NEC Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. will work more closely together in the areas of systems integration, network technologies and middleware, the companies said Tuesday. The companies will combine NEC's Univerge voice over IP (VoIP) gear with Sun's SunRay blade servers and promote the result as a SunRay reference architecture to customers worldwide.
NTT DoCoMo Inc. on Tuesday unveiled its first handset to operate over its third-generation (3G) cellular network while also providing voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls over wireless Internet networks.
BitWallet Inc., a joint venture company headed by Sony Corp. and NTT DoCoMo Inc. that operates a fledgling electronic money system in Japan, has increased its capitalization by more than 80 per cent as it prepares to expand its service to new retailers and add new functions.