Insights

The year of 2006 has been a great year for us! We have seen such growth in our team both in what we do technical and in physical numbers. As we look back over the year, we find that it has been an eventful year. A friend of mine has put together an good summary of what happened in Japanese business in 2006.

The world is certainly changing. Some change is a bit scary as what is was once abnormal is later considered normal. However, we are of the opinion that most change is good. Change in an enterprise (or corporate environment) should be founded on the facts of the current business process and making it better.

The world is certainly changing. Some change is a bit scary as what is was once abnormal is later considered normal. However, we are of the opinion that most change is good. Change in an enterprise (or corporate environment) should be founded on the facts of the current business process and making it better.

In Japan, we have found that there are a lot of choices for broadband internet connections. Softbank brought all the pricing down by their now famous (and much copied) sales campaign. They branded the service Yahoo BB (BB for broadband). They had young part timers with DSL modems in a shopping bag on what seemed like every corner, telling people to take home a modem and plug it in. The big point was the usage was free for two-months.

ne of the things that we say at AINEO is that you can teach a person how to do technical things, but you can’t teach them common sense. What is common sense? In simple terms, common sense is having the sense of understand what is common among most people. The Webster’s dictionary defines common sense as

Over the last 15 years the AINEO team has had the opportunity to use various mobile phones in Japan. We have tested them in Tokyo and all around Japan. We have used Willcom, Softbank (Formerly J-phone/Vodafone), NTT Docomo, Tsuka and AU (owned by KDDI Corporation).