NTT DoCoMo to Offer Flat-Rate Packet-Data Billing Plans for Mobile PC Users.Tokyo, Japan, Sept 13, 2007 - (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 (NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc., Japan) Founded in 1991, NTT DoCoMo is a spinoff of Japan's NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) which provides wireless services, including cellular, paging, satellite and maritime and in-flight telephone services. , Inc. and its eight regional subsidiaries today announced attractive new flat-rate data communication plans that will take effect on October 22. The plans, designed for mobile PC users who connect to the DoCoMo network via a FOMA See i-Mode. (TM) PC card, USB-linked DoCoMo phone or HSDPA-capable PC, assure that heavy or regular users of packet-data communications won't have to worry about widely fluctuating monthly bills. "Flat-Rate Data Plan HIGH-SPEED" for 3.6Mbps (best effort) packet services will cost 4,200 yen/month (incl. tax) for up to 500,000 packets, then rise on a pay-as-you-go basis Pay-as-you-go basis A method of paying income tax in which the employer deducts a portion of an employee's monthly salary to remit to the IRS. up to a maximum of 10,500 yen/month beyond one million packets. The plan requires subscription to the new "mopera U U Flat-Rate HIGH-SPEED Plan" (840 yen/month) or "Business mopera Internet (HIGH-SPEED)" (630 yen/month) for Internet access (certain access points may not be compatible with the plans). DoCoMo will also offer the 64Kbps (best effort) "Flat-Rate Data Plan 64K" for 4,200 yen/month (incl. tax). The plan requires subscription to the new "mopera U U Flat-Rate 64K Plan" (525 yen/month) or "Business mopera Internet (64K) plan" (315 yen/month) for Internet access (certain access points may not be compatible). The plans cover sending/receiving messages and viewing still content (text and photos) on Web sites. Streamed video, downloaded FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to file transfers, i-mode communications and voice/videophone calls are not covered not covered Health care adjective Referring to a procedure, test or other health service to which a policy holder or insurance beneficiary is not entitled under the terms of the policy or payment system–eg, Medicare. Cf Covered. . Packet communications outside Japan, as well as via domestic access points that are not compatible with flat-rate packet communications services, will be charged on a pay-as-you-go basis. DoCoMo's initial offering of terminals compatible with the plans are two data cards: A2502 HIGH-SPEED and M2501 HIGH-SPEED, and seven handsets: N904i, P903iX HIGH-SPEED, F903iX HIGH-SPEED, N902iX HIGH-SPEED, L704i (coming in October), F1100 and HT1100 (latter two coming in first quarter of 2008). Laptops capable of accessing FOMA HIGH-SPEED services when combined with a DoCoMo SIM card will include the Sony VAIO (Video Audio Integrated Operation) Sony's trade name for its desktop and laptop PCs. In mid-1998, Sony introduced its 505G series of subnotebooks that were the first in ultra-thin Pentium portables. type S and type T models and Fujitsu FMV-BIBLO LOOX T70XNX and LOOX U50XNX models, all of which are expected to be launched by PC manufacturers in the near future. As a promotion, subscribers to Flat-Rate Data Plan HIGH-SPEED will be able to use packet communications for 4,200yen/month on an unlimited basis between October 22, 2007 and January 31, 2008. About NTT DoCoMo NTT DoCoMo is the world's leading mobile communications company. DoCoMo serves more than 51 million customers, of which more than half subscribe to FOMA(TM), launched as the world's first 3G mobile service based on W-CDMA See WCDMA. in 2001. DoCoMo also offers a wide variety of leading-edge mobile multimedia services, including i-mode(TM), the world's most popular mobile e-mail/ Internet service, used by more than 46 million users. With the addition of credit-card and other e-wallet functions, DoCoMo mobile phones have become highly versatile tools for daily life. NTT DoCoMo is listed on the Tokyo (9437), London (NDCM) and 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 ) stock exchanges. For more information, visit www.nttdocomo.com. Source: NTT DoCoMo Contact: NTT DoCoMo International PR Public Relations Department NTT DoCoMo, Inc. Tel: 81-3-5156-1366 Fax: 81-3-5501-3408 website: http://www.nttdocomo.com Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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