14 DAY TRIAL // ACCESS and NTT Docomo announced they have signed a License Agreement for GPRS and W-CDMA compatible i-mode platform. This is the first time ACCESS is granted a license for i-mode platform from DoCoMo.
Until now, ACCESS has provided DoCoMo and other communications providers with browser, email and a variety of advanced software for i-mode terminals. As part of this agreement, ACCESS will promote end-to-end total solutions combining its client products with server products as an integrated set. With new platform technologies linking seamlessly to client terminals as sets, ACCESS will offer time-to-market and cost saving advantages for providers of new mobile services.
NTT DoCoMo is a mobile communications provider, with more than 52 million customers, including 30 million people subscribing to FOMA, the first 3G mobile service based on W-CDMA launched in 2001. DoCoMo offers a variety of mobile services including i-mode, the mobile Internet service launched by NTT DoCoMo in February 1999. Since then, over 47 million customers have subscribed to the service. i-mode is currently available in 16 countries/regions and will be expanded to a total of 26 countries/regions worldwide in the near future.
ACCESS is a global company providing technology, software products and platforms for web browsing, mobile phones, wireless handhelds and other networked devices. ACCESS' product portfolio includes its NetFront browser, Palm OS and the ACCESS Linux Platform. The Company, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, operates 29 subsidiaries and affiliates within Asia, Europe and the United States.