17 Facts About NTT Docomo

1.

NTT Docomo, Inc is a Japanese mobile phone operator.

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2.

NTT Docomo provides phone, video phone, i-mode, and mail services.

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3.

NTT Docomo's headquarters are in the Sanno Park Tower, Nagatacho, Chiyoda, Tokyo.

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4.

NTT Docomo is a subsidiary of Japan's incumbent telephone operator, NTT.

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5.

NTT Docomo is the creator of W-CDMA technology as well as mobile i-mode service.

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6.

NTT Docomo had over 53 million customers, which is more than half of Japan's cellular market.

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7.

NTT Docomo provides a wide variety of mobile multimedia services.

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8.

NTT Docomo is listed on the Tokyo, London, and New York stock exchanges.

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9.

NTT Docomo was the last major global mobile carrier to offer Apple's iPhone, which it finally did with the release of the iPhone 5s and 5c.

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10.

In July 2012, NTT Docomo acquired Italy's Buongiorno in a deal worth 209 million euros.

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11.

In May 2017, NTT Docomo launched 5G trial networks at Aomi, Odaiba and the area around Tokyo Skytree.

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12.

NTT Docomo was a founding member of the Symbian Foundation.

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13.

From 2008, NTT Docomo began offering a service called the "Area Mail Disaster Information Service" which broadcasts Earthquake Early Warning messages produced by the Japan Meteorological Agency to its subscribers with compatible handsets.

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14.

NTT Docomo has a wide variety of merchandising such as cell phone straps, keychains, and plush dolls.

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15.

However, NTT Docomo was not successful in investing in foreign carriers.

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16.

In June 2008 NTT Docomo joined the non-profit Symbian Foundation led by Nokia to co-develop a new Symbian smartphone operating system based on the S60 platform, which resulted in Symbian^2 for the Japanese market.

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17.

NTT Docomo is working on implementing its FeliCa-based payment system, called iD, overseas.

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