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To: JohnG who wrote (21854)	4/26/2002 8:53:54 AM
From: JohnG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197214

DOCoMo unvails a streaming vidio FOMA service. Probably this is for the World Cup and an effort to catch KDDI. V-Live Trial Service Provides Video Streaming to FOMA Phones date: April 25, 2002 NTT DoCoMo announced today the launch of a one-to-many video streaming trial service called V-LiveTM. The service will be provided via the third-generation mobile network and will stream both live and archived video content to FOMA phones and PDAs connected to PHS phones. Last September, a DoCoMo-led consortium began testing the platform, developing service applications and studying the marketability of the service. With the trial service, both open and closed content will be offered. Open content will be accessible from May 15, 2002, on the official V-Live content menu and available to all V-Live subscribers. Content will include music, sports highlights, news, animation, tourist information and more. Closed content will be available exclusively to the customers of content providers or members of corporate users. Examples of this content include English conversation lessons, internal information for employees, security services (observation from a remote location) and investor relations tools. Content providers or corporate users of closed-content systems will be charged a fee for system construction. The V-Live platform enables video and data content to be transferred in the Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) and converted into the 3G-324M format for compliance with FOMA video-enabled phones. The platform employs the MPEG4 standard for data encoding and the AMR standard for voice encoding, so providers can offer content both to FOMA phones and various types of PDAs connected to PHS phones. Content providers and end-users who wish to take part in the V-Live trial service should submit an application to any DoCoMo branch office or MVL Users Center. Applications will be accepted by DoCoMo from April 26 and by DoCoMo's eight regional companies beginning May 15, 2002. The application form is available (in Japanese only) at any DoCoMo branch office or DoCoMo website. Users can also request the application form to be sent via mail by calling the MVL Users Center at 0120-215-360, Monday to Friday from 10:00-18:00 (closed weekends and holidays). The center will also answer any questions.

To: JohnG who wrote (21854)	4/26/2002 10:09:50 AM
From: foundation	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 197214

re: DoCoMo will license its W-CDMA technology ========== This is an interesting development. NTT steps outside the 3GPP patent pool. DoCoMo does not directly manufacture equipment, which may offer it additional latitude in this context. The "essential" patents for sale are for its "proprietary" W-CDMA technology. We've read that the Japanese version of wCDMA differs from the European version. NTT notes that its version is IMT-2000 compliant, and appears to offer use of IP with which it has "tweaked" the 3GPP standard. As written, NTT appears to make no assertion that its IP is "essential" for all wCDMA and that all vendors are obliged to secure a license. Why now? In tough financial times, is NTT fishing for new sources of revenue? Does this reflect mounting doubts with 3GPP's performance in developing and commercializing the UMTS standard? Multiple sources have recently pointed to a lack of progress in concluding corrections to Release 99. Is DoCoMo telling Europe that they at least have a network up and running, and that vendors (and 3GPP) should adopt their modifications and extensions? DoCoMo has noted plans to "upgrade" its network to comply with Release 99 provisions. Is this an attempt to develop critical mass sufficient to compel 3GPP to "upgrade" Release 99 to conform with DoCoMo's field experience? What is rather amusing - at least to me - is how poorly DoCoMo's technology is functioning. It would seem a rather tough sell. But perhaps to carriers and vendors mired in 3GPP's sewer, DoCoMo's offer is reason for hope.