TOKYO, JAPAN, April 22, 2002 --- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that the DoCoMo group's 
international dialing service, currently an optional service, would become automatically available to all new DoCoMo PDC-based cellular phones on May 23, 2002. In addition, WORLD CALL will become newly available to new satellite phone subscribers on May 29, 2002.
WORLD CALL is already a standard service for
and "Pre-Call" prepaid phones. Existing PDC and satellite phone subscribers will still apply separately to begin using WORLD CALL.
WORLD CALL enables mobile phone users to call directly to more than 200 countries at competitive rates by simply dialing 009130 prior to the country code. Calls are billed in ten-second increments and all charges are added conveniently to the customer's regular monthly bill.
Please see the attachment for details about the WORLD CALL service for satellite phones.
In accordance with official requirements, DoCoMo today submitted notification of the change to the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Post and Telecommunications.
Attachment (.pdf)
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 32 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 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. NTT DoCoMo is listed on the Tokyo (9437), London (NDCM), and New York (DCM) stock exchanges. For more information, visit www.nttdocomo.com
WORLD CALL, i-mode and FOMA are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries.
international dialing service, currently an optional service, would become automatically available to all new DoCoMo PDC-based cellular phones on May 23, 2002. In addition, WORLD CALL will become newly available to new satellite phone subscribers on May 29, 2002.WORLD CALL is already a standard service for
and "Pre-Call" prepaid phones. Existing PDC and satellite phone subscribers will still apply separately to begin using WORLD CALL.WORLD CALL enables mobile phone users to call directly to more than 200 countries at competitive rates by simply dialing 009130 prior to the country code. Calls are billed in ten-second increments and all charges are added conveniently to the customer's regular monthly bill.
Please see the attachment for details about the WORLD CALL service for satellite phones.
In accordance with official requirements, DoCoMo today submitted notification of the change to the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Post and Telecommunications.
Attachment (.pdf)
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 32 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 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. NTT DoCoMo is listed on the Tokyo (9437), London (NDCM), and New York (DCM) stock exchanges. For more information, visit www.nttdocomo.comWORLD CALL, i-mode and FOMA are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries.
