NTT DoCoMo Sets Mobile Number Portability Transfer Fees and Announces Campaign Products & Services.Tokyo, Japan, Aug 29, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional subsidiaries announced today that they set transfer handling fees for switching carriers under mobile number portability Mobile Number Portability (MNP) enables mobile telephone users to retain their mobile telephone numbers when changing from one mobile network operator to another. MNP is implemented in different flavours across the globe. (MNP (Microcom Networking Protocol) A family of communications protocols from Microcom, Inc., Norwood, MA, that have become de facto standards for error correction (classes 2 through 4) and data compression (class 5). In 1997, Compaq acquired Microcom. ), which will be implemented on October 24. Subscribers who switch to DoCoMo from other operators will not be charged an MNP transfer fee, but like all new applicants, must pay a contract handling fee of 3,150 yen (including 5% sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. ). DoCoMo subscribers who move to other operators will be charged an MNP transfer fee of 2,100 yen (including 5% sales tax). DoCoMo will hold an MNP Reservation Campaign between September 10 to October 23. People who apply to DoCoMo during this period and who conclude the contract between October 24 and December 31, 2006 will be awarded 2,000 DoCoMo points, worth 2,000 yen, which can be applied toward the purchase of DoCoMo handsets or other products. 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 cutting-edge mobile multimedia services, including i-mode, which provides e-mail and Internet access to over 45 million subscribers as the world's most popular mobile Internet service, and FOMA See i-Mode. , launched in 2001 as the world's first 3G mobile service based on W-CDMA See WCDMA. . In addition to wholly owned subsidiaries in Europe, North America and Asia, 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 DCM abbr. Distinguished Conduct Medal ) stock exchanges. For more information, visit www.nttdocomo.com. Source: NTT DoCoMo Contact: NTT DoCoMo, Inc. Eijun Tanaka Assistant Manager, International Public Relations Group Inquiries: http://www.nttdocomo.com/inquiry Copyright [c] 2006 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
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