More interesting information could be read in the Nikkei Shinbun this morning.
E-Plus will start in March with i-mode, followed by KPN Mobile and KNP
Orange in April.
According to Nikkei the following manufacturers will introduce European
i-mode handsets:
NEC, Matsushita, Mitsubishi (no surprise among these three), Toshiba (big
surprise) and Taiwan EMS (huge surprise).
Arjen van Blokland
ab@104.com / www.104.com
At 13:53 02/02/07 +0000, you wrote:
>7th Feb 2002
>
>ABSTRACT
>NTT DoCoMo is currently in talks with 3 leading German companies in order to
>bring imode services to Germany within several months.
>The main figure to emerge from the negotiations is mobile operatro E-Plus,
>15% owned by Dutch telco KPN who also plan to launch imode in the
>Netherlands in April 2002. DoCoMo's imode service topped 30 million
>subscribers in Dec 2001 but a slowing ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) and a
>sluggish start to their FOMA 3G service means that the Japanese giant has
>been more than keen to ensure future success by exploring foreign markets.
>The German launch will be in much the similar vein as the Dutch imode
>service which through KPN and KPN Orange will be available to half of their
>subscribers in the Netherlands and Belgium.
>
>http://www.wirelessworldforum.com/w2fnews11581.html
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Received on Thu Feb 7 16:16:49 2002