NTT Offers International MMS

TOKYO -- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional subsidiaries announced today that they will offer a multimedia messaging service (MMS) between i-mode® users and customers of four operators in Hong Kong, Singapore and Macao starting from July 1, 2005.

FOMA® users will be able to exchange text, images, video and music, while mova® users will be able to exchange text, as well as receive, but not send, images and video. Outgoing messages will be converted to MMS format, and incoming messages to i-mode.

Senders must enter the country code, telephone number and @mms-j.jp. The charge is 100 yen for a message under 30 KB and 200 yen for a message of 30 KB or more, plus packet charges based on the file size. Recipients only need to pay packet charges.

The service will be available with customers of the following operators:

Hutchison Telephone Company Limited - Hong Kong

Hutchison 3G HK Limited - Hong Kong

Singapore Telecom Mobile Pte Ltd - Singapore

Hutchison Telephone (Macau) Company Limited - Macao

NTT DoCoMo Inc.