I-mode meets MMS

NTT DoCoMo has announced that it will start offering an international multimedia messaging service ( MMS ) for its i-mode users in Japan. Starting with four operators in Hong Kong, Singapore and Macao this will be the first real step for opening up i-mode to true global integration.

Users who have the FOMA series of phones in Japan will be able to send and recieve text, images, video and music to friends in these other Asian countries, users with the MOVA series will also be able to use the service but without being able to send video, music or images.

The company will implement a gateway that will convert from the i-mode standard in Japan to the international format MMS.