile TV beeTV which brings 8 channels including a MOOLOG Channel (MOOLOG = MOOvie-bLOG)
beeTV is an indicator how Mobile TV may impact Japan's Media Sector.
beeTV is an indicator how Mobile TV may impact Japan's Media Sector.
Labels: 1seg, avex, beetv, docomo, i-mode, imode, mobile TV, moolog, oneseg
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Japan's two worlds: Old Japan vs New Japan
A few days ago the New Context Conference was held here in Tokyo, mainly about social network systems (SNS), top executives including CEO of LinkedIn, Facebook, and some exciting new photo, video conference and e-learning companies discussed market entry to Japan.
Takeshi Natsuno, one of the three key DoCoMo managers who together started i-Mode and arguably started the world's mobile internet revolution launching i-Mode back in February 1999 gave the keynote discussion. Natsuno shared his very interesting observation, that Japan consists of two markets:
...and having managed i-Mode (today: 48 million paying subscribers) for almost 10 years Natsuno-san is certainly one of the best to know. (Natsuno-san's main job today is to make Japan's very cute equivalent of YouTube profitable - read more about this in a future issue of our newsletters).
Actually, you'll find a similar observation about old Japan and new Japan in my presentation entitled "New opportunities versus old mistakes: foreign companies in Japan's high-tech markets" which I gave some years ago at Stanford University to faculty, students, alumni and silicon valley managers.- (You can view and download the slides of the presentation below.)
Natsuno-san talking at the New Context conference in Tokyo about old Japan, new Japan, the future of the mobile internet, and the mobile industry. Natsuno-san is one of the three inventors of i-Mode:
Takeshi Natsuno, one of the three key DoCoMo managers who together started i-Mode and arguably started the world's mobile internet revolution launching i-Mode back in February 1999 gave the keynote discussion. Natsuno shared his very interesting observation, that Japan consists of two markets:
- new Japan = people below 50 years age and
- old Japan = above 50 years age
...and having managed i-Mode (today: 48 million paying subscribers) for almost 10 years Natsuno-san is certainly one of the best to know. (Natsuno-san's main job today is to make Japan's very cute equivalent of YouTube profitable - read more about this in a future issue of our newsletters).
Actually, you'll find a similar observation about old Japan and new Japan in my presentation entitled "New opportunities versus old mistakes: foreign companies in Japan's high-tech markets" which I gave some years ago at Stanford University to faculty, students, alumni and silicon valley managers.- (You can view and download the slides of the presentation below.)
Natsuno-san talking at the New Context conference in Tokyo about old Japan, new Japan, the future of the mobile internet, and the mobile industry. Natsuno-san is one of the three inventors of i-Mode:
Labels: i-mode, imode, Japan, natsuno, sns, takeshi natsuno, youtube
Monday, January 01, 2007
NEW YEAR on i-Mode and EZ-web
Both i-Mode and EZweb top menu pages display Season Greetings and reflect Japan's seasonal mood: autumn sports days in schools, skiing in winter, Halloween and New Year.
Here are this year's New Year greetings for the Year of the boar on i-mode and EZweb which were displayed from January 1, 2007 for a few days during Japan's New Year vacation:
More about Japan's mobile internet:
DoCoMo and i-Mode
KDDI and EZweb
SoftBank and YAHOO-Keitai
Here are this year's New Year greetings for the Year of the boar on i-mode and EZweb which were displayed from January 1, 2007 for a few days during Japan's New Year vacation:
More about Japan's mobile internet:
DoCoMo and i-Mode
KDDI and EZweb
SoftBank and YAHOO-Keitai
Labels: docomo, ezweb, i-mode, imode, KDDI
Thursday, March 21, 2002
i-Mode: business models for mobile communications
Full day tutorial by Gerhard Fasol, organized by Seminario Internacional Prisma, held at the Hotel Metropolitan, Lisboa, March 21, 2002.
Attendance: about 50 executives from Portugal's telecom operators, major consulting firms, and IT professionals attended the full day tutorial.
Download and update presentation as a pdf-file
Attendance: about 50 executives from Portugal's telecom operators, major consulting firms, and IT professionals attended the full day tutorial.
Download and update presentation as a pdf-file
Labels: i-mode, imode, Japan, portugal, wireless business, wireless internet
