On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Kyle Barrow wrote:
> TOKYO (Nikkei)--NTT DoCoMo Inc. (9437) has decided to open its i-mode...
> ...spending 7-8 billion yen to develop the exchanger needed for such
> connections. The exchanger is to be installed in December.
Is it just me, or does 7-8 billion yen (getting on towards $60
million) sound a tad expesive for such a thing? Sure, it's not a
hack I could pull off in a week-end or anything like that, and
dealing with billing systems is never cheap, but what on earth can
make it cost so much?
cjs
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Received on Fri Jan 25 11:30:44 2002