A study on Japanese mobile phone market and its applications

Author

Yamauchi, Kazuaki ; Chen, Wenxi ; Wei, Daming

Author_Institution

Aizu Univ., Fukushima-ken, Japan

fYear

2004

fDate

14-16 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

875

Lastpage

878

Abstract

The prevalence of Internet-capable mobile phones in Japan, since first services were introduced in 1999, is so significant that a new culture or lifestyle is being created. Under these circumstances, various companies and universities have launched many projects utilizing mobile phones. This article discusses current technological trends, the mobile phone market in Japan, and mobile applications in general. Our health monitoring and management system using mobile phones, supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan, is described as an example of such newly enabled applications.

Keywords

Internet; health care; mobile communication; mobile computing; mobile handsets; telecommunication services; Internet-capable mobile phones; Japanese mobile phone market; Ministry of Education Culture Sports Science and Technology; health management system; health monitoring system; mobile applications; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Mobile handsets; Monitoring; Technology management; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer and Information Technology, 2004. CIT '04. The Fourth International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2216-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIT.2004.1357305

Filename

1357305