1. Purpose of introducing IMT-2000

To cope with demands for multimedia communications in the future mobile market, by providing customers with wide variety of telecommunication services from voice communications to distribution of images and music at high transmission rate.

2. Radio access method

cdma 2000 (MC-CDMA)

3. Frequency band

2 GHz band

4. Commencement of the service (planned)

IDO CORPORATION	Around September 2002
KANSAI CELLULAR TELEPHONE, Co.	Around September 2002
KYUSHUCELLULAR TELEPHONE, Co.	Around March 2004
CHUGOKU CELLULAR TELEPHONE, Co.	Around March 2004
TOHOKU CELLULAR TELEPHONE, Co.	Around March 2004
HOKKAIDO CELLULAR TELEPHONE, Co.	Around March 2004
HOKURIKU CELLULAR TELEPHONE, Co.	Around March 2004
SHIKOKU CELLULAR TELEPHONE, Co.	Around March 2004
OKINAWA CELLULAR TELEPHONE, Co.	Around March 2004

5. Planned expansion of service area

The service area is to be expanded to achieve a population coverage rate of more than 90% nationwide by the end of fiscal 2005.