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To: Chinacat who wrote (9842)	8/24/2001 5:31:14 AM
From: James Connolly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

Chinacat, Thanks for the links. It looks like Matsushita may not have decided on an OS yet. Eyeing Europe, Matsushita and NEC ally on 3G phones eet.com "The combination of Symbian OS and ARM processor is popular among cell phone vendors, but the two companies suggested other possibilities. "If we use an operating system that requests a royalty, it will push up the cost," said NEC's Sugiyama. "We are using different operating systems now," said Yasuo Katsura, president of Matsushita Communication. "We are going to find through discussion what is the most suitable [OS] for 3G phones in behalf of users and carriers." Regards JC. PS. I think the remark about royalties is mainly directed at Symbian. As I would imagine the Symbian royalty fee would be much greater than for VxWorks.

To: Chinacat who wrote (9842)	9/1/2001 12:40:02 AM
From: quick_thinking	Respond to of 10309

> the mobile phone market in Japan has a very curious business model I agree it's interesting and not that curious. There are many cases where the initial purchase of capital equipment is subsidized and the profits are made with service agreements, spare parts etc. Look at aircraft jet engines, and there are many more examples. I think the more interesting business models are in the way DoCoMo constructed the fee and charging models for introducing imode. That's more spectacular than subsidizing handsets, I think. Another really interesting point is that DoCoMo has by far the highest ARPU of all mobile carriers that I know. See more here: eurotechnology.com Best regards, quick_thinking