NTT DOCOMO today announced the new TATA DOCOMO brand for a GSM service to be provided in India by Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL), in which DOCOMO will own a 26 percent stake.

TTSL plans to launch the GSM service in southern India as early as this month and gradually expand it nationwide.

Tata DOCOMO

Source: SlashPhone

Just a few days back, we had mentioned about the new VERTU line of luxury phones hitting the market soon. Now, VERTU, known for its quality handcrafted luxury phones, has finally signed a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) deal with NTT DOCOMO in order to provide its customers with great communication services. Commencing in the second half of 2009, VERTU, in partnership with DOCOMO, will also release a premium membership card called the VERTU Club. The company will announce details of the VERTU Club shortly.

VERTU really seems to be hell-bent on making a grand foray into the market, as the company also plans to open its Ginza Flagship Store, its very first store in Japan, on 19th February 2009. Pre-orders of handsets will be taken in the store once the VERTU Club is ready. For those of you mobile freaks who just cannot wait for the VERTU Club, you can easily purchase any of the unlocked-SIM 3G phone VERTU models, Ascent Ti, Ascent Ti Ferrari or Signature (click here to go through our earlier post regarding these luxury phone models).

All of us out here are waiting with bated breath to take a look at the Ginza VERTU Store. We are sure it is gonna be a totally mind-blowing experience.

Japanese telecommunications company has revealed its upcoming range of mobile phones and smartphones for winter season. The new line-up of handsets will include 4 series: docomo STYLE series (F-02A, N-02A, N-03A, P-02A, P-03A and SH-02A) – fashionable mobile phones in variety designs, docomo PRIME series (F-01A, F-03A, L-01A, N-01A, P-01A, SH-01A and SH-03A) – phones dedicated to multimedia, docomo SMART series (F-04A, N-04A, P-04A and P-05A) – for business professionals, and docomo PRO series (HT-01A, HT-02A, SH-04A, BlackBerry Bold and Nokia E71) – a range of smartphones.

The series will be launched between dates November 19th 2008 and ending March 2009. We will not describe specifications of each phone but we can say what NTT DoCoMo has improved on its new portfolio. Customers will get now handsets with: i-concier – an automatic provision and update of info according to the user’s individual preferences, i-Widget – an access to up to 8 frequently used Widget Appli applications, i-appli – real-time communication, gaming with multiple users, and Enhanced map services – now compatible with mobile version of Google Maps Street View.

Most of these new handsets will also feature Bluetooth, touch-screen, a mobile web browser with flash support, 7.2 Mbps and 3G high-speeds, and support to download multiple image files. Users will also welcome microSD support as well as infrared capability. For more detailed features of the new series, you may find more info here: docomo STYLE series , docomo PRIME series , docomo SMART series and docomo PRO series.

NTT DOCOMO STYLE series

After Nokia and Siemens, Fujitsu and Sharp has today announced that they plan to jointly develop the SH-Mobile G4 single-chip LSI device. They would also develope a platform to support the HSUPA/HSDPA/W-CDMA and GSM/GPRS/EDGE (2G) which aims to be completed by the fourth quarter of  2009.

In 2004 NTT DOCOMO and Renesas partnered to develop these platforms and SH-Mobile G4 will be the fourth jointly collaborated product for this venture while Fujitsu and Sharp have been exclusively partnered to develop projectSH-Mobile G4. SH-Mobile G4 will be made on 45-nm process technology for highly integrated functionalites and improved performance for applications handling HD video and 3-D graphics. SH-Mobile G4 will work almost 15 times faster than the conventional 384kbps speeds with supportive HSUPA.

With these new platforms device manufacturers can eliminate the need to develop basic functions independently which will decrease the time and costs assosiated with these developmenets. Renesas plans to provide the platform to the worldwide mobile phone market, in addition to customers in Japan.

NTT DoCoMo HSUPA platform