The Japanese business to consumer (B2C) electronic commerce market is booming and achieving faster growth than previously predicted, reports a joint survey by the Electronic Commerce Promotion Council of Japan and Andersen Consulting.
Sony Corp. today announced consolidated results for the third quarter of the current fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 1999. While the results were below those reported in the same period a year earlier, they point to a slight recovery of prospects at the company during its most important fiscal quarter.
The number of Internet users in Korea has passed the 10 million mark, according to two separate surveys cited by local media.
Apple Computer Inc. and Japan's Sotec Co. have settled out of court a lawsuit brought against the local company by Apple over the design of its "e-one" personal computer.
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI), a unit of Japan's Sony Corp., has announced plans to launch an online shopping service. Although the company will begin by simply selling games software, SCEI has much larger plans.
Yahoo Japan Inc. made history today, becoming the first stock to trade at over 100 million yen (US$947,000) on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Sony Corp., responding to a Japanese newspaper article, said this morning it is yet to make a decision regarding the establishment of an Internet bank.
Fujitsu Ltd. today announced it has begun offering the first samples of FCRAM (fast cycle random access memory) chips - a new type of memory chip developed by the company and targeted at high performance applications.
Five major memory chip makers and microprocessor maker Intel yesterday announced plans to jointly cooperate on development of future generation, high performance DRAM (dynamic random access memory) chips.
Exodus Communications Inc. and Nomura Research Institute Ltd. (NRI) today announced plans to open what they say will be Japan's largest Internet hosting and data center.
AOL Japan Inc., the Japanese joint venture that offers a localized version of the America Online service in Japan, is about to sign up its 400,000th member.
Korea Thrunet Co. Ltd., a Nasdaq-listed supplier of broadband Internet access services in Korea, and three other companies on Friday announced they had acquired a majority stake in Nowcom Co. Ltd., the fourth largest online service provider in South Korea.
Japan Online Securities Inc., an online brokerage in which Itochu Corp. holds a majority stake, has announced a second delay to its launch.
Taiwan hardware vendor Acer Inc. has announced plans to purchase all outstanding stock in its Mexico-based subsidiary Acer Computec Latino America S.A. de C.V. (ACLA) and convert it to a private company.
China Telecom Ltd., the dominant player in the fast expanding Chinese telecommunications market, plans to focus its resources on expanding its data communications network, according to a report on the state-run Xinhua news service.