TOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - NTT DoCoMo Inc plans to boost the base stations in its mobile phone network by about 20 pct to around 57,000 by the end of March 2008, the Nikkei reported, without citing sources.
Of its projected capital investment of 750 bln yen for this fiscal year, 80 pct will be allocated to installation of the base stations, the financial daily said.
In the year to March 2007, DoCoMo's network of base stations for its third-generation FOMA cellular phone service reached some 46,000 -- up 50 pct from the previous year.
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