Monday, June 15, 2009
Mobile 2.0 at the Korean Communications Conference
Chairing and keynoting Track 3-3 "Mobile 2.0" at the Korean Communications Conference in Seoul on Thursday June 18, 2009 at the COEX Conference Center.
What will Mobile 2.0 be and how do we get there?
Korea and Japan can be like a time-machine: if we look at Korea and Japan today, we can get a good idea of how Mobile 2.0 could evolve in Europe and US and other advanced markets 5-8 years down the road. Is this a perfect time-machine? No. i-Mode and Japan’s mobile phones never made it onto the world stage, but Korean mobile phones did.
This keynote will set the stage for the Mobile 2.0 panel discussion. I will introduce some of the most outstanding new services which have cultural and society impact: mobile social networks, and literature created on mobile phones for mobile phones, as well as mobile payments, which have the potential to replace money as we know it.
Will Korea, Japan, China and the rest of the world arrive at the same Mobile 2.0 and what will the timing be?
Which are the critical issues? We identify four critical issues for the rapid development of Mobile 2.0, and will discuss these issues with the following panel:
1. Platforms
2. Business models
3. Globalization
4. Standardization vs risk taking and entrepreneurial initiative
Download the "Mobile 2.0" presentation here (pdf file)
Photo:
front row: Ms Kyung-Ja Lee, PhD (Commissioner of the Korean Communications Commission),
Back row (left to right): Kyung Hee Song (Director Radio Planning Division of Central Radio Management Office), Emilian Calemzuk (President FOX TV Studios), Jonathan Levy (Dpty Chief Economist, FCC), Gerhard Fasol (Eurotechnology Japan KK), Kate Bulkley (Journalist), Carlson Chu (Sr VP PCCW Ltd, Hong Kong)
What will Mobile 2.0 be and how do we get there?
Korea and Japan can be like a time-machine: if we look at Korea and Japan today, we can get a good idea of how Mobile 2.0 could evolve in Europe and US and other advanced markets 5-8 years down the road. Is this a perfect time-machine? No. i-Mode and Japan’s mobile phones never made it onto the world stage, but Korean mobile phones did.
This keynote will set the stage for the Mobile 2.0 panel discussion. I will introduce some of the most outstanding new services which have cultural and society impact: mobile social networks, and literature created on mobile phones for mobile phones, as well as mobile payments, which have the potential to replace money as we know it.
Will Korea, Japan, China and the rest of the world arrive at the same Mobile 2.0 and what will the timing be?
Which are the critical issues? We identify four critical issues for the rapid development of Mobile 2.0, and will discuss these issues with the following panel:
1. Platforms
2. Business models
3. Globalization
4. Standardization vs risk taking and entrepreneurial initiative
Download the "Mobile 2.0" presentation here (pdf file)
Photo:
front row: Ms Kyung-Ja Lee, PhD (Commissioner of the Korean Communications Commission),
Back row (left to right): Kyung Hee Song (Director Radio Planning Division of Central Radio Management Office), Emilian Calemzuk (President FOX TV Studios), Jonathan Levy (Dpty Chief Economist, FCC), Gerhard Fasol (Eurotechnology Japan KK), Kate Bulkley (Journalist), Carlson Chu (Sr VP PCCW Ltd, Hong Kong)
Labels: KCC, korean communications conference, mobile 2.0
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
New opportunities versus old mistakes - foreign companies in Japan's high-tech markets (presentation at Stanford University)
About 10 years ago, on October 28th, 1999, I was invited to give a talk about this topic at Stanford University's US-Japan Technology Management Center for Stanford Faculty, alumni and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. 10 years is a good period to check out how much of that is still valid today, and how much Japan has changed during the last 10 years.-
Foreign companies in Japan's high-tech markets (Stanford University lecture)
View more Microsoft Word documents from Gerhard Fasol.
Labels: stanford university
Monday, May 25, 2009
beeTV - DoCoMo's new mobile TV
On May 1, 2009, DoCoMo in cooperation with media firm Avex started the mobile TV beeTV which brings 8 channels including a MOOLOG Channel (MOOLOG = MOOvie-bLOG)
beeTV is an indicator how Mobile TV may impact Japan's Media Sector.
beeTV is an indicator how Mobile TV may impact Japan's Media Sector.
Labels: 1seg, avex, beetv, docomo, i-mode, imode, mobile TV, moolog, oneseg
Thursday, May 14, 2009
More Drastic Changes Needed at Sony (CNBC TV interview)
Read more about SONY and Japan's electrical industry sector: http://www.eurotechnology.com/store/j_electric/index.shtml
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Labels: sony
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Potential Flu Pandemic Positive for Telcos
More about Japan's telecom sector: http://www.eurotechnology.com/store/jcomm/
More about DoCoMo: http://www.eurotechnology.com/store/docomo/
More about KDDI: http://www.eurotechnology.com/store/kddi/
More about Softbank: http://www.eurotechnology.com/store/softbank/
Labels: docomo, emobil, KDDI, ntt, softbank
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
David E Kuhl and Dennis L. Meadows - winners of the 2009 Japan Prize
David E Kuhl and Dennis L Meadows, the winners of the 2009 Japan Prize gave a presentation in Tokyo on April 22, 2009.
Professor David E Kuhl was given the Japan Prize for tomographic imaging in nuclear medecine, he has been called the "father of emission tomography", having developed tomographic imaging in nuclear medicine.
Dennis Meadows is famous for his book "The Limits of Growth" (1972), which was written by three MIT scientists including Meadows as a project funded by the Club of Rome. Meadows has shown that current economic and human activity has become unsustainable.
Asked about the current economic crisis, Meadows explains the current economic crisis as the bottom of the Kondratiev cycle, which has a period of 45-60 years (about 50 years). According to Meadows the reason for the Kondratiev cycles is overinvestments in production resources. Excessive production resources need to be adjusted to actual needs periodically, and this period is about 50 years. The last Kondriatiev-type elimination of production overcapacity was caused by the damages of the 2nd World War. Currently this down-adjustment of production resources occurs in peace-time.
Professor David E Kuhl was given the Japan Prize for tomographic imaging in nuclear medecine, he has been called the "father of emission tomography", having developed tomographic imaging in nuclear medicine.
Dennis Meadows is famous for his book "The Limits of Growth" (1972), which was written by three MIT scientists including Meadows as a project funded by the Club of Rome. Meadows has shown that current economic and human activity has become unsustainable.
Asked about the current economic crisis, Meadows explains the current economic crisis as the bottom of the Kondratiev cycle, which has a period of 45-60 years (about 50 years). According to Meadows the reason for the Kondratiev cycles is overinvestments in production resources. Excessive production resources need to be adjusted to actual needs periodically, and this period is about 50 years. The last Kondriatiev-type elimination of production overcapacity was caused by the damages of the 2nd World War. Currently this down-adjustment of production resources occurs in peace-time.
Labels: david e. kuhl, david kuhl, dennis l. meadows, dennis meadows, emission tomography, japan prize, kondratiev, limits of growth
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Assessing Oracle-Sun Deal (CNBC TV interview)
More in our J-ELECTRIC report: http://www.eurotechnology.com/store/j_electric/
Labels: java, microsoft, oracle, sun
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank ECB in Tokyo
European Central Bank (ECB) President Jean-Claude Trichet gave a presentation here in Tokyo on April 18, 2009 about the current financial and economic crisis.
Some of the main points here, more in our newsletters.
Trichet blamed the crisis on an underpricing of the unit of risk. He also emphasized that its not a general crisis affecting all companies and financial institutions, but that some badly managed companies and banks are in bad shape, while well managed companies and financial institutions are in good shape and doing fine.
Trichet praised excellent international cooperation in taking measures to improve economic and financial stability and he also mentioned that unconventional steps will be announced at future meetings.
Overall his words were very carefully chosen and defensive, well aware of the impact of his words on the capital markets
Some of the main points here, more in our newsletters.
Trichet blamed the crisis on an underpricing of the unit of risk. He also emphasized that its not a general crisis affecting all companies and financial institutions, but that some badly managed companies and banks are in bad shape, while well managed companies and financial institutions are in good shape and doing fine.
Trichet praised excellent international cooperation in taking measures to improve economic and financial stability and he also mentioned that unconventional steps will be announced at future meetings.
Overall his words were very carefully chosen and defensive, well aware of the impact of his words on the capital markets
Labels: ecb, european central bank, jean-claude trichet, trichet
Friday, April 17, 2009
Does the "not-invented-here" syndrome slow down the development of mobile internet and mobile content outside Japan?
It is well known that mobile internet, mobile payments and mobile content business and many other areas of mobile broadband are much more developed in Japan and South Korea than in other countries.
NOKIA and Vodafone and some other western mobile phone companies had the opportunity to take part in Japan's mobile payment systems, mobile TV solutions and many other mobile businesses - instead they preferred not to do so and to withdraw from Japan's mobile market.
Similarly it seems that mobile payment, mobile-TV developments outside Japan are being developed from scratch without much regard to what has been learnt in Japan in debugging such mobile businesses both from the technology viewpoint as well as the usability, security, convenience etc viewpoints.
Lets discuss if the "not invented here syndrome" could be a factor.
NOKIA and Vodafone and some other western mobile phone companies had the opportunity to take part in Japan's mobile payment systems, mobile TV solutions and many other mobile businesses - instead they preferred not to do so and to withdraw from Japan's mobile market.
Similarly it seems that mobile payment, mobile-TV developments outside Japan are being developed from scratch without much regard to what has been learnt in Japan in debugging such mobile businesses both from the technology viewpoint as well as the usability, security, convenience etc viewpoints.
Lets discuss if the "not invented here syndrome" could be a factor.
Labels: nih, nih syndrome, not invented here syndrome
"Mobile Internet Device will replace Cell Phone! Do you agree?" [from a LinkedIn discussion]
[My answer to a recent LinkedIn discussion group question: "Mobile Internet Device will replace Cell Phone!"]
This is too narrow a view.
I would say: today's state of the art cell phones already include the role of internet device + many other functions, mobile internet devices cannot do.
1. For several years practically all Japanese cell phones have been "mobile internet devices" + camera + barcode reader + digital & analog TV + GPS navigator + movie camera + wallet + cash + train ticket + appartement key + comic book + e-book reader + alarm clock + etc. read the details in our reports:
http://www.eurotechnology.com/store/
2. have you read Karl Popper? - he is a philosopher. He says it makes no sense to discuss terminology. He would object to this discussion topic - because he would say that this is just mincing definitions and has no substance.
This is too narrow a view.
I would say: today's state of the art cell phones already include the role of internet device + many other functions, mobile internet devices cannot do.
1. For several years practically all Japanese cell phones have been "mobile internet devices" + camera + barcode reader + digital & analog TV + GPS navigator + movie camera + wallet + cash + train ticket + appartement key + comic book + e-book reader + alarm clock + etc. read the details in our reports:
http://www.eurotechnology.com/store/
2. have you read Karl Popper? - he is a philosopher. He says it makes no sense to discuss terminology. He would object to this discussion topic - because he would say that this is just mincing definitions and has no substance.
Labels: cell phone, cellphone, mobile internet device, walletphone
