FusionOne to Provide Mobile Phone Data Backup Service for NTT DoCoMo Business Users; New Service Automatically Protects a FOMA M1000 User's Address Book, Calendar, To-Do List and Notes Against Phone Loss, Damage or Theft.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United StatesSan Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- FusionOne, a leading provider of premium mobile services which help users protect, access and manage the personal content on their mobile phones, has announced plans to deliver mobile phone backup services to users of NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s (Tokyo: 9437, London: NDCM, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of : DCM DCM abbr. Distinguished Conduct Medal ) mopera U service and FOMA See i-Mode. (TM) M1000 handsets manufactured by Motorola. The new service represents an important enhancement to NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform DoCoMo's mopera U offering, which provides mobile access to the Web via DoCoMo's 3G FOMA network. Developed and hosted by FusionOne, the new Data Backup service automatically protects a FOMA M1000 user's address book, calendar, to-do list and notes against phone loss, damage or theft. It also eliminates the need to manually transfer this personal content when a phone is replaced or upgraded. Further, the Data Backup service includes a "self destruct de·struct n. The intentional, usually remote-controlled destruction of a space vehicle, rocket, or missile after launching, as for defective performance or reasons of safety. v. " feature which allows users to remotely erase their personal content from a lost device. "Most of NTT DoCoMo's FOMA M1000 subscribers are business users, so the addition of data backup to the growing list of mopera U services should enhance the way business subscribers use their mobile phones," said Kiyoshi Tokuhiro, NTT DoCoMo's Managing Director of Ubiquitous Services. When the service becomes available, NTT DoCoMo subscribers will access the Data Backup service through the mopera U menu on their handsets. After registering with the service, users can also access a Web-based portal from any PC to view, update or print their personal content. All changes are automatically synchronized back to the mobile phone. Since it will be part of the mopera U service, there will be no additional charge to subscribers. The Data Backup service is based on the same Mighty Mobile Services Platform as FusionOne's MightyBackup and MightyPhone service offerings. "NTT DoCoMo is one of the top carriers worldwide, based on both its subscriber-base and leading-edge products and services, so it comes as no surprise that they would become one of the first carriers to offer mobile phone data backup services for their FOMA M1000 users," said Richard Onyon, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of FusionOne. "The information inside a handset -- whether it be address book and calendar content today, or images, ringtones, or other data tomorrow -- is usually the most important and irreplaceable part of a mobile phone, so the Data Backup service should be of great use to mopera U users." "FOMA" and "i-mode" are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries; "mopera" is a registered trademark of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan. About FusionOne, Inc. FusionOne offers a suite of premium services for mobile phone users, distributed through partnerships with wireless operators and select retailers. Leveraging its Mighty Mobile Services Platform (MMSP MMSP Multi-Media Signal Processing MMSP Mitsubishi Motor Sports MMSP Microsoft Media Server Protocol ), FusionOne's powerful turn-key service offerings include MightyPhone (mobile organizer) and MightyBackup (address book protection). With each offering, product name, branding, and feature sets may be changed according to the needs of the operator. Founded in 1998, FusionOne is an established leader in synchronization technology and mobile phone solutions, with headquarters located in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. and additional offices in Tallinn, Estonia. For more information, visit www.FusionOne.com. About NTT DoCoMo NTT DoCoMo is the world's leading mobile communications company, serving more than 50 million customers. The company offers a wide variety of leading-edge mobile multimedia services, including i-mode(TM), which provides e-mail and Internet access to over 45 million subscribers as the world's most popular mobile Internet service, and FOMA, launched in 2001 as the world's first 3G mobile service based on W-CDMA See WCDMA. . In addition to wholly owned subsidiaries Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. in Europe and North America, the company is expanding its global reach through strategic alliances with mobile and multimedia service providers in Asia-Pacific and Europe. NTT DoCoMo is listed on the Tokyo (9437), London (NDCM), and New York (DCM) stock exchanges. For more information, visit www.nttdocomo.com. |
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