The press conference held by NTT DoCoMo revealed the drop in net profit compared to last year result. Due to the price war with its competitor, KDDI and SoftBank, the company revised its sales forecast for the full year.

Posted by Amir Karimuddin on October 29th, 2007 No Comments »

Following the success of its LCD TV line, Sharp unleashed the new Aquos-technology-integrated phone, 920SH. It is part of Softbank new models. The 18 mm thin slim body implemented the technology found in Aquos for clear and superb quality. It is displayed in 3.2 inch VGA screen.

Posted by Amir Karimuddin on October 24th, 2007 No Comments »

Japan's mobile operator SoftBank unveiled 10 new models to compete with other operator. Among those new models, 7 are coming from Sharp alone. The operator formerly known as Vodafone prepares the collection for winter 2007 when then sales usually raises up during Christmas and Year End.

Posted by Amir Karimuddin on October 24th, 2007 1 Comment »

Infineon Technologies AG announced that its GPRS/UMTS multimedia platform will power Panasonic Mobile Communications Co. Ltd's newest Softbank 705P mobile handset. The Softbank Mobile Corp. handset will be for the Japan market. Infineon's scalable Multimedia Platform EDGE/UMTS (MP-EU) allows mobile phone manufacturers to introduce various UMTS models based on the same core architecture, reducing design cycles and cutting time-to-market. It has all necessary hardware and software components of a mobile handset. "Infineon and Panasonic have a long track-record of successful cooperation and we are happy to expand our activities by bringing a common dual-mode 3G solution in the market," said Dr. Hermann Eul, management board member and president of communication solutions business group at Infineon. EETAsia

Posted by Budi Putra on October 9th, 2006 No Comments »