NTT DoCoMo Mobile

NTT DoCoMo is Japan's leading mobile communications operator and it is one of the world leaders in mobile communications which provided a wide variety of leading-edge mobile multimedia services to more than 52 million customers. DoCoMo accounts for more than half of Japan's mobile phone market and has one of the largest subscriber bases of any mobile phone company in the world. Established in July 1992 to take over the mobile communications business of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), DoCoMo’s 1999 launch of i-mode, the world's most popular mobile internet service providing e-mail and internet access to over 47 million subscribers, and then FOMA in 2001 as the world's first 3G mobile service based on W-CDMA transformed the landscape of mobile communications in Japan and won the DoCoMo brand global recognition. Introduced only recently, DoCoMo’s "Osaifu-Keitai" (mobile phones with wallet functions) which multiplies the convenience of the handset with cashless transactions for everything from riding the subway to shopping already has more than 20 million subscribers - a perfect example of how NTT DoCoMo is not only leading in the field of mobile communications but redefining its role in user's life.

The history of NTT DoCoMo is the history of mobile communications in Japan itself. From launching the mobile Internet service platform to our creation of a global standard for the next generation of mobile communications. NTT DoCoMo’s branch offices and wholly owned subsidiaries in Asia, Europe, and North America, and in strategic alliances with mobile and multimedia service providers in Asia-Pacific and Europe. NTT DoCoMo is not only Japan's premier mobile communications company, but also an influential force in advancing mobile communications technology on a global scale.

Today DoCoMo is not only Japan's premier mobile communications company, but also an influential force in advancing mobile communications technology on a global scale.

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