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Bouygues Telecom to Launch i-mode Service in France
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TOKYO, JAPAN, November 5, 2002 --- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. said today that Bouygues Telecom S.A. has announced it will introduce  , the service developed by DoCoMo, to the French market beginning November 15, 2002. France marks the sixth market for i-mode service, which is already available in Japan, Germany, the Netherlands, Taiwan and Belgium. |
| DoCoMo concluded a licensing agreement with Bouygues Telecom in April this year, and has been providing the third largest French telecom company, which has approx. 6 million subscribers, with patents, technologies and marketing know-how necessary to launch i-mode service. DoCoMo has also played a major role in helping Bouygues Telecom establish close ties with content providers and equipment vendors, which is important to building a strong foundation for the service. |
| DoCoMo sees great growth potential for i-mode in France, which, with a population of approx. 60 million, is a major market for mobile communications in Europe. |
For further details regarding Bouygues Telecom's
i-mode service, please see the attachment. |
| Attachment: Outline of i-mode Service in France |
| (1) Operator: |
Bouygues Telecom S.A.
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| (2) Launch date: |
November 15, 2002
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| (3) Area: |
Bouygues' GPRS network in France
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| (4) Network: |
GPRS
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| (5) Models: |
n21i (manufactured by NEC) and TS21i* (manufactured by Toshiba), which are equipped with dual browser to view
i-mode-compatible HTML and WML1.X content
*TS21i is scheduled to go on sale in the near future
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| (6) Service details: |
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E-mail (i-mode mail): |
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Capable of sending and receiving e-mail containing up to 1,000 alphanumerics
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Content (at the time of launch): |
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Sites (mainly in French with a few available in English) will be offered by over 50 content providers
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Content categories: |
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1) News/Weather, 2) Convenient Information, 3) Travel/Transportation Information, 4) Trip Information, 5) Message Service/Chat, 6) Ringing Melodies/Images, 7) Fortune-telling/Games, 8) Shopping,
9) Banking/Securities
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| (7) i-mode charges |
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Basic monthly fee: |
3 euro
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Packet transmission: |
0.01 euro per 1 kilobyte based on volume of data transferred (same cost for e-mail transmission)
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Content subscription: |
Both free and paid content will be available
Content charge will be between 0 to 3 euro per month |
About NTT DoCoMo
NTT DoCoMo is the world's leading mobile communications company with more than 44 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 35 million subscribers, and  , launched in 2001 as the world's first 3G mobile service based on W-CDMA. In addition to wholly owned subsidiaries in Europe and North and South America, the company is expanding its global reach through strategic alliances with mobile and multimedia service providers in the Asia-Pacific, Europe and North and South America. NTT DoCoMo is listed on the Tokyo (9437), London (NDCM), and New York (DCM) stock exchanges. For more information, visit www.nttdocomo.com
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| i-mode and FOMA are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries. |
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