Telia to offer i-mode-like service. (International).

RCR Wireless News, December, 2001

STOCKHOLM, Sweden--Sweden's largest cell-phone operator Telia Mobile announced it will offer a wireless Internet service much like NTT DoCoMo's wildly popular I-mode service. Telia's service, dubbed PocketMode, features an open interface for content providers, allowing them to offer their services directly to users instead of forming complex business deals with the carrier.

Telia also said PocketMode bills through mobile-phone invoices and even prepaid cards--a major step forward for wireless Internet billing practices. The Netherlands' KPN Mobile was highly expected to be the first European operator to offer an i-mode-like service in Europe because NTT DoCoMo holds a 15-percent stake in KPN Mobile and was expected to push the operator to deploy the...

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