The number one mobile operator in Japan NTT Docomo Inc will tie up with the giant US internet search Google Inc to promote internet service to its mobile users.

NTT Docomo expects with this partnership provide Google search and e-mails functions to its proprietary i-mode internet service for handset users.
The i-mode was released in Japan in 22 february 1999 and It became a runaway success because of the well-designed services and business model, as well as the strong demand for mobile email services which are part of i-mode.

It is expected to the leader mobile provider introduce Google’s technology next spring. The company plans to develop a new type of mobile phone equipped with Google’s technology and a new mobile phone function using it

NTT DoCoMo accounts for more than half of Japan’s mobile phone market, with over 51 million subscribers as of March 2006, according to the company.

[via Chinaview.cn]

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