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Industry Moves: I-Mode Guru Takeshi Natsuno Quitting NTT DoCoMo: Report - 1 Comment
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 28 Mar 2008 04:26 PM PST

NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) is losing Takeshi Natsuno, the mastermind behind its hit mobile web service i-Mode, according to AFP, citing a source within the company. Natsuno, 43, is supposed…

Germany’s E-Plus Phasing Out i-Mode - 1 Comment
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 26 Mar 2008 03:51 AM PST

German mobile operator E-Plus is shutting down its i-Mode service as of 1 April, one of the last major European networks to abandon the Japanese import, TelecomTV reports. Germany’s third…

DoCoMo Phones To Be Stripped Down For Lower-Price Options; I-Mode-Free - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 23 Mar 2008 07:13 PM PST

This is an about-face for NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM), which has always sold on its extra data and content features: the Japanese operator will sell some stripped-down phones without data…

O2 To Dump i-mode In UK; No New Handsets Anymore - 0 Comments
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Tue 17 Jul 2007 07:51 AM PST

Updated: This is official now, and O2 has said it would continue to support the service for the next two years but it would not launch any new i-mode handsets…