(keitai-l) Re: SUICA, Felica and Edy

I am new to Japan Wireless market space, so pardon my questions if they 
have been addressed before.

- Do the wireless operator get a portion of the transaction fee when user 
pay for services using Walletphone?
(i.e, whenever a DoCoMo user pays using Edy on their WalletPhone, DoCoMo 
get a share of the transaction?)

- Can 3rd party developers write application for the FeliCa chip embedded 
in these new WalletPhone?

Thanks,
--Dhinakar

At 01:25 AM 6/24/2004, Gerhard Fasol wrote:
>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 ...
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