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  2. Japanese mobile phone culture - Wikipedia

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    Japan was a leader in mobile phone technology. The first commercial camera phone was the Kyocera Visual Phone VP-210, released in Japan in May 1999. [2] The first mass-market camera phone was the J-SH04, a Sharp J-Phone model sold in Japan in November 2000. [3] It could instantly transmit pictures via cell phone telecommunication. [4]

  3. Internet in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Internet in Japan provides high quality services to more than 90% of the population and almost 100% of medium to large businesses, with mobile Internet on devices like smartphones being the most popular type of service. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) oversees the telecommunications, Internet, and broadcast sectors ...

  4. Mobile phones and driving safety - Wikipedia

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    Japan prohibits hand-held mobile phone or mobile device use while driving. New Zealand has banned hand held mobile phone use since 1 November 2009. Many states in the United States have banned texting on cell phones while driving. Some states allow for drivers to use a cell phone mount but some states do not.

  5. Is Japan Falling Behind in Smartphones? - AOL

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    Panasonic has now said it will no longer release phones for NTT DoCoMo , Once upon a time, Japanese companies dominated the consumer electronics industry. In the smartphone market, companies from ...

  6. Japanese Mobile Users Hit the Web More Than U.S. or ... - AOL

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    Japanese mobile-phone users are about 70% more likely to regularly use their devices to connect to the Internet than Americans, and more than twice as likely to be connected as European mobile ...

  7. Internet censorship and surveillance by country - Wikipedia

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    The surveys ask a set of questions designed to measure each country's level of Internet and digital media freedom, as well as the access and openness of other digital means of transmitting information, particularly mobile phones and text messaging services. Results are presented for three areas:

  8. Mobile phone industry in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japanese mobile phone handsets from 1997 to 2004. The Japanese mobile phone industry is one of the most advanced in the world. As of March, 2022 there were 199.99 million mobile contracts in Japan [1] according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. This is 158 percent of Japan's total population. [2]

  9. SIM lock - Wikipedia

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    A SIM lock, simlock, network lock, carrier lock or (master) subsidy lock is a technical restriction built into GSM and CDMA [1] mobile phones by mobile phone manufacturers for use by service providers to restrict the use of these phones to specific countries and/or networks.