Today DoCoMo announced details of its 2006 “mobile safety classes” – a scheme which allows Japanese schools to book staff from DoCoMo to come and speak to pupils about the safe use of mobile phones.

For elementary school children, the classes will be based on cartoons teaching the fundamental rules and manners. For all ages there will also be sections on privacy, mobile crime and the use of mobiles in times of disaster.

In a market where children are becoming an increasingly important source of new subscribers, operators are putting a lot of effort into gaining a foothold in this demographic, with au also providing mobile classrooms for elementary school kids.