TMYTEK recently raised a Series A+ round of about $10 million for products that make it easier to test 5G millimeter wave equipment. So far, the company’s clients include KDDI, SoftBank, Fujitsu and
Otter.ai, an AI-powered transcription app and note-takers’ best friend, has received a strategic investment from Japan’s leading mobile operator and new Otter partner, NTT DOCOMO Inc. The
Rovio’s efforts to diversify beyond its Angry Birds franchise is getting a little investment boost today. The company announced that Japan’s NTT Docomo is taking a stake in Hatch, a Rovio
First, a couple of quick follow-ups to our coverage of Form Ds yesterday, and then a deeper dive into the challenges SoftBank is facing with regards to its revenue in Japan. Finally, some notes on rec
Carriers have kicked off the world’s biggest mobile phone tradeshow with calls for an “investment friendly framework” to fund rollouts of next-gen 5G network technology and level the
A collection of prominent names in the tech industry have teamed up with Toyota to work on developing big data systems to support self-driving cars and other future automotive advances. Denso, Ericsso
As a fan of clothing I find custom shirt services to be quite exciting. No longer must we be held back by societal rules about what color your collar must be or whether or not blue goes with orange pl
Apple announced today that it will begin to sell the iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display in Japan on NTT DOCOMO’s network starting June 10. NTT DOCOMO is the country’s largest carrier and w
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.cinemacraft.tv/">Cinemacraft</a>, a startup that wants to replace static video thumbnails with its interactive Videograms, has raised a $1.5 million strategic fundi
Japanese carrier <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nttdocomo.com">NTT Docomo</a> today <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2013/0827_00.html">announced o
NTT DoCoMo, Japan's leading mobile operator, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nttdocomo.com/pr/2013/001628.html">has announced</a> that it will invest in 500 Startups as it prepares to launch a 1
If you thought that LG's <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/01/21/lgs-optimus-g-will-hit-lte-markets-in-50-new-countries-starting-in-late-january/">global roll out of the Optimus G</a> meant that it
It's been a long time coming -- plans for a mobile content partnership between NTT Docomo and China's search giant Baidu were announced <a target="_blank" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142
What happens when you put some of the biggest names in the Japanese wireless industry in the same room to work up a plan to develop some home-grown mobile chipsets? The answer is, apparently, not much
<a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/nec">NEC</a> did it again: about 11 months after unveiling the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/02/21/first-pics-of-the-worlds-thinnest-smartphone-the-nec-media
<a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/android">Android</a> adoption is growing rapidly in Japan, with local handset manufacturers doing everything they can in order to meet the demands of customers in a
Do women need special cell phones? Certain companies, such as <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2009/06/23/do-women-need-special-cell-phones-deutsche-telekom-says-yes/">Deutsche Telekom</a> or <a href="
Japanese mobile carrier <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/docomo/">NTT Docomo</a> has <a href="http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/info/news_release/2011/12/02_00.html">announced</a> [JP] it will start offer
It's not the first cell phone that has been designed specifically for women, but it's certainly one of the most interesting, as far as features and specs are concerned. Fujitsu's so-called <a href="ht
Japan's biggest mobile carrier <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/docomo">NTT Docomo</a> has developed a real-time Japanese <-> English translation service for mobile phones, the first of its k
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