ASIA Japan :  NTT DoCoMo announced that subscribers to DoCoMo's 3G FOMA™ service surpassed 40 million on September 29, 2007, 11 months after topping 30 million in November 2006 and six years since the service's launch in October 2001.

Inset shows how the total 3G FOMA subscribers increased to 35 Million in March 07 and now total over 40 Million.

FOMA has led all domestic 3G services in net subscription growth for 41 consecutive months, between April 2004 and August 2007, according to the most recent data compiled by the Telecommunications Carriers Association, a 90-member industry organization in Japan.

DoCoMo, the world's largest operator of 3G mobile service based on W-CDMA technology, attributes the strong popularity of its 3G high-speed, large-capacity data transmission service to a wide variety of discounts, such as "Pake-hodai" and "Pake-hodai Full" flat-rate data-communication billing plans, diverse content and services, such as "Deco-mail™" e-mails decorated with pictograms and other formatting and intuitive-motion "Chokkan Games", as well as FOMA's large lineup of handsets, broad coverage area and high-quality calls.

DoCoMo is tirelessly enhancing FOMA by introducing advanced handsets, competitive billing plans and services that truly satisfy subscriber needs. The effort includes plans to make HSDPA service, which provides significantly faster speeds than the conventional 3G FOMA service, available to 90 percent of the domestic population.