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FOMA, officially short for '''Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access''', is the brand name for the 3G services being offered by Japanese mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo . FOMA was the world's first mobile data services etc, to obtain full benefit of FOMA services local Japanese handsets are used. Initially - as the first full-scale 3G service in the world - FOMA handsets were of experimental character targeting early adopters, and were big, had poor battery life and the network covered the center of Japan's largest towns only. For the first 1-2 years, FOMA was essentially an experimental service for early adopters - mainly communication industry professionals. Around March 2004, with almost full national coverage including subway stations and the inside of most major buildings, and with the introduction of DoCoMo's 900i series of handsets, FOMA achieved the breakthrough into mass sales, and sales soared. As of summer 2005, FOMA has almost 15 million subscribers and is the fastest growing cellphone network in Japan. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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