Asia Pacific Operators April 13, 2015 LG Uplus claims first commercial VoLTE roaming South Korea’s third largest mobile operator, LG Uplus, launched voice over LTE (VoLTE) roaming with Japan’s KDDI and plans to announce deals with additional foreign operators soon. By Joseph Waring
Asia Pacific China Mobile Docomo Greater China Operators February 13, 2015 Asia Briefs: Globe sees profit in carrier billing; True & China Mobile launch low-cost roaming & more In a regular series, Mobile World Live‘s Asia Editor Joseph Waring provides a regional roundup of news snippets: Globe sees profit in carrier billing Globe Telecom said its direct carrier billing service for apps has become a major driver… By Joseph Waring
Asia Pacific Devices Docomo Operators RAN Vendors Samsung ZTE February 2, 2015 Asia’s Weekly Highlights: KDDI sees double-digit growth, Samsung focuses on improving profitability Mobile World Live’s Asia editor Joseph Waring looks at the top stories across Asia last week: South Korea’s three major operators reported a mixed bag of earnings last week, but all had strong gains in LTE additions and ARPU. By Joseph Waring
October 11, 2012 Docomo, MasterCard to offer roaming for mobile payments Docomo is joining forces with MasterCard to offer mobile subscribers roaming abroad the opportunity to make payments using their NFC handsets. By Richard Handford
Asia Pacific Operators February 9, 2011 Docomo and KT agree NFC roaming deal Japan’s NTT Docomo and South Korea’s KT are working on a service that will enable users to make mobile payments based on near field communication (NFC) when travelling abroad in either country. By Mobile World Live
GSMA February 22, 2010 China Telecom, KDDI and Verizon Wireless Join the GSMA as Mobile Operators around the World Commit to LTE The GSMA today announced that China Telecom, KDDI and Verizon Wireless have gained membership to the GSMA following their commitment to deploy commercial services based on Long-Term Evolution (LTE) By Mobile World Live
Asia Pacific Network Tech Operators Rakuten August 31, 2023 Blog: What next for Rakuten Mobile? Open RAN pioneer Rakuten Mobile has fallen on hard times over the past two years, with user adoption stalled, network spending curtailed and profitability apparently still far off. By Joseph Waring