DELL enters high-speed data communication business using NTT docomo line

It became clear that DELL, a major PC maker, will enter the high-speed data communication service using the NTT docomo line.

It seems that it will become possible to use the high-speed communication service immediately after purchasing a personal computer without doing the troublesome setting and the contract with the existing communication company.

Details are as below.
Dell in Japan, release PC with communication function in Japan Utilize the line of docomo

According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun news report, DELL, the leading PC manufacturer in the world boasting the second largest share in the world, will offer high-speed communication service using the NTT docomo line.

It is said that in collaboration with Japan Telecommunications of a communication venture company, Nippon Telecommunication borrows a line borrowed from NTT DoCoMo, and it will install a communication function on its own personal computer scheduled to be newly released. In addition, since it carries not only the communication function but also the prepayment function of the communication fee beforehand, it seems that it becomes possible to use the communication service immediately at the point of purchase without contracting with the existing communication company.

By the way, it is the first time that personal computer makers offer their own communication services and computer sales together, and it is said that there is a possibility that similar efforts may spread.

Already PanasonicWe are planning to launch laptop computers etc. which can use different communication services depending on the situation after borrowing both the next generation communication standard "WiMAX" and "next generation PHS" lineIs there a maker that will release computers compatible with multiple high-speed communication systems such as WiMAX, next-generation PHS, HSDPA, CDMA2000 1x EV-DO that each company provides in the future? It is a very worrisome place.

The news report of Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported that the stock price of Nippon Telegraph is on the rise.

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