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Michito Kimura
Senior Market Analyst, PC, Mobile & Client Solution, IDC Japan

Team: Japan Mobile and Client Computing Team
Mobile and Wireless
Telecommunications
Worldwide Quarterly Tracker Team
 Michito Kimura is Senior Market Analyst at IDC's Japan PC, Mobile & Client Solution covering devices including PC, Mobile, and Thin-client research. Based in Tokyo, Kimura covers the wireless market and main key components market, including semiconductors. Now focusing on the research of Japan Mobile Handset and the related services, he also provides the analysis and forecast and insights for IDC research services.

Kimura has been an analyst at IDC for 12 years. He regularly contributes to IDC' worldwide mobile research team and is involved in several consulting business on both worldwide and Japan projects.

He has more than 10 years of experience as a market analyst and has been involved in the Japan IT hardware-related market with more-than 15 years.

His comments and insights in mobile handset and the wireless fields are regularly quoted by many business/IT media publications, such as Nikkei media group.

Kimura graduated from University of Bonn (Germany), majoring in International relations.

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Conditions for Success: Softbank's Acquisition of Sprint Nextel （Body is in Japanese）
Yuta Torisu, Michito Kimura
Oct 2012 - Doc # lcJP23757512      IDC Link
ソフトバンクのスプリント・ネクステル買収で成功する条件とはソフトバンクは2012年10月15日、米通信キャリアのスプリント・ネクステルを買収することで両社が合意したと発表した。本調査レポートは、「ソフトバンクの戦略は、米国でも通用するのか」という点に着目し、この買収で成功するためにはどのような条件が必要かを分析している。ソフトバンクは、国内第3位の規模でありながら、2005年度～2011年度（会計年）の7年間、自社の営業利益を年間平均成長率（CAGR：Compound Ann ...
Conditions for Success: Softbank's Acquisition of Sprint Nextel
Yuta Torisu, Michito Kimura
Oct 2012 - Doc # lcJP23757412      IDC Link
On October 15 2012, Softbank — Japan's third largest operator in terms of FY11 total revenue — announced its acquisition of Sprint Nextel — the third largest mobile operator in the United States. In this report, IDC analyzes the key conditi ...

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2013年 国内モバイル／クライアントコンピューティング市場 製品動向分析
Hirotoshi Asano, Michito Kimura
Apr 2013 - Doc # J13180102      Industry Development and Models
The content of this document was written in Japanese:
  • タブレット：6インチ以上、14インチ未満のカラー表示の画面サイズを持ち、ハードウェアキーボートを搭載せずタッチスクリーンで操作を行うデバイスを指す。なお、キーボードの取り外しができるポータブルPCもタブレットとして計上される。通信方式はWi-Fiまたは3G以上の機能をサポートしている。タブレットはiOSやAndroid OSなど
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    Japan Mobile and Client Computing 2013–2017 Forecast and 4Q12 Analysis
    Hirotoshi Asano, Michito Kimura
    Apr 2013 - Doc # JP1272703V      Forecast Update
    This IDC Forecast Update analyzes the results of the Japan mobile and client computing market for 4Q12 and also updates the previous (3Q12) forecast. This study covers desktop and portable, PCs, smartphones, and tablets.: The annual ...
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