TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo submitted notification to Japan’s Minister of Posts and Telecommunications that it will begin an international roaming service using the world’s first PDC/IS-95 dual-mode phones with Korea’s SK Telecom. It is the first roaming service offered by DoCoMo.
In conjunction with the start of the service, the companies will introduce a PDC/IS-95 dual-mode phone, the P601wk, in both Japan and South Korea.
Subscribers of the service, set to begin Aug. 10, can use the same terminal in South Korea and Japan.
The announcement follows DDI’s announcement last month that it will offer roaming in the United States. DDI and IDO, both IS-95 wireless operators, also offer roaming services in South Korea and Hong Kong and plan to offer roaming in Australia in time for the 2000 Summer Olympics in September.
