"We are not thinking about offering iPhone" NTT DoCoMo found out that negotiations are continuing

ByYutaka Tsutano

At the shareholders' meeting held on June 17,NTT DoCoMo's vice president Tsujimura officially answered that "iPhone offer is not considered"It was an event that gave a huge impact, but it became clear that the negotiations for acquiring the iPhone still continue with Apple.

DoCoMo, domestic business development to smart phone axis 4 high speed by winter model: Nihon Keizai Shimbun


According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun news report, NTT DoCoMo plans to sell 6 million smartphones, which is 2.4 times higher than the previous year, shifting to business development centered on smartphones in Japan.

AndAs reported by other companies, we will make three quarters of the new models to be launched as autumn / winter models as smartphonesThen it will release four models of smart phones and two tablet terminals as LTE compatible models.

In addition to abolishing the high-function model on existing voice terminals, unifying high-function terminals into smartphones, it is said that they are still negotiating about acquiring Apple's "iPhone" .

Incidentally, NTT DoCoMo 's Vice President Tsujimura commented at the shareholders' meeting as follows, and the reason why iPhone is not introduced is that the i - mode service can not be incorporated.

DoCoMo wants to offer services that i-mode realizes when customers using i-mode are migrated to smartphones, because it is impossible for iPhone, iPhone I do not think about offering.

However, this remark is not a manifestation of intention by NTT docomo "Do not release iPhones eternally", "If Apple allows iPhone to incorporate i-mode, NTT DoCoMo will offer iPhoneIt is also considered to be that.

NTT DoCoMo, which has provided a platform for domestic "i-mode" in addition to telecommunication lines and terminals, hopes to provide terminals, software, and platforms in a vertically integrated manner, Is there something that Apple's negotiations that would like to be settled up?