(keitai-l) Re: technology vendors to Docomo?

From: Calvin-Lash <calvin-lash_at_hitachi-cs.co.jp>
Date: 01/18/01
Message-ID: <3A66AFB7.FFBC0875@hitachi-cs.co.jp>
"Milstein, David" wrote:
> have people seen ventures that have platform or enabling technologies which
> Docomo adopts rather than trying to invent internally?

Straight from the horse's orifice...

"When NTT was a public corporation, it always followed other companies.
The company improved products developed in the United States and
marketed better ones in the Japanese market. In 1970s, however, it
decided that it should not just improve other companies' technologies
any more, and started developing its proprietary technologies. "

--an intervierw with DoCoMo president, Keiji Tachikawa found at:

http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/intvw/121329

"NTT DoCoMo Will Continue to be Pioneer, President Says  
January 18, 2001 (TOKYO) -- NTT DoCoMo will continue its focus on being
a pioneer, the company's president, Keiji Tachikawa, told Nikkei
Business. ...."

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Received on Thu Jan 18 10:48:55 2001