One point on roaming. None of the Blackberrys currently in use in the US
or Europe will be able to roam to Japan as they are all GSM and not 3G.
All overseas Blackberry users who want to use the service in Japan will
need to upgrade to a dual mode GSM/3G Blackberry, the 8707 is the only
such device now. The 8707 is not available in the US and is just
starting to be sold in the UK and Germany. Here is another article with
commentary on the Blackberry launch
http://japan.seekingalpha.com/article/11772
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From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
[mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net] On Behalf Of Gareth Edwards
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 10:17 PM
To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Blackberry in Japan. Need info!
Some 8707 test units have been floating around recently at the
office, but what little I have heard leads me to suspect they may
have come from Vodafone Japan rather than DoCoMo. I am unclear on
what if any the former's plans are for the Blackberry in Japan.
The date I have heard for testing the DoCoMo Blackberry is Q4 this
year, though I don't know if that reflects their timeline or ours.
Gareth
On 2006/06/12, at 12:10, Gerhard Fasol wrote:
> Steven,
>
> in the last few years we were asked by many companies about
> blackberries and blackberry replacements for Japan.
> We wrote up a blog with some more information:
> http://eurotechnology.com/blog/2006/06/blackberry-for-japan.html
>
> The way this industry works normally in Japan is that
> RiM sells to DoCoMo and DoCoMo sells to you. So you will
> be DoCoMo's customer. I doubt that DoCoMo has any monitor
> program for Blackberry, but sometimes they do, for example
> they gave push-talk free for the first 2-3 months.
>
> Let me know if we can help
>
> Gerhard
>
>
>
> On 2006/06/12, at 9:50, Steven_Nagata@capgroup.com wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> It would seem that the holy grail of holy grails has finally made an
>> appearance. RIM and DoCoMo have both announced that a Blackberry
>> device
>> will be available this fall for corporate customers.
>>
>> http://www.nttdocomo.com/pr/2006/001271.html
>>
>> I've been waiting for this for about 5 years now, so this is
>> absolutely
>> huge to me. Still contact with anyone who knows anything about this
>> project is a bit elusive. I'm wondering if anyone on this list can
>> help
>> get me in contact with a DoCoMo or RIM representative in Japan
>> regarding a
>> local implementation in Japan (My company has numerous BES servers
>> placed
>> globally). I'd be particularly interested if there is a monitor
>> program
>> for the new service.
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>>
>> -Steve Nagata
>> ssn@capgroup.com
>>
>>
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