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Feature: Learning From The End Of i-mode, The “Life Infrastructure” That Revolutionised Japanese ‘Keitai’ Gaming

The service gets switched off today. Today โ€“ March 31st, 2026 โ€“ marks the official end of an era with the decommissioning of Japanโ€™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…

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