Category Archives: Asia Pacific

Mobile TV: Technology choices

Posted on January 10, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

DVB-SH might have been the last standard to arrive on Mobile Broadcast TV technology, but it is showing strong advantages compared to DVB-H, the most extended standard in current trials well ahead of proprietary MediaFlo. DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld) is … Continue reading →

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Is mobile music service a handset vendor’s business?

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Apple with iTunes is selling music directly to the iPhone. Nokia has their own music portal Ovi for music and games. And we see Motorola acquiring companies to reinforce the music service it was offering in China, Taiwan and Hong … Continue reading →

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Will iPhone succeed in Japan?

Posted on December 11, 2007 by Jose Miguel Cansado

No doubt, iPod is extremely successful in Japan, being one of the top selling iTunes stores. When iTunes Japan opened in August 2005, it sold one million songs in four days!! No wonder why the price of iPod in Japan … Continue reading →

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Japanese ebooks on mobile handsets

Posted on December 10, 2007 by Jose Miguel Cansado

TechCrunch reported a few days ago the success of “mobile phone ebooks” in Japan. See article I often fly to Tokyo for work. People there commute mainly on train. Japan has the best railway system in the world. Trains are … Continue reading →

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Japan, Globalization and Telecoms

Posted on December 8, 2007 by Jose Miguel Cansado

I have been in Tokyo this week, almost 2 years after I spent a few months living there. The Telecom market has evolved specially in mobile, with eMobile as a new 3G player and with Vodafone, unable to cope with … Continue reading →

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