DoCoMo Camera Phone Sales Exceed 5 Million

Products & Services
TOKYO, JAPAN, January 14, 2003 --- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that sales of i-shot™ handsets have topped the five million mark, less than one month after reaching the four million sales level.

Launched on June 1, 2002, DoCoMo's i-shot service allows subscribers to transmit still images taken with compatible mobile phones having built-in cameras to virtually any device capable of receiving e-mail. Given the tremendous popularity of the service, DoCoMo introduced its 504iS series of highly advanced camera-equipped mobile phones. Available in three models, this series offers a wide variety of features, including customization of still images using downloaded
i-ppli™ frames to create original screensavers.

Following the successful launch of the 504iS series,
i-shot handset sales began accelerating at a rapid pace, hitting five million units just seven months after service introduction.

Currently, there are eight i-shot models available on the market.

What is i-shot™?



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.docomo.ne.jp/english

i-mode and FOMA are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries.
i-shot and i-appli are trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan.

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