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DOCOMO Extends Cloud Services
 NTT DOCOMO is preparing to launch an array of new personal services for smartphone and tablet users under a new "docomo cloud" brand.
The cloud strategy, which the company highlighted in its financial report issued late last month, aims to transform the company into being a "trusted personal agent" of its customers rather than a dumb pipe. Since launching its "Shabette-Concier" voice command-based app for Android on March 1, DOCOMO has logged over 2 million downloads. Starting next month, Shabette-Concier voice command-based app will be enhanced to provide precise answers to inquiries on a wide range of topics.
In June, DOCOMO will launch, Mail-Hon’yaku-Concier, an app that automatically translates text messages, such as e-mails and social networking messages, between Japanese and English/Chinese/Korean. The service uses cloud-based mobile interpretation technologies that DOCOMO currently is developing.
In August, DOCOMO will begin providing users with 5GB of free cloud storage for photos and videos. The service recognizes facial features and scenes for automatic sorting and grouping. Photo Collection will link to external services like Evernote, Eye-Fi and HighlightCam.
Also in August, DOCOMO will enhance its dmarket portal for smartphone and tablet apps and content. Content purchased from DOCOMO’s VIDEO Store, MUSIC Store, BOOK Store or ANIME Store can be enjoyed for no extra charge on multiple devices registered to the same subscriber.
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Deutsche Telekom Q1 Revenues Slide, Profits Up
 Deutsche Telekom's Q1 revenue declined 1.1 percent to EUR 14.4 billion compared to a year ago, while EBITDA remained stable at EUR 4.5 billion, and adjusted EDITDA margin hit 31.0 percent, 0.4 percentage points higher than one year before.
Domestic net revenue amounted to EUR 6.4 billion, around EUR 0.2 billion lower than in the first three
months of 2011. International net revenue remained on a par with the level in the prior-year quarter at
EUR 8.0 billion.
"This was a very satisfying quarter for us," said René Obermann, Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Telekom. "We have made significant progress in many areas and can now confirm our guidance for the year."
The company cited macroeconomic worries in Europe, intense competition and price changes imposed by the regulatory authorities as having a negative effect.
Some highlights:
In the German mobile market
- Mobile contract net adds were -107k – due to customer migration of one reseller
- Smartphone sales in Q1: 863k smartphones, of which 291k iPhones
- LTE coverage increased to 25% of population (+11pp quarter-on-quarter)
In the German fixed line division:
- Line losses were 24% below last year: 259k in Q1 (339k in Q1/11)
- Broadband customers were up+2.5%: 12,367k, 102k net adds in Q1
- Entertain customers were up +37%: 1,725k total, 173k net adds in Q1
- Retail fiber customers (VDSL) were up +67%: 674k total, 66k net adds in Q1
- Consumer ARPU increased by €0.40 to €25.60
T-Mobile USA
- T-Mobile USA performed well, particularly in terms of its profitability. Revenue increased by 2.0 percent to EUR 3.8 billion in the past quarter, with adjusted EBITDA rising by 12.9 percent to EUR 1.0 billion
T-Mobile USA saw the total number of prepay customers up by 187,000 in the first quarter. The number of branded contract customers (excluding machine-to-machine), on the other hand, was down by 510,000.
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The European Parliament approved a deal that will cut the costs of using mobile phones, smartphones and tablets when travelling abroad within the EU from 1 July this year. The cost of using data services will be capped at 70 Euro cents per megabyte from 1 July 2012 and will then fall in stages to 45 cents in 2013 and 20 cents on 1 July 2014.
TU Me is the first service from Telefónica Digital to launch directly to consumers and the first time Telefónica has launched a product worldwide, regardless of its operating markets.
