TOKYO, Japan, and PALO ALTO, Calif. (Dec.19, 2000) --- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HWP) today announced a joint research effort aimed at improving multimedia delivery and network applications over fourth-generation (4G) wireless broadband networks.
NTT DoCoMo, the pioneer of W-CDMA wireless broadband and i-mode services, and HP, with leadership in advanced server technologies, network infrastructure and middleware platforms, are calling their 4G multimedia architecture MOTO-Media.
MOTO-Media is expected to enable high-performance streaming of multimedia content to mobile users based on agent technology, optimal use of network resources and scalable media coding methods.
The collaboration will also explore new mobile service concepts in which people, places and things would be able to interact, bridging the real and cyber worlds.
"We have seen an enormous increase in DoCoMo's i-mode subscribers," said Keiji Tachikawa, chief executive officer of NTT DoCoMo. "This means that our future mobile multimedia services, contemplated in VISION 2010, will require a new application platform for the fourth generation era. HP Labs has some unique capabilities in this area that we intend to explore."
"This is a significant step toward the realization of mobile e-services," said Carly Fiorina, HP chairman, president and CEO. "Our leadership in technologies is a perfect complement to NTT DoCoMo's pioneering work in wireless broadband."
Under the agreement, DoCoMo and HP will finish the shared study of basic technology by 2003.
About NTT DoCoMo
NTT DoCoMo is Japan's leading mobile communications operator, with over 33 million subscribers. NTT DoCoMo accounts for more than half of Japan's cellular phone market and one of the largest subscriber bases of any mobile phone company in the world. The company's initial public offering in October 1998 was the world's largest at $18 billion. The company offers a wide range of mobile communications services, including cellular phone, PHS, paging, satellite mobile communications, maritime and in-flight telephone, and the world's leading system for connecting to the Internet via cellular phone, dubbed "i-mode."
About HP
Hewlett-Packard Company -- a leading global provider of computing and imaging solutions and services -- is focused on making technology and its benefits accessible to individuals and businesses through simple appliances, useful e-services and an Internet infrastructure that's always on.
HP has 88,500 employees worldwide and had total revenue from continuing operations of $48.8 billion in its 2000 fiscal year. Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com.
NTT DoCoMo, the pioneer of W-CDMA wireless broadband and i-mode services, and HP, with leadership in advanced server technologies, network infrastructure and middleware platforms, are calling their 4G multimedia architecture MOTO-Media.
MOTO-Media is expected to enable high-performance streaming of multimedia content to mobile users based on agent technology, optimal use of network resources and scalable media coding methods.
The collaboration will also explore new mobile service concepts in which people, places and things would be able to interact, bridging the real and cyber worlds.
"We have seen an enormous increase in DoCoMo's i-mode subscribers," said Keiji Tachikawa, chief executive officer of NTT DoCoMo. "This means that our future mobile multimedia services, contemplated in VISION 2010, will require a new application platform for the fourth generation era. HP Labs has some unique capabilities in this area that we intend to explore."
"This is a significant step toward the realization of mobile e-services," said Carly Fiorina, HP chairman, president and CEO. "Our leadership in technologies is a perfect complement to NTT DoCoMo's pioneering work in wireless broadband."
Under the agreement, DoCoMo and HP will finish the shared study of basic technology by 2003.
About NTT DoCoMo
NTT DoCoMo is Japan's leading mobile communications operator, with over 33 million subscribers. NTT DoCoMo accounts for more than half of Japan's cellular phone market and one of the largest subscriber bases of any mobile phone company in the world. The company's initial public offering in October 1998 was the world's largest at $18 billion. The company offers a wide range of mobile communications services, including cellular phone, PHS, paging, satellite mobile communications, maritime and in-flight telephone, and the world's leading system for connecting to the Internet via cellular phone, dubbed "i-mode."
About HP
Hewlett-Packard Company -- a leading global provider of computing and imaging solutions and services -- is focused on making technology and its benefits accessible to individuals and businesses through simple appliances, useful e-services and an Internet infrastructure that's always on.
HP has 88,500 employees worldwide and had total revenue from continuing operations of $48.8 billion in its 2000 fiscal year. Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com.
