Cellular giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. said Wednesday it has agreed to license its i-mode mobile Internet access technology to Spain's Telefonica Moviles group.
Under the five-year pact, DoCoMo will provide i-mode-related patents, technologies and other knowhow to Telefonica Moviles Espana SA, a 100 percent-owned subsidiary of the Telefonica Moviles group. DoCoMo is a subsidiary of telecom giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.
The Spanish unit is expected to launch i-mode service in the first half of 2003.