TOKYO, JAPAN, March 5, 2001 --- The number of subscribers to NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (NTT DoCoMo)'s i-mode service topped 20 million on March 4, 2001. The service was launched 742 days ago on February 22, 1999. Currently, 828 companies are providing information services through i-mode. This is a twelve-fold increase from the 67 firms that were signed on with the service at the time of its launch. In addition, there are about 1,480 official i-mode Web sites including 59 i appli compatible sites along with another 40,053 independent sites, according to OH! NEW i-search, an i-mode search engine.

i-mode subscriptions have progressed as follows:

February 22, 1999
Service launched June 28, 1999
Exceed 0.5 million August 8, 1999
Exceed 1 million March 15, 2000
Exceed 5 million August 6, 2000
Exceed 10 million November 22, 2000
Exceed 15 million March 4, 2001
Exceed 20 million