A 3G Success Story - The Launch Of FOMA
White Papers NTT DoCoMo has based the launch of FOMA, their first 3G network, on the Gemplus USIM card, GemXplore 3G, making Gemplus the only European smart card manufacturer with a live and working 3G card in a commercial network.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
W-CDMA Mobile Terminal
White Papers This paper introduces the FOMA F2611. Fujitsu also released FOMA F2611. There are several kinds of mobile terminals are available. This is the first terminal that supports 384 kb/s packet communication in the uplink and downlink, making it suitable...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
NTT DoCoMo Shows Off Latest 3G Handset
News The FOMA P2102V went on sale this week in Japan -- slightly later than forecast when its existance was first announced late last year. DoCoMo launched FOMA, its 3G service based on W-CDMA, in Japan in 2001, but for several years previously it had...
[March 12, 2003, 8:06]
DoCoMo 3G Deal Makes Symbian Big In Japan
News The deal is a boost for Symbian against competition from Linux, Microsoft, PalmSource and other competitors, and paves the way for broader use of the Symbian OS in DoCoMo's FOMA 3G handsets. Under the Operator Technology Integrator agreement...
[September 26, 2003, 12:25]
World's First 3G Phone Network Goes Live
News The most expensive is the FOMA P2101V, which is priced at $501. The least expensive of NTT's three phones, the FOMA P2401, costs $250. Japanese phone giant NTT DoCoMo on Monday unveiled the world's fastest phone network plus three new phones...
[October 1, 2001, 9:24]
Gemplus Success Story - NTT DoCoMo
White Papers In October 2001, NTT DoCoMo launched the world first 3G commercial network, "FOMA - Freedom for Multimedia Access". At their side, and every step of the way, was Gemplus, supplying the world first USIM cards for this momentous achievement.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
3G - Mobile In A Minute
White Papers G systems consist of the two main standards, CDMA2000 and W-CDMA, as well as other 3G variants such as NTT DoCoMo's Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access (FOMA) and Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA) used primarily in...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
NTT Invests $3m In Linux Company
News NTT DoCoMo has already introduced 3G products equipped with MontaVista Linux: earlier this year DoCoMo chose MontaVista's Linux operating system for three of its FOMA 3G mobile phones. Japanese mobile provider NTT DoCoMo has invested a $3m equity...
[December 23, 2004, 13:05]
Nokia, Ericsson Reach Mobile Milestone
News NTT DoCoMo's FOMA service is the world's first full 3G network, and is coming up to the first anniversary of its launch. Nokia and Ericsson said on Tuesday that they've each separately reached milestones for mobile phone equipment that uses...
[September 25, 2002, 10:43]
News Schmooze: Record Companies Smack Net Users
News Where it comes to 3G, Japan's DoCoMo is at least using a name that describes something to ordinary consumers -- FOMA, or Freedom Of Mobile Access. "Unnamed sources" have been leaking the record companies' latest dastardly plan to a variety of media...
[July 5, 2002, 11:35]
Mobile Phone Makers Hunt For 3G Solution
News Siegmund Redl, director of marketing for Qualcomm's CDMA technologies division, pointed out that phones running on the FOMA 3G network in Japan typically have 50 hours of standby time, compared with 300 hours for a typical 2G phone.
[May 14, 2002, 13:37]
Japanese 3G Faces Further Delays
News However, the company will not be releasing its much-awaited "Foma" videophones until late June -- and has instead issued testers with modified i-mode phones. Full-scale 3G services may be delayed in Japan until 2002 or later after the government...
[May 30, 2001, 14:04]
Hong Kong Awaits New Year 3G
News While international roaming between Japan and Hong Kong is not currently available, NTT DoCoMo which has a 24 percent stake in Hutchison 3G Hong Kong is planning to make its 3G FOMA network compatible with the W-CDMA standard used by Hutchison...
[December 23, 2003, 8:55]
'Smelly Phone' Making Waves In Japan
News The 3G phone, which uses the FoMA third-generation variant found in Japan, will be available from February. Apple is not the only kit maker causing waves with its latest device. Japanese mobile giant NTT DoCoMo has launched handsets promising...
[January 18, 2007, 9:20]
DoCoMo's I-mode User Base Hits 24.6m
News The service, called Freedom of Mobile multimedia Access (FOMA), is an introductory phase, which will end on 30 September, and commercial services are expected to start on 1 October. Japan's largest mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo has increased its...
[June 21, 2001, 9:45]
