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i-Mode
(Content for i-mode report was developed by Laura
Abbott, MobileInfo's Technology Editor)
i-mode Overview:
- Japan’s NTT DoCoMo’s i-mode service, which enables users to access
Internet services via their cellular phone, was launched in August of
1999.
- NTT DoCoMo the world’s largest mobile-phone carrier with a market
cap value of $263-billion (2001).
- As of February 2002, the service had over 31 million subscribers,
adding over 100,000 new subscribers every week.
- Total of 25,100 content sites comprising of 1,100 official sites and
24,000 unofficial or voluntary sites.
- Service transmitted over DoCoMo Packet Transmission Network (PDC-P or
DoPa).
- Voice Communication on DoCoMo Network (PDC).
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