TOKYO, JAPAN, October 30, 2003 --- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional subsidiaries announced today that total subscribers to 2G and 3G i-mode® mobile internet service in Japan surpassed 40 million today, in about four and a half years since the service was launched on February 22, 1999.
As DoCoMo's proprietary mobile internet platform, i-mode has reinvented the cellular industry and continues to grow in popularity day by day. The service is now spreading around the world through licensing agreements between DoCoMo and foreign-based telecom operators.
| Subscriptions for i-mode in Japan have grown as follows: | ||
| August 8, 1999 | 1 million | |
| March 15, 2000 | 5 million | |
| August 6, 2000 | 10 million | |
| November 22, 2000 | 15 million | |
| March 4, 2001 | 20 million | |
| July 1, 2001 | 25 million | |
| December 25, 2001 | 30 million | |
| October 14, 2002 | 35 million | |
| October 30, 2003 | 40 million | |
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Proceed of monthly subscribers
(As of October 30, 2003)
Proceed of monthly IP, iMenu site,
independent i-mode website numbers (as of September, 2003)
Breakdown of i-mode subscribers
by gender and age (As of September, 2003)
i appli comaptible handset users
among i-mode subscribers (As of October 28, 2003)
About NTT DoCoMo
i-mode and FOMA are trademarks or registered trademarks of
NTT DoCoMo's FOMA service is available to subscribers in Japan only.
