FeliCa Networks to Simplify Net Info Access by Mobile Phone

FeliCa Networks, will simplify access to online information through mobile phones by using its proprietary FeliCa technology. In developing the service, the company has teamed up with Index, Gourmet Navigator, Sony, Hudson Soft, and Ekitan. Users will first install software on a personal computer and a FeliCa-installed mobile phone, then will attach a reader and writer for FeliCa-installed mobile phones to the personal computer. The participating companies, such as transportation guidance firm Ekitan, will have a special button on their sites for the service. When a user clicks on the button and passes his or her mobile phone in front of the reader, the desired site address will be transferred to the mobile phone in two seconds. When this is done, the phone will automatically connect to the site and display information on its screen. Because screens can be saved, a user can display the information from then on without accessing the Internet. (NE Asia Online)

Japan Wireless

DoCoMo is now offering business subscribers a dual-network 3G/VoIP handset that works as a 3G mobile phone, VoIP terminal, or both simultaneously. The N900iL is based on a Linux-based 3G mobile phone software platform developed jointly by NEC and Panasonic. NTT DoCoMo says the N900iL uses its "passage duple" system for dual-network operation. It can operate as a 3G mobile phone under NTT’s W-CDMA 3G network, or as a VoIP phone with SIP control under wireless 802.11b networks. Or, it can be set up for dual-mode operation under both kinds of network simultaneously.