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ANOTHER FAILURE PARALYZES JAPAN'S DOCOMO I-MODE SERVICE

Story Filed: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 3:50 AM EST

TOKYO, Jun 14, 2000 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- The Internet-linked i-mode mobile phone service offered by NTT DoCoMo Inc (TSE:9437) suffered its 12th nationwide failure around midnight Tuesday, affecting 7.54 million subscribers.

Net connections failed and e-mailing was disrupted.

At about 11 pm, the glitch struck at the i-mode center in Ota Ward, Tokyo, according to the cellular phone operator. Many subscribers could only access online services once, despite trying many times, until the problem was rectified around 1:20 am on Wednesday, NTT DoCoMo said.

The i-mode service has suffered a series of breakdowns since March, d ue to heavy traffic loads. NTT DoCoMo has been expanding capacity and limiting new subscriptions to cope. Believing the traffic problems were resolved, the company resumed accepting subscriptions on June 1.

(Nikkei) (C) 2000 Asia Pulse Pte Ltd http://library.northernlight.com/FA20000614550000087.html?cb=200&dx=2006&sc=0#doc

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