3G mobile phone service begins

3G mobile phone service begins

TOKYO, Japan - One of invited guests at a ceremony launching NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s trial operation of the world's newest mobile phone service looks at a handset that enables users to watch video data. The service, dubbed FOMA, or ''freedom of mobile multimedia access,'' will be initially limited to Japan. But the company plans to expand it to other countries in the future.

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