WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. said it has signed a licensing deal with NTT DoCoMo Inc. to market the i-mode mobile gateway around the world.
The i-mode service has been one of the mainstays of DoCoMo’s activity in the past few years, clutching 41 million subscribers in Japan and more than 2 million in other markets.
Comverse wants to use its channels to extend the frontiers of the technology where DoCoMo does not tread firmly.
“Comverse brings broad experience, expertise and a global support structure, making it an ideal partner to promote our joint vision of a global communications culture in which people everywhere will use mobile terminals to access multimedia content and services through a borderless global network,” said Shigeru Sando, NTT DoCoMo managing director, i-mode global business development structure.
