[Japan's telecom ministry refuses to give i-mode's 3G service its official guarantee following concerns about software glitches.]

Tokyo -- "Japan's government has decided not to guarantee the technical quality of high-speed Internet services on NTT DoCoMo's next-generation mobile phones, a report said yesterday.

"The decision has raised "a possibility that the full launch of the company's high-speed Internet services will be delayed until next year or later", from October as first planned, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said.

"NTT DoCoMo is to go ahead with the partial launch of trial services Wednesday as earlier scheduled.

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