Mobile phone industry in Japan other email services have also introduced "emoji" that can be sent and received from mobile handsets as well as computers. Mobile phone industry in Japan The Japanese mobile phone industry is one of the most advanced in the world. As of July 31, 2013 there were 139,180,300 mobile phones in use in Japan. This is 110 percent of Japan's total population according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. In Japanese, are often referred to as simply or for short. There are four cellular service operators in Japan. Willcom is the last PHS Personal Handy-phone System service operator. DoCoMo
Mobile phone industry in Japan NTT DoCoMo. Their band is 1700 MHz which is not compatible with other area's W-CDMA phone. As of December 2013, the projected subscriber base was over 10 million subscribers. The Japanese mobile phone market is known for its extremely competitive and saturated market, which, combined with a complex regulatory environment, has led to growing consolidation among manufacturers and providers alike. Mobile telecommunications operating licenses are administered by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. In Japan, there have never been band license auctions. Usually MIC issues operating licenses by just paper checking. Collaboration by the various companies can be seen