TOKYO, JAPAN, December 26, 2002 --- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that the company will acquire additional shares in ACCESS Co., Ltd., which is increasing its capital by offering new shares to third parties.
Following initial investment in ACCESS in January 2000, DoCoMo currently has 360 shares in the company. With the purchase of an additional 1,400 shares at 1.17 million yen per share, totaling 1.638 billion yen, DoCoMo will hold 1,760 shares in ACCESS, raising its ownership percentage from 2.13% to 9.61%.
Established in February 1984, ACCESS develops and sells internet-related software. Through additional investment, DoCoMo expects to strengthen its ties with ACCESS, benefiting from the company's technological expertise in the development and application of browsers for third-generation mobile phones. In line with this, the two companies signed a licensing agreement under which ACCESS will license to DoCoMo the browser it originally designed for DoCoMo's 3G
handsets.
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 36 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.
About ACCESS Co., Ltd. and Overseas Subsidiaries
ACCESS Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 4813) is a global provider of integrated, next-generation mobile data platforms and mobile Internet access technologies for the mobile communications market. ACCESS' embedded NetFront™ and Compact NetFront™ browsers power 191 different commercial products worldwide including mobile phones, digital televisions, set-top boxes, game consoles, PDAs, car navigation systems, web phones, kiosk terminals and intranet terminals. ACCESS' Compact NetFront microbrowser is most widely deployed in phones for NTT DoCoMo's popular i-mode service. To date, almost 80 million ACCESS software licenses have shipped from more than 40 major vendors. ACCESS Co. Ltd. is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with ACCESS Systems America Inc., its US subsidiary, in Fremont, California, ACCESS Systems Europe GmbH, its German subsidiary, in Oberhausen, Germany and with ACCESS (Beijing) Co.,Ltd., its Chinese subsidiary, in Beijing, China. More information is available at www.access.co.jp and www.access-us-inc.com.
Following initial investment in ACCESS in January 2000, DoCoMo currently has 360 shares in the company. With the purchase of an additional 1,400 shares at 1.17 million yen per share, totaling 1.638 billion yen, DoCoMo will hold 1,760 shares in ACCESS, raising its ownership percentage from 2.13% to 9.61%.
Established in February 1984, ACCESS develops and sells internet-related software. Through additional investment, DoCoMo expects to strengthen its ties with ACCESS, benefiting from the company's technological expertise in the development and application of browsers for third-generation mobile phones. In line with this, the two companies signed a licensing agreement under which ACCESS will license to DoCoMo the browser it originally designed for DoCoMo's 3G
handsets.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 36 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.
About ACCESS Co., Ltd. and Overseas Subsidiaries
ACCESS Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 4813) is a global provider of integrated, next-generation mobile data platforms and mobile Internet access technologies for the mobile communications market. ACCESS' embedded NetFront™ and Compact NetFront™ browsers power 191 different commercial products worldwide including mobile phones, digital televisions, set-top boxes, game consoles, PDAs, car navigation systems, web phones, kiosk terminals and intranet terminals. ACCESS' Compact NetFront microbrowser is most widely deployed in phones for NTT DoCoMo's popular i-mode service. To date, almost 80 million ACCESS software licenses have shipped from more than 40 major vendors. ACCESS Co. Ltd. is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with ACCESS Systems America Inc., its US subsidiary, in Fremont, California, ACCESS Systems Europe GmbH, its German subsidiary, in Oberhausen, Germany and with ACCESS (Beijing) Co.,Ltd., its Chinese subsidiary, in Beijing, China. More information is available at www.access.co.jp and www.access-us-inc.com.
