The service gets switched off today.
Today – March 31st, 2026 – marks the official end of an era with the decommissioning of Japan’s 3G FOMA antennas.
The decline of the i-mode was a slow burn: NTT DoCoMo stopped accepting new subscribers (users had to pay a monthly subscription to access the service) from September 30th, 2019, and by November 30th, 2021, the i-mode website service, which hosted video game storefronts, had already gone dark. In reality, purchasing new titles has been impossible for years.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
The service gets switched off today.
Today – March 31st, 2026 – marks the official end of an era with the decommissioning of Japan’s 3G FOMA antennas.
The decline of the i-mode was a slow burn: NTT DoCoMo stopped accepting new subscribers (users had to pay a monthly subscription to access the service) from September 30th, 2019, and by November 30th, 2021, the i-mode website service, which hosted video game storefronts, had already gone dark. In reality, purchasing new titles has been impossible for years.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
