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MTN chooses Cambridge Broadband Networks for multi-service wireless network in Rwanda, October 6, 2007

Brazilian government to publish 3G bidding rules soon, October 6, 2007

KTF 3G service suffers from technical problems, October 6, 2007

Argentina’s Personal lunches 3G service in Rosario, October 6, 2007

Russia has it's first 3G network, October 6, 2007

AT&T could drop Alcatel-Lucent as 3G mobile network supplier, October 6, 2007

Enea Extends License Agreement with ZTE for 3G Handsets, October 2, 2007

LG to unveil premium handsets in Brazil, October 2, 2007

KTF 3G subscribers doubled in less than 3 months, October 2, 2007

3G policy in India will be non-uniform, October 2, 2007

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DoCoMo Aims for 80% 3G Sales

March 31, 2005 - source: BWCS

Japanese mobile giant NTT DoCoMo has set itself a target of selling more than 20 million high-speed mobile handsets this year. This is equal to twice the number of 3G users that the company currently has.

According to Takeshi Natsuno, DoCoMo's managing director of multimedia services "More than 80 percent of the handsets we sell this year will be 3G, and the total number of 3G subscribers will be more than our competitors for sure."

The company recently introduced its so-called "pake-hodai", flat-rate, mobile data charges, which allow users low-cost access to i-mode 3G services. In February of this year, DoCoMo put its new Fujitsu-made FOMA F700i handsets on sale at Yen 10,000 less than the previous series of 900i model 3G phones. Later in the year, the operator says it will launch more 700i series phones from Panasonic, NEC and Sharp. The move is aimed at driving more customers from its 49 million mobile customer base to 3G.

DoCoMo stresses that its FOMA service is available in all "populated" areas of Japan; in addition, it has made a big play of the fact that it can be used in all subway stations in the Tokyo and Metro and Toei networks.