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ò In a move that analysts see as a response to the KDDI-Google partnership, NTT DoCoMo disclosed that it may seek an alliance with online search engines. The move comes when more Japanese are going to the Internet via mobile phones. Given their alliances, DoCoMo and KDDI have to contend also with Softbank Corp, which has acquired the Japanese unit of Vodafone for $15 billion in May and is expected to go into auctions and stock trading using the mobile phone. SoftbankÆs capacity to provide competition to KDDI and DoCoMo is also enhanced by the fact that it controls Yahoo Japan. DoCoMo...
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