(keitai-l) Re: J-Phone and DDI business models

Dave,

Let me give you some info might be useful. It is in capital in side your
message.


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Subject:	(keitai-l) Re: J-Phone and DDI business models

Okay, thanks to Andrea and Renfield, I feel like I'm not so out of the loop.
Just to be sure I've got the right breakdown of services, let me just
reorganize everything into a tidy little graph (which I figure could be of
use to others anyways):

Mobile Phone Co.		Internet Service			Format

DoCoMo			I-Mode				cHTML

J-Phone				J-Skyweb			MML

Tuka, IDO, DDI			e-z web, e-z access		WAP

Now, as I understand it, each offers content within their own Intranet. And,
at least I-Mode offers a gateway out to the rest of the Internet as well.
Further questions:

Does anyone have any figures on how many customers each has? I thought I saw
7 million or more for I-mode, 2.2 million for J-Skyweb, and I have no idea
for E-Z Web. THE TOTAL INTERET ENABLED USERS IS LITTLE OVER 10 MIL. AO I
GUESS THAT EZWEB IS LITTE OVER 1MIL.

Are IDO, Tuka, and DDI linked by any sort of business alliance, or are they
just linked for Internet services? If you put a site on one, would you be
able to view it on the others as well? YOU CAN NOT SEE OTHER SITES FROM
CERTAIN CARRIER SERVICE. MEANING YOU CAN NOT SEE IMODE SITE FROM J-SKY WEB
ETC.

And, last but not least, Renfield said that the J-Skynet model was a "poorly
developed transaction settlement system" compared to I-mode. What is it
lacking? Can they offer billing for subscribed sites with their regular
monthly phone bill as I-mode can? NOW ALL CARRIERS ARE BILLING PER PACKET
AND IF YOU A REGISTERED USER THE CARRIER BILLS FOR YOU. HOWEVER, THE
COMMISSIONS YOU PAY FOR THE BILLING IS QUITE HIGH. IN I-DE IS 9-15%.

YOSHI

Dave