1. In consumer electronics, there are lots of products
which are only on the market in Japan and not exportet.
2. Because of digital rights management, if you buy a
DVD (e.g. of a movie) in Europe you cannot play this
in Japan or US.
I guess we will continue to have a situation where
lots of mobile phone handsets will only be on the
local market in Japan, and not in Europe and vice-versa,
as is the case in consumer electronics and cars and
other consumer goods.
Note that even tooth brushes are different (smaller)
in Japan than in Europe/US.
Gerhard
Giovanni Bertani wrote:
> I do not think that the roaming service
> is the most interesting point of thi Vodafone announcement.
> By delivering the same handsets worldwide Vodafone
> is implementing
> a powerfull global strategy.
> Having the same handsets will soon close
> the technological and VAS gap between
> USA, Europe and Japan.
>
> As deeper research reveal cultural differences
> are important for content but they will be not
> limiting the success of the mobile internet.
>
> So as the global market will be mature the
> handset technology will be as global as we can see in
> consumer eletronics PCs with pructs delivered
> at the same time in Asia, North America and Europe.
>
> Giovanni Bertani
>
> ...... Original Message .......
> On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 15:09:24 +0900 Gerhard Fasol <fasol@eurotechnology.com> wrote:
>
>>Eric,
>>
>>there will never be a single ideal solution for the
>>roaming issue.
>>
>>It's a dream to have a single solution but there will
>>never be a single solution for everyone,
>>because the carriers need to differentiate
>>each other, and there will always be local differentations,
>>such as Japanese characters, or intellectual property
>>right management issues etc. etc etc etc
>>
>>I think it's actually much better to have such
>>variety!
>>
>>Gerhard
>>
>>
>>Eric Bossieux wrote:
>>
>>>At 1:20 pm +0900 on 20/11/03 Gerhard Fasol wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>So each: AU, Vodafone, and DoCoMo have roaming
>>>>solutions, every carrier's roaming solution
>>>>is different.
>>>
>>>
>>>This I realize and thus, until now, none of them offered an ideal
>>
> solution for me.
>
>>>
>>>>It's not at all that Vodafone Global Passport
>>>>is the only carrier with a roaming solution!!!
>>>
>>>
>>>As far as I can tell, only Vodafone offers a dual-mode, tri-band handset. All of the others
>>
> require at least getting another handset. This is what I was trying to avoid.
>
>>>I'm also assuming that Vodafone has roaming agreements with carriers in North America. If
>>
> that is so, then I can use just this handset both here in Japan and in
> North America. In any case, I'm going to check out the details on
> Vodafone's roaming coverage.
>
>>>
>>>>All Japanese carriers have multiple roaming
>>>>solutions now - it's not at all that Vodafone
>>>>is the only one. It's only that Vodafone is
>>>>emphasizing roaming in their marketing, so you
>>>>might think they are the only ones, but this
>>>>is not so.
>>>
>>>
>>>I didn't think that Vodafone was the only carrier offering international
>>
> roaming. But, the fact that they play up this feature implies to me that
> they are offering something "better" than the others.
>
>>>Case in point: As pointed out on your web site, NTT does offer a
>>
> dual-mode (PDC/GSM) handset. But, the last time I looked more than a year
> ago, trying to find information about this phone on their web site was next
> to impossible. I actually stumbled across it by accident. Perhaps because
> it is 2G and it might make their 3G foma look bad. <grin>
>
>>>Maybe with the international roaming competition from KDDI/au and
>>
> Vodafone, NTT has made it easier for consumers to roam. I'll have to follow
> up on that.
>
>>>
>>>>You can find a short listing of the roaming
>>>>situation here:
>>>>http://www.eurotechnology.com/3G/
>>>
>>>
>>>Thank you for pointing me to the link. It's nice to see a summarized
>>
> view of what's available. Still, I can't understand why roaming charges are
> still high. Why is that so? The cost for hard/software to provide
> international roaming services has dropped, yet the roaming charges still
> remain high.
>
>>>I suspect that the agreements are so convoluted and complex to implement
>>
> that the operators artifically keep the roaming prices high to discourage
> all but the business users. <grin>
>
>>>cheers,
>>>
>>>---eric
>>
>>
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