NTT DoCoMo Develops FOMA Compact Flash Card

November 8, 2003

P2402

NTT DoCoMo announced that it has developed the first FOMA compact flash card, P2402, which will enable 3G videophone and other wireless data communication via PCs and PDAs, such as DoCoMo's sigmarion III. The sales launch will be announced as soon as it is fixed.

The P2402 will offer high-speed packet transmissions of up to 384 kbps for downlinks and 64 kbps for uplinks, as well as 64 kbps for circuit-switched data transmissions.

DoCoMo's new flash memory card will enable videophone calls* between a PC and a FOMA handset, Lookwalk P751v PHS videophone, P-in Free series PHS data card-equipped device or ISDN fixed-line videophone (requires a PC equipped with videophone software**, USB compatible web camera and headset).

* Calls not possible to / from non-videophone devices
** CODEC-based software provided by DoCoMo, developed in collaboration with Packet Video Corporation

Main Specifications of P2402
- Specifications are subject to change -

Size (height x width x thickness)

5 mm (partially 9.5 mm) x 42.8 mm x 65 mm

Weight

Approx. 25g

Operating systems

Windows® 98, Windows 98SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows CE 3.0 and Windows CE .NET
(Japanese versions only)

Data transmission speeds

Packet:	uplink -- max.64 kbps
	downlink -- max. 384 kbps

Circuit switched: uplink / downlink - 64 kbps

Videophone:

uplink / downlink -- 32 kbps or 64 kbps

Power

DC 3.3V / 5.0V (supplied from PC or PDA card slot)

Power consumption

During communication (max.): approx. 2.0W
During communication (average): approx. 1.0W
Standby (normal mode, average): approx. 60mW

(values may vary depending on usage conditions)

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