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IP: for Japanese IPers -- a talk Japan's Personal HandyPhone
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1996 19:21:08 -0500
ATIP Technology Seminar Time & Date: 4-6PM, Thursday 14 March, 1996 Where: Asian Technology Information Program (ATIP) Harks Roppongi Building 1F 6-15-21 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106 Tel: +81 3 5411-6670; Fax: +81 3 5411-6671, Email: INFO () ATIP OR JP Space is limited. Please confirm attendance by fax, or email (no telephone). TITLE: Japan's Personal HandyPhone System (PHS) (Jeffrey L. Funk, Ph.D., Kobe University) ABSTRACT: Since its introduction in July of 1995, Japan's Personal HandyPhone System (PHS) has not met the expectations of many analysts. Although it appears that there will be at least 1 million subscribers by the end of fiscal 1995, this will fall well short of the 2.5 million subscribers that some people had predicted. Instead, it appears that PHS has inadvertently increased the number of cellular subscribers by encouraging people to consider some form of mobile communication. The total number of cellular subscribers is expected to double during fiscal 1995 and it appears that this growth will continue for the next several years. However, there are several possible ways in which the number of subscribers to PHS may increase dramatically over the next few years. These include: 1.) the recently increased coverage and reduced PHS handset, subscription and connection time prices; 2.) wireless data communication; and 3.) PHS as a form of wireless private branch exchange (PBX). This presentation will describe the current status of PHS including its perceived problems and the ways in which the number of subscribers to PHS may eventually meet the optimistic forecasts that were made in early 1995. BIO: Dr. Jeff Funk has degrees in Physics, Mechanical Engineering, and Engineering & Public Policy (Ph.D., 1984 Carnegie-Mellon University). He has studied the management of product development in Japan as a Fulbright Scholar at Tokyo University, as an American Electronics Association Fellow at Yokogawa Electric, and as a Visiting Engineer at Mitsubishi Electric. Most recently, he has been an Assistant Professor of Business at the Pennsylvania State University. Beginning in April of 1996, he will be an Associate Professor of Business at Kobe University. Jeffrey L. Funk, Ph.D. Associate Professor Kobe University Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration 2-1 Rokko, Nada, Kobe 657 Japan Tel: +81 78-881-1212; Fax: +81 78-881-6434
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