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News
Issue #2001 - 41
(October 2001)
(Updated Oct.
12, 2001)
INFRASTRUCTURE, PRODUCTS & SERVICES
NTT DoCoMo’s 3G Network Under the Microscope of a Construction
Company
NTT DoCoMo announced that
Takenaka, one of Japan’s largest construction companies, has
commenced testing its FOMA 3G mobile service. On October 1st,
the same day that DoCoMo launched its commercial 3G service,
Takenaka began testing the service as the core component of its new
mobile business solution. The trial will run until the end of March
2002.
Mobile workers at its Tokyo headquarters are using and assessing
the advanced features of the FOMA handsets such as video screens and
built-in cameras to perform the following:
- View streamed video content such as product promotions and
instructions on operating equipment.
- Take and send still pictures and transmit them to a server.
The pictures will be stored in a database and viewed with FOMA
handsets equipped with video screens. Content will include
reports from manufacturing sites as well as daily updates of
work in progress.
- Real-time video monitoring for such applications as facility
security, work process and weather conditions.
For more information: http://www.nttdocomo.com
Mobileinfo Comments and Advisory: We
like this vertical industry application because it does validate the
"raison-d'etre" of i-Mode, 3G and FOMA. This does raise the
"state-of-art" , so to speak, of wireless applications
deployment in the enterprise, so long as the price is right.. When you
get a picture of the construction site showing daily progress of a
project, it adds value to a text-written, computer-generated report.
We find this progress.
Note: This news release may contain
forward-looking statements. Readers should take appropriate caution in
developing plans utilizing these products, services and technology
architectures. All trademarks used in this summary are
the property of their respective owners.
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