News in brief about the MVNO (then gotta run to MoMo) :
- The first MVNO will be Disney mobile on march 1st 2008 on Softbank network
(Sharp handset).
- The ISP IIJ (Internet Initiative Japan) should do the same soon on DoCoMo.
- After a few fights that you might have heard of, on Feb 14th, the ministry
said that Japan Telecommunications will be able to be an MVNO on DoCoMo
HSDPA network... without being forced to sell imode compatible handset.
- Something also might be going on between Acca Networkds and DoCoMo or
Willcom. But that would be more for some IP-VPN business connection.
-----Message d'origine-----
De : keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net [mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net]
De la part de Andrew Shuttleworth
Envoyé : lundi 18 février 2008 16:10
À : keitai-l@appelsiini.net
Objet : (keitai-l) Re: Docomo unlimited data settings (was SIM cards in
Japan 2008)
Sorry - forgot the link to the Japanese site. The 2nd URL gives a more
up-to-date picture.
http://www.emobile.jp/business/index.html
http://www.emobile.jp/business/network.html
Although they are saying March for start of the roaming on the DoCoMo voice
network, I haven't seen much news about this so wonder when exactly it will
happen. I know they do have a press release coming up soon so perhaps it
will be announced then. The most important questions for me will be - will
they offer number portability and will their voice prices be competitive? If
so I can't see any reason not to switch from DoCoMo.
Andrew
On Feb 18, 2008 4:03 PM, Andrew Shuttleworth <andrew@cvp.jp> wrote:
> Just a clarification - eMobile may be partly roaming on the DoCoMo
> network, but they are of course building out their own network as well:
>
> http://www.emobile.jp/en/business.html (There's a bit more info on the
> Japanese page).
>
> As for why DoCoMo do it, was there not a law enforced last year that
> obligated carriers to open up their networks to MNVOs? (Thought I heard
that
> but couldn't find anything after a quick Google).
>
> I'm wondering whether Apple has considered the MVNO route for Japan? I
> know it's not their core business and so they probably don't want to go
> there, but it would give them a lot more control.
>
> Andrew
>
>
>
> On Feb 18, 2008 9:09 AM, Tim Smith <tim@freeverse.jp> wrote:
>
> > I can vouch for the e-Mobile service. Been using it quite awhile. While
> > the service is a bit spotty, the overall performance is quite good and
> > inline with the k-tai impress results. I also have Au and SB data
> > services. Between them, the Softbank is clearly the winner.
> >
> > Bear in mind eMobile is running on top of the NTT HSPDA network as an
> > MNVO - I wonder how Docomo takes this? Perhaps they really aren't
> > interested in the 'business telecom' ??
> >
> > Nik Frengle wrote:
> > > Thanks for that Pierre. Looking at the article, it looks like e-Mobile
> > are
> > > definitely the way to go: Best pricing, speed competitive or better
> > than
> > > DoCoMo's (don't even talk about KDDI's, which was really low in this
> > test),
> > > and a very good modem (I have the same one, made by Huawei, and using
> > it in
> > > the UK, and the really good thing about it is that it is plug n play,
> > and
> > > the client is installed and started when you plug it in.) And probably
> > > unlike the DoCoMo one (though I don't know), the e-Mobile modem is
> > also
> > > GSM/GPRS/Edge compatible.
> > > Of course, in Japan e-Mobile is not really an option if you are
> > outside of
> > > Kanto or Kansai, and I don't know whether having all of the other
> > radios is
> > > useful or not, since they would have to have roaming agreements in the
> > > countries you were going to. There is a whole seperate discussion
> > there, but
> > > if they WANTED to have roaming agreements, it is dead simple, since
> > there
> > > are roaming agreement aggregators, and if you sign a contract with
> > them you
> > > get access to all of the roaming agreements under their control. This
> > > doesn't give the carrier the sort of control that Japanese carriers
> > insist
> > > on in most aspects of their business, which is why Vodafone Japan, now
> > > Softbank, negotiated each roaming agreement individually, as did
> > DoCoMo. I
> > > am not sure about KDDI, but roaming with them is slightly limited
> > anyway.
> > > This tight control is something that has it's pluses and minuses, but
> > for a
> > > small carrier starting out, it seems like the ability to instantly
> > offer
> > > international roaming to compete with the big boys would be worth some
> > loss
> > > of control. The Huawei modem can, by the way, be unlocked. (
> > > http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=696311).
> > > On Feb 17, 2008 11:27 AM, pierre-louis <
> > > pierre-louis.hazart@bouyguestelecom.jp> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> Hey there !
> > >>
> > >> Hope your week-end was great.
> > >> Here is an excellent article comparing the data-plan of eMobile,
> > DoCoMo
> > >> and
> > >> KDDI.
> > >> For those who don't read Japanese, just check out the charts, it's
> > pretty
> > >> clear.
> > >> http://bb.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/special/20626.html
> > >>
> > >> Pierre-Louis
> > >>
> > >> -----Message d'origine-----
> > >> De : keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net [mailto:
> > keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
> > >> ]
> > >> De la part de Andrew Shuttleworth
> > >> Envoyé : mardi 12 février 2008 10:56
> > >> À : keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> > >> Objet : (keitai-l) Re: Docomo unlimited data settings (was SIM cards
> > in
> > >> Japan 2008)
> > >>
> > >> Note that the DoCoMo flat rate plan doesn't allow streaming video,
> > FTP
> > >> and maybe VOiP. The wording was rather vague. It said something like
> > >> "we don't allow n, n, n, and n, although there may be some
> > >> exceptions".
> > >>
> > >> I don't want to mess around with restrictions like that. Unless they
> > >> improve my next move will be to eMobile, in spite of the coverage
> > >> restrictions. I think it's good to support new and innovative
> > >> companies like them.
> > >>
> > >> Andrew
> > >>
> > >> On Feb 12, 2008 10:16 AM, Kyle Barrow <kyle@pukupi.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Softbank do have one "PC" packet plan hidden away at 0.02 yen /
> > packet:
> > >>>
> > >>> Packet Teigaku Biz:
> > >>>
> > http://mb.softbank.jp/mb/price_plan/3G/orange_blue/blue/packet_biz.html
> > >>>
> > >>> I would still prefer to move to Docomo's unlimited PC packet plan
> > but
> > >>> am waiting to hear if anyone has managed to successfully set this up
> > >>> on an overseas mobile.
> > >>>
> > >>> Cheers
> > >>>
> > >>> Kyle
> > >>>
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