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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