I-mode Handsets from Samsung - but Not Until Next Year

Published on: 11th March 2003

The Japanese mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo and South Korea-based Samsung Electronics have reached an agreement to jointly develop handsets that are compatible with GSM/GPRS wireless networks for use on i-mode networks outside Japan.

i-mode is DoCoMo's propriety mobile internet platform, and is currently being offered to customers in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Taiwan via the GSM/GPRS wireless networks of DoCoMo's partners.

"NTT DoCoMo is extremely pleased to be collaborating with Samsung," said Kei-ichi Enoki, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of DoCoMo's i-mode Business Division. "As a leading player in the global marketplace, Samsung has an excellent reputation for producing superior products. By joining forces with Samsung, we will be able to offer our customers an even greater selection of quality i-mode handsets. This will be extremely advantageous in helping us expand the number of i-mode customers in global GSM/GPRS markets."

"NTT DoCoMo's i-mode offers mobile users a variety of options to maximize their wireless experience. We believe that the adoption of i-mode into our phones will enable us to establish the mobile communication context of satisfying customers' various needs", ByungDuck Cho, Executive Vice President, Mobile Communication R&D Team of Samsung Electronics.

The phones, which will be equipped with ACCESS browser and Java, are scheduled for market release in early 2004."

 

Tags: [samsung electronics]  [ntt docomo]  [i-mode] 

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