TOKYO, JAPAN, December 19, 2002 --- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that the company will suspend its "
" international dialing service to Diego Garcia (country code: 246) and the Seychelles (248) effective December 26, 2002, to prevent problems surrounding customer fraud.
Under the fraud, certain magazines advertise telephone numbers without indicating that they are to overseas locations. As a result, users unknowingly place international calls to such areas as Diego Garcia and the Seychelles.
In a similar case, mobile phone users are unaware that the automatic dial-up links featured in e-mail advertisements are to overseas numbers. Both scams can lead to expensive international phone bills.
Although NTT DoCoMo has not received any complaints to date from customers about the fraud, the company is taking preventive measures.
WORLD CALL allows users to make international calls from their mobile phones to approximately 220 regions and countries worldwide. Calls are made using 009130 prefixes.
In accordance with official requirements, DoCoMo has today notified the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications of plans to suspend its service to Diego Garcia and the Seychelles.
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
i-mode and FOMA are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries.
WORLD CALL is a registered trademark of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan.
" international dialing service to Diego Garcia (country code: 246) and the Seychelles (248) effective December 26, 2002, to prevent problems surrounding customer fraud.Under the fraud, certain magazines advertise telephone numbers without indicating that they are to overseas locations. As a result, users unknowingly place international calls to such areas as Diego Garcia and the Seychelles.
In a similar case, mobile phone users are unaware that the automatic dial-up links featured in e-mail advertisements are to overseas numbers. Both scams can lead to expensive international phone bills.
Although NTT DoCoMo has not received any complaints to date from customers about the fraud, the company is taking preventive measures.
WORLD CALL allows users to make international calls from their mobile phones to approximately 220 regions and countries worldwide. Calls are made using 009130 prefixes.
In accordance with official requirements, DoCoMo has today notified the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications of plans to suspend its service to Diego Garcia and the Seychelles.
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.comi-mode and FOMA are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries.
WORLD CALL is a registered trademark of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan.
