"i-mode and Java join forces to open the door to global commerce Since its introduction in February 1999 i-mode has become the world's largest wireless Internet service with more than 35 million subscribers and revenues of over ¥700 billion. A...

i-mode is the packet-based service for mobile phones offered by Japan's leader in wireless technology, NTT DoCoMo. Unlike most of the key players in the wireless arena, i-mode eschews the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and uses a simplified v...