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To: Ruffian who wrote (43676)	10/7/1999 1:08:00 PM
From: cfoe	Respond to of 152472

<This maintains DoCoMo's lead in the Japanese cell-phone market until the company's planned launch of its own WCDMA service in March, 2001.> Let's see: Data service =s web access Web access =s Internet Internet time =s year times 4 So March 2001 means 4.25 quarters times 4 =s 17 years behind! And they will hold onto their lead for 17 years? Comments on my assumptions and math?

To: Ruffian who wrote (43676)	10/7/1999 6:08:00 PM
From: limtex	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Ruffian and thread - No bigger than a pocket monster, the cell phone has become all the rage in Japan. So popular, in fact, that NTT DoCoMo and Japan's two CDMA carriers DDI Celluclar and Noppon IDO Tsushin are locked in a fierce race to sign up customers. On the CDMA front, subscriptions passed the 2 million mark in August, a mere four months since service was launched. International roaming service and a 64Kbps data service are expected by year's end, which is expected to fuel CDMA subscription growth even more. But NTT DoCoMo has not been standing still. The company has signed up its millionth customer to its i-Mode service, which allows e-mail and text-based information services to be supplied over the existing PDC network. This maintains DoCoMo's lead in the Japanese cell-phone market until the company's planned launch of its own WCDMA service in March, 2001. Sorry but I have lost the plot in Japan. Could someone please enlighten me as to the Qs position in Japan. I mean who is on the Qs side and who is against and if there is anyone agianst the Q who uses CDMA is it good CDMA ( ie pays royalty to the Q) or bad CDMA ( ie doesn't pay royalty to the Q) Thanks, Best regards, L