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2nd October, 2003

ASIA : NTT DoCoMo announced that the number of subscribers to the 3G FOMA service nationwide passed the 1 million mark as of yesterday, two years after launch of the service.

DoCoMo has striven to improve handset quality, lengthen battery life and expand the area of network coverage. It has trimmed handset weight to a sleek 109g* and beefed up battery standby time to approx. 310 hours**.

To cost-effectively expand coverage area, the company has developed micro-base stations for its FOMA service, and now provides network availability to 96% of the nation's population. Overall network accessibility will be further expanded to 99% of the population by the end of March 2004. To facilitate highly advanced network services inside buildings and underground malls as well, DoCoMo plans to have a total of 1,600 indoor micro-base stations in place by the end of March 2004.

This winter and next spring, DoCoMo intends to unveil even more advanced FOMA handsets, incorporating high-volume i-appli™ enabling users to enjoy especially rich mobile content. With ever greater user-friendliness, the company also expects an increasing number of subscribers to make full use of their videophone and videomail capabilities.

*109g is the weight for the N2102V model.
** 310 hours is the stand by time (static) for the F2102V model.

Date No. of Subscribers
October 1, 2001 FOMA service is launched.
April 15, 2002 100,000
March 5, 2003 200,000
March 28, 2003 300,000
April 25, 2003 400,000
June 14, 2003 500,000
July 21, 2003 600,000
August 12, 2003 700,000
September 4, 2003 800,000
September 20, 2003 900,000
September 30, 2003 1 million