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40 COMPANIES IN THE NIKKEI BP ISRAEL-JAPAN---INTERNET & ECOMMERCE
EXHIBITION
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40 companies will participate in this year's Nikkei Business
Publication's Israel-Japan---Internet and E-Commerce Exhibition
June 20-21 in Tokyo. In addition to these companies there will
be top-tier keynote speakers from Japan and Israel. This exhibition
is expected to be a great success and terrific way for Israeli
companies to meet thousands of Japanese executives and decision-makers.
The impressive amount of Israeli companies participating in
the event indicates the relevance and importance of the Japanese
Internet and mobile communications market. |
| For more
information, please contact Amir Lewkowicz at a_lewkowicz@triangletech.com. |
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| TOSHIBA
TO INVEST IN ISRAELI COS TOGETHER WITH TRIANGLE TECHNOLOGIES
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| iValue
Creation, Toshiba's in-house company responsible for Toshiba's
Internet and E-commerce strategy, plans to invest $50 million
in Israeli start-ups in the areas of Internet, B2B, and m-commerce.
Triangle Technologies will work together with iVC in this endeavor. |
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Financial
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IT INVESTMENTS INCREASED IN 1999
According to the Economic Planning
Agency (EPA), Information Technology (IT) Investments in Japan
increased by 3.4% in 1999 to $150 billion. |
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MOBILE PHONES OUTNUMBER FIXED LINES
It
finally happened. There are more mobile phone users in Japan
than fixed line users. As of April 2000 there were 56.84 million
mobile phone subscribers to the 55.66 million fixed line subscribers.
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JAPAN
TO SURPASS U.S. IN NET DIFFUSION RATE IN 2001
NTT
think-tank, Infocom Research (ICR) claims that the Net diffusion
rate in Japan will surpass that of the U.S. By 2003 the ICR
estimates that the diffusion rate in the U.S will be 60% and
in Japan 87%. |
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DDI, IDO CDMA SUBSCRIPTIONS REACH 5 MILLION
The DDI group and IDO announced that there are 5 million subscribers
to cdmaOne nationwide mobile telephone network. |
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AD RATES FOR POPULAR WEBSITES INCREASE
Due to a shortage of ad space on high-traffic Internet sites
advertising agencies are raising rates. According to D.A. Consortium,
a Tokyo-based ad agency, applications for ad placements will
increase 3X this year. |
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GOVERNMENT
TO SET STANDARD FOR NET-READY PHONES
The
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) wants to create
a global standard for technology used to distribute video games
and animation via next-generation cell phones. |
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PC
PENETRATION INCREASES IN 2000
According
to the EPA, 38.6% of Japanese households have PCs, a 9% increase
from this time last year. |
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ALMOST 80% OF COMPANIES USE THE
INTERNET
According
to the MPT almost 80% of companies use the Internet. Of the
corporate Internet users, 25% use the Internet for marketing
purposes. |
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RISE
IN POPULARITY OF COLOR LCD MOBILE PHONES
Nikkei Market
Access, a data service of Nikkei Business Publications, claims
that mobile phones using LCDs will account for 48% of mobile
phones made in Japan in 2000. |
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NEW
TECHNOLOGIES |
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DDI & KYOCERA TEST OPTICAL WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
DDI and Kyocera DDI Institute of Future Telecommunications
plan to conduct a high-speed data transmission experiment by
using optical wireless technology. They predict that the data
will be transmitted at a maximum speed of 622 Mbps.. |
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LIFE
SCIENCES |
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HITACHI & PE BIOSYSTEMS TO INTRODUCE GENETIC ANALYZER
Hitachi and US PE Biosystems developed a genetic analyzer which
they claim efficiently detects genes. This is useful in diagnosing
illnesses and developing new drugs. |
