NTT DoCoMo announces farewell to mova and DoPa 2G services
By Darren Murph 
posted Jan 30th 2009 11:58AM
posted Jan 30th 2009 11:58AM
You've had a nice run, 2G, but the time has come to start looking beyond to bigger, better and (most importantly) faster things. With LTE just over the horizon, NTT DoCoMo is proactively announcing the phase out of its mova and DoPa 2G services. The 2G mova services encompass car phone and Pre-Call prepaid -- which got their roots in March of 1993 -- while the 2G DoPa packet communication service sprouted up four years after that. Both of these longtime favorites will be disconnected at the close of 2012, with the company noting that "associated services and related billing plans will also be terminated at the same time." Anyone still relying on this stuff will be contacted sometime over the next three years to ensure that they aren't shocked and surprised when December 2012 arrives, and they'll be encouraged to make the not-at-all-painful shift to FOMA 3G services. It's better in the fast lane, we promise.
Not sure I blame 2G users. Japanese 3G phones have horrible coverage and battery life.
And they rival xbox for size
and, like the xbox, is completely find due to the sheer amount of awesomeness it holds
I don't think you are right, after all we talk about networks.. Networks are more than fine.
In Japan I had full 3.5G were ever I was, I used a N95 (not the 8GB) through.
Japanese phones are big because they're glued to the owners' hand like 95% of the time.
2G has been around for ages. It should have been laid to rest worldwide at least half a decade ago. Then again 3G didn't really come of age until 2-3 years ago.
Japanese cellphone tech is far ahead of all our 3Gs and such. Let's see when the rest of the world will catch up to them.
you are one of those peoples who METI pay for the propaganda that japanese are ahead of everyone else?
you need to live here then you know the true!!
December 2012? Isn't that when the Mayans say the world will end?
the good ol usa will phase out 2g o say it about....9010!
A lot of things in Japan aren't as advanced as people think. But they are damn good at infrastructure. Awesome cell coverage, I got 3.5G even in some very remote parts. The internet is blazing fast, so are the trains. Vending machines everywhere, as well as recycling.