(keitai-l) Re: The end of the DoCoMo 2G

Hmmm..

I was at the 506i event on April 27th.. during the Q&A several journalists
asked Masuda-san, from DoCoMo's i-mode Planning Department and host of the
press conference, whether DoCoMo will continue to split resources between 2G
and 3G handset development? Masuda-san answered: "900i-series is our
flagship, so we'll promote that. But if we listen to the user's
requirements, we have to sell non-900i-series - we cannot offer only 900i.
But we can manage this issue. In the end, we wish to shift over to the
900i-series." She added that whether this is the last of the 5XXi-series
(2G) "depends on the demands of the users."
http://www.wirelesswatch.jp/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=688
(The video preview is free - access to full programs require paid
subscription)

I'd say it will take more than 1 year to migrate their other 40million
customers over to 3G, unlike the KDDI example where customers were given no
choice. It seems likely to me that DoCoMo will continue to roll-out more 2G
models (all felica enabled) for awhile yet before they finally shut-down
their pdc network.

Lars.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerhard Fasol" <fasol@eurotechnology.com>
To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 9:11 PM
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: The end of the DoCoMo 2G


> Kyle:
>
> it is common knowledge that the 50Xi series ends
> very soon. You'll also see that DoCoMo's investments
> into 2G network have essentially stopped (as they have for
> PHS). I forgot where I read this first, but it's common
> knowledge in the industry.
>
> When you look at the trend of the subscriber numbers in
> detail you'll also see, that in 2006 essentially all
> DoCoMo users will be converted to 3G, as is more
> or less the situation already now for AU.
>
> You can plot these statistics out for yourself,
> you can find the key figure of 3G conversion in
> Japan here in my blog:
> http://fasol.com/blog/2004/09/kddiau-has-80-of-users-on-3g.html
>
> or you can find them plotted and analyzed and compared
> with competing carriers in our newsletters or in our
> 3G report: http://www.eurotechnology.com/store/3G/
> (I apologize that this report is not free, because it's
> a lot of work to make).
>
> Gerhard
>
>
> Kyle Barrow wrote:
> > No 507s ever:
> > http://wireless.ign.com/articles/567/567018p1.html
> > But I can find no mention of this on DoCoMo's site.
>  > Can anyone confirm this is true?
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