NTT DoCoMo and its eight regional subsidiaries have announced the newly developed 3G FOMA SA702i and SO702i handsets, the latest additions to the FOMA 702i series. Like other 702i handsets, the two models offer regular FOMA features such as videophone and Deco-mail, and also i-channel, which automatically delivers news, weather, entertainment, sports and horoscopes via teletype to the standby screen.

Japan’s premier mobile communications company, NTT DoCoMo, provides wireless voice and data communications to tens of millions of subscribers. NTT DoCoMo is the creator of W-CDMA technology called FOMA, the new de facto global industry standard, as well as the groundbreaking mobile i-mode service. [3G!]