IP: NTT DoCoMo, FOMA and 3G in Japan

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: "Tim Onosko" <tim@onosko.com>
Reply-To: "Tim Onosko" <tim@onosko.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 08:48:30 -0500
To: <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
Subject: NTT DoCoMo, FOMA and 3G in Japan

Dave:

The Nikkei has a fascinating piece about NTT's progress in marketing its 3G
service in Japan, with some interesting numbers.  E.g., NTT expected to have
150,000 subs for its 3G "FOMA" service by March, 2002, but only had about
90,000.  At the current rate of adoption, and given problems rolling out the
service, it will still only have about 200,000 by March, 2002.  Their
estimate had been almost 1.4 million!

There's also good info about KDDI's own 3G service, "CDMA 2000 1X," which is
attracting about 330,000 subs in a month, according to the story, and
J-Phone's "Sha-Mail" phones with built-in CCD cameras for transmitting still
photos.  (The latter very popular with Japanese teens, although it may be
just another fad.)

http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/fw/193100






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