TOKYO (Reuters) - NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan's top mobile telecommunications operator, said on Wednesday it would begin delivery of short video clips over a high-speed third-generation mobile phone to go on sale from next week.
The new service, called "i-motion," will deliver short news reports, mini music videos and sports highlights from more than three dozen content providers and be viewable on a new 3G mobile handset, the FOMA N2002, built by NEC Corp.
The video service, which will play clips of up to about 15 seconds and includes audio, was originally slated to begin with the launch of fully commercial 3G services on October 1. It was put back because of technical problems concerning the lag time before video clips began playing during downloads.
The video service can be carried on DoCoMo's 3G system FOMA (freedom of mobile multimedia access), because of the latter's high transmission speeds of up to 384 kilobits per second.
Takeshi Natsuno, managing director of the department overseeing content for DoCoMo phones, said i-motion was the latest stage in the evolution of the firm's i-mode mobile Internet access service, which is available for current and 3G handsets.
News source: reuters.com
Kheldar has now seemingly recovered from his spat of "Internet Problems" and is back in full working order!
