TOKYO -- With more of Japan staying and working at home amid the coronavirus outbreak, mobile carrier NTT Docomo's plan to offset rate cuts by boosting subscriptions to high-volume data plans has run aground.
Coronavirus saps demand for mobile data and new smartphones
An NTT Docomo branch in Tokyo: more users are surfing the net through their home networks instead of mobile data because of the coronavirus. © Reuters
TOKYO -- With more of Japan staying and working at home amid the coronavirus outbreak, mobile carrier NTT Docomo's plan to offset rate cuts by boosting subscriptions to high-volume data plans has run aground.