SMART launches i-mode to Postpaid Subscribers
Sunday, March 02, 2008
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I blogged about i-mode last year and was anxious if I could get my hands on those cutesy i-mode clamshell phones. No more worries today, SMART is finally bringing i-mode to the Philippines on March 15 2008 but will be initially limited to Smart Gold subscribers.
Smart rolls out i-mode™ service to postpaid subscribers
[February 27, 2008 / Manila, Tokyo] - As part of its thrust of offering messaging options that answer a wide array of subscribers’ needs, leading wireless services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (SMART) announced that the i-mode™ service will be available beginning March 15.
i-mode is a mobile email and Internet service launched by Japanese mobile communications leader NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in February 1999. Today it is used by more than 47.8 million subscribers in Japan. Through NTT DoCoMo’s global partnerships, it is also available to mobile subscribers in 15 other countries in Asia and Europe.
In the Philippines, i-mode will be available exclusively to Smart Gold subscribers. Under the i-mode service, Smart Gold subscribers will have access to i-mail, allowing them to send email via their handset in the same simple way SMS messages are sent, and at the same cost of only P1 per message. As technologies develop and user-lifestyles evolve, Smart plans to make available more attractive and practical content and information to i-mode users in the Philippines. i-mode is expected to enhance Smart’s suite of cutting-edge wireless services, all designed to address the varying needs and lifestyles of the cellular leader’s subscribers.
“We understand and seek to cater to the rapidly evolving needs of today’s mobile phone owners. Smart provides not only cutting-edge connectivity to the biggest network in the country, it also offers access to world-class services, such as i-mode,” says Danilo J. Mojica, head of Smart’s Wireless Consumer Division.
“We will continue reinforcing our partnership and work closely with SMART to deliver an array of communication and entertainment services with compelling values and convenience,” says Mr. Takeshi Natsuno, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Multimedia Services, NTT DoCoMo.
For more information about i-mode and other premium offers of SMART Gold, please visit www.smart.com.ph/Gold.
For more information on Smart, please visit www.smart.com.ph or contact:
Ramon Isberto
Head, Public Affairs Group
Smart Communications, Inc.
T : +63 2 5113101
F : +63 2 5113100
Send email here
For more information on i-mode™, please visit www.nttdocomo.com or contact:
Shuichiro Ichikoshi
International PR
Public Relations Department
NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
T : +81 3 5156 1366
F : +81 3 5501 3408
Send email here
About SMART
Smart Communications, Inc. is the Philippines' leading wireless services provider with over 30 million subscribers on its GSM network as of December 2007. Of its total subscriber base, over 20 million subscribers are served under the brands Smart Buddy, Smart Gold and Smart Infinity. In addition, over 9 million subscribers are served through its subsidiary, Pilipino Telephone Corp., under the brand Talk 'N Text. Smart has built a reputation for innovation, having introduced world-first wireless data services, including mobile commerce services such as Smart Money, Smart Load and Smart Padala. Smart also offers Smart Link, a prepaid satellite telephony service, and 3G service called Smart 3G. Another subsidiary, Smart Broadband, Inc. offers a wireless broadband service, Smart Bro. Smart is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Philippines' leading telecommunications carrier, the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company.
About NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
NTT DoCoMo is the world's leading mobile communications company. DoCoMo serves over 53 million customers, including 42 million people subscribing to FOMA™, launched as the world's first 3G mobile service based on W-CDMA in 2001. DoCoMo also offers a wide variety of leading-edge mobile multimedia services, including i-mode™, the world's most popular mobile e-mail/Internet service, used by more than 47 million people. With the addition of credit-card and other e-wallet functions, DoCoMo mobile phones have become highly versatile tools for daily life. NTT DoCoMo is listed on the Tokyo (9437), London (NDCM) and New York (DCM) stock exchanges. For more information, visit www.nttdocomo.com.
*i-mode and FOMA are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries.
*NTT DoCoMo's FOMA service is only available to subscribers in Japan.
Offer them on prepaid!! Dammit.
(PR SOURCE Via BNCXE)
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