G-Guide Mobile service signs up 5m users

NTT DoCoMo reported 5 million subscribers to its free interactive TV program guide service called G-Guide Mobile. G-Guide Mobile is a Java application loaded onto the majority of DoCoMo's phones. The guide provides airing schedule of all major Japanese TV channels and serves as a remote control for TVs on some models. Additionally, users of cellphones with analog or digital TV tuners built-in are capable to start watching a program they highlight in the TV guide by pressing a soft key. Rolled out in December 2004, the application supports 52 DoCoMo's handset models.