DoCoMo’s FOMA - exponential growth
FOMA, DoCoMo’s 3G services is growing rapidly. As of November 15, DoCoMo registered 7.3 million FOMA subscribers. The first generation of FOMA phones were not received well by the market because of sluggish battery life and bad network coverage. With the release of the 900i-series with improved battery life and somewhat better coverage — though still not excellent, FOMA gained pace. 5.3 million 900i phones are already sold this calendar year.
DoCoMo claims that its video phone services are picking up as well. Acutal usage rate has almost doubled to 18%. DoComo forgot to give the definition for actual usage rate. We are still sceptical about video phone services as we seldom see people using it.
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