Christopher: > How about the FeliCa/Suica? I haven't analyzed any numbers, but it > seems like there are more Suica users. We have analyzed the numbers. There are about 8 million SUICA users. > Would DoCoMo need to partner > with both Edy and Suica to get the 'Wallet phones' going ... Yes, DoCoMo has already partnered with Edy and Suica many months ago. 4 Walletphones will be rolled out next month, July. Unless consumers reject them, I am pretty confident DoCoMo will get the wallet phones off the ground quickly. You'll find a lot of the details here: http://www.eurotechnology.com/mcash/ http://www.eurotechnology.com/walletphone/ http://www.eurotechnology.com/store/suica/ http://www.eurotechnology.com/store/walletphone/ Gerhard Christopher Kobayashi wrote: > How about the FeliCa/Suica? I haven't analyzed any numbers, but it > seems like there are more Suica users. Would DoCoMo need to partner > with both Edy and Suica to get the 'Wallet phones' going ... --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gerhard Fasol, PhD Eurotechnology Japan K. K. fasol_at_eurotechnology.com http://www.eurotechnology.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Find us in "IBM developerWorks" and in "Chemical & Engineering News": http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/wireless/library/wi-elite8.html http://pubs.acs.org/cen/topstory/8049/8049bus1.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------Received on Thu Jun 24 11:25:32 2004