TOKYO, JAPAN, February 22, 2002 --- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that the company and its eight regional companies will launch the 
Session Service to provide corporations with priority connection to the i-mode server. The service is scheduled to start March 1, 2002.
The service provides a lasting connection (session) to the DoCoMo i-mode server for highly reliable data transmissions to and from mobile phones equipped for the i-mode service. As a result, transmissions via the new service are more reliable than, for example, Internet mail, which is managed on a best-effort basis.
There is a
2,000 charge for registration and network construction costs 10,000. The customer pays a monthly basic fee of 15,000, which includes two free sessions per month. Each additional session costs 7,500. Applications to change the number of sessions also incur the 2,000 registration and 10,000 construction charges (regardless of number of sessions added/removed).
About NTT DoCoMo
NTT DoCoMo is the world's leading mobile communications company with more than 40 million customers. The company provides a wide variety of leading-edge mobile multimedia services. These include, the world's most popular mobile internet service, which provides e-mail and internet access to over 30 million subscribers, and 
, launched in 2001 as the world's first 3G mobile service. In addition to wholly owned subsidiaries in the United States, Europe and Brazil, the company is expanding its global reach through strategic joint ventures and other alliances with mobile and multimedia service providers in the Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America. The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. For more information, visit www.nttdocomo.com
i-mode and FOMA are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries.
Session Service to provide corporations with priority connection to the i-mode server. The service is scheduled to start March 1, 2002.The service provides a lasting connection (session) to the DoCoMo i-mode server for highly reliable data transmissions to and from mobile phones equipped for the i-mode service. As a result, transmissions via the new service are more reliable than, for example, Internet mail, which is managed on a best-effort basis.
There is a
2,000 charge for registration and network construction costs 10,000. The customer pays a monthly basic fee of 15,000, which includes two free sessions per month. Each additional session costs 7,500. Applications to change the number of sessions also incur the 2,000 registration and 10,000 construction charges (regardless of number of sessions added/removed).About NTT DoCoMo
NTT DoCoMo is the world's leading mobile communications company with more than 40 million customers. The company provides a wide variety of leading-edge mobile multimedia services. These include
, the world's most popular mobile internet service, which provides e-mail and internet access to over 30 million subscribers, and , launched in 2001 as the world's first 3G mobile service. In addition to wholly owned subsidiaries in the United States, Europe and Brazil, the company is expanding its global reach through strategic joint ventures and other alliances with mobile and multimedia service providers in the Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America. The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. For more information, visit www.nttdocomo.comi-mode and FOMA are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries.
