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DOCOMO to Offer High-Speed Mobile Data/VoIP for Home Broadband Networks

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Posted May 28, 2008

NTT DOCOMO, INC. and its eight regional
subsidiaries today announced a service that will enable DOCOMO FOMA(TM)
third-generation handsets to connect to home broadband networks via
wireless LAN routers, allowing mobile phone users to enjoy 54 Mbps
high-speed packet communication and Voice over Internet Protocol
(VoIP), beginning in June.

With
Home U(TM), Japan's first consumer service for fixed-mobile
convergence, DOCOMO FOMA phones will be able to download large-volume
data, such as video, with the speed and convenience of broadband.

VoIP
calls to other Home U users will be free of charge, and to non-Home U
users will be 30 percent cheaper than normal FOMA charges.

Initially,
the service will be compatible with the N906iL onefone(TM), a
mobile/W-LAN dual handset that will be sold from the same day that the
service starts.

The monthly charge for Home U will be 1,029 yen. No signup fee will be required.

* FOMA, Home U, onefone and i-mode are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DOCOMO, INC. in Japan and other countries.
* NTT DOCOMO's FOMA service is only available to subscribers in Japan.

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 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 (DCM) stock exchanges. For more information, visit
www.nttdocomo.com .


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