All DoCoMo handsets to be GSM-capable within 2 years, sez paper

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Deluxe @ May 21st 2006 9:06PM

#1, About 6 months ago three new mobile service licenses were handedd out to Softbank, eMobile and ipMobile. Softbank since aquiring Vodafone have returned theirs, but the other two are getting prepared for a launch sometime within the next 6 months.

#2, Willcom is picking up steam, but still only has a tiny market share percentage, and the big 3 dont yet see them as a threat. Vodafone / Softbank were losing maket share, and few expect the aquisition to make many any changes that could really effect their poor performance.

One thing that is important to not is that these phones will NOT be able to be used with other carriers. This means that YES you will be able to roam in other countries using your DoCoMo connected phone, but will not be able to discard the DoCoMo part.

DoCoMo's new 902iS series also features two handsets which are roaming 3G capable. DoCoMo are slowly but surely making changes to their network and hardware that means their WCDMA network will become intercompatable with the Euro and American standards.

Again, however, you can only use them on a DoCoMo contract, roaming in other countries, not connectable directly to an international service provider.

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