(keitai-l) DoCoMo to offer flat rate data plan from March

From: Greg Conquest (home) <conquest_at_spamcop.net>
Date: 02/01/07
Message-ID: <45C14877.7070801@spamcop.net>
http://www.mobileburn.com/pressrelease.jsp?Id=3083
NTT DoCoMo to Offer New Flat-Rate Data Communications Billing Plans 
Products and Services

Press Release posted by Michelle Ruhfass on Wednesday January 31, 2007.

TOKYO, JAPAN, January 31, 2007 -- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight 
regional subsidiaries announced today they will offer the new flat-rate 
data communications billing plans "Pake-hodai full" and "Biz-hodai".

Beginning March 1, Pake-hodai full will enable FOMA i-mode subscribers 
with full-browser handsets to view not only i-mode but also PC websites 
and videos in Windows Media format (compatible with P903iX HIGH-SPEED) 
for a flat monthly rate of 5,985 yen (including tax). Applications will 
be accepted from February 21. The billing plan will be applicable for 15 
FOMA handsets already on the market, and for seven others to be marketed 
soon.

Starting some time after April 1, Biz-hodai will offer flat-rate packet 
communications for non-i-mode FOMA handsets M1000 and hTc Z at a monthly 
rate of 5,985 yen (including tax). This new plan will be available for 
subscribers to the U Standard Plan and U Lite Plan of the mopera U service.

Pake-hodai full and Biz-hodai billing plans will both be available for 
subscribers to the new billing plans, which started on November 1, 2005.

The new flat-rate billing plans will not be applicable for data 
communications using PCs or PDAs, or for use outside Japan
.

In addition, DoCoMo plans to introduce a FOMA 64kbps data-card flat-rate 
packet billing plan this autumn to replace @FreeD, a flat-rate plan for 
Internet access via the PHS service, which will be discontinued at the 
end of this year.

Pake-hodai full:

     * Applicable handsets - N901iS, N902i, SH902i, D902iS, F902iS, 
N902iS, SH902iS, DOLCE SL, N902iX HIGH-SPEED, D702iF, SH702iS, D903i, 
F903i, N903i, SH903i
     * Applicable handsets to be marketed soon - D903iTV, SH903iTV, 
F903iX HIGH-SPEED, P903iX HIGH-SPEED, D703i, SH703i, D800iDS (All these 
handsets are compatible with full browser)

Biz-hodai:

     * Applicable Handsets - M1000, HTC Z

About NTT DoCoMo
NTT DoCoMo is the world's leading mobile communications company. DoCoMo 
serves more than 52 million customers, including 32 million people 
subscribing to FOMA, launched as the world's first 3G mobile service 
based on W-CDMA in 2001. DoCoMo also offers a wide variety of 
leading-edge mobile multimedia services, including i-mode, the world's 
most popular mobile e-mail/Internet service, used by more than 47 
million people. 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 (DCM) stock exchanges.

For more, visit www.nttdocomo.com.
Received on Thu Feb 1 03:55:12 2007