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NTT DoCoMo hits 20 million subscribers
News The success of its mobile Internet service i-mode helped Japanese network operator NTT DoCoMo hit the 20 million subscribers mark on Sunday. NTT DoCoMo said that a total of 828 companies are now providing services, and that there are currently 1...
[March 5, 2001, 10:48]
NTT DoCoMo accused of reverse domain name hijacking
News Japan's NTT DoCoMo was accused by a panel convened by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) of attempting to reverse-hijack the imode.biz domain name after it lost its case to win the name from US telecoms giant AT&T.
[July 9, 2002, 15:50]
NTT DoCoMo shows off latest 3G handset
News Japanese mobile giant NTT DoCoMo drew large crowds at CeBIT on Tuesday afternoon with a demonstration of its latest 3G handset. It is true that some newspapers reported that our chief executive had made comments (expressing dissatisfaction with...
[March 12, 2003, 8:06]
Gemplus Success Story - NTT DoCoMo
White Papers In October 2001, NTT DoCoMo launched the world first 3G commercial network, "FOMA - Freedom for Multimedia Access". G only, as the 2G DoCoMo network, PDC, did not require the use of a SIM and therefore there was no question of roaming between their...
[March 11, 2005, 23:00]
I-mode success drives NTT DoCoMo towards early 3G
News While Europe's mobile industry is suffering mounting scepticism over the future success of third-generation mobile Internet services, NTT DoCoMo is pushing forwards with its 3G plans. This trial was originally supposed to take place in May, but...
[September 26, 2001, 11:10]
DoCoMo debuts wrist-phone
News On Wednesday, Japanese cell phone carrier NTT DoCoMo began taking orders for the Wristomo, a wristwatch that unfolds into a cell phone. NTT DoCoMo did not indicate what it would be charging for the Wristomo.
[March 27, 2003, 12:02]
UK may get 3G in 2002
News Japanese mobile giant NTT DoCoMo has announced that it is confident that its 3G services will be up and running in the UK before the end of next year. Speaking with foreign reporters on Tuesday, Keiji Tachikawa -- NTT DoCoMo's president -- said...
[October 3, 2001, 17:53]
Tokyo gets mobile WiMax trial
News Japan's NTT DoCoMo is eyeing a WiMax network. The outdoor network will be set up in the Yogiyo area of Tokyo for one year and will be run by DoCoMo and other NTT companies. DoCoMo will be looking into throughput of the technology and how WiMax...
[March 31, 2006, 17:50]
Japanese telco looks to Linux
News Japanese cellphone service provider NTT DoCoMo is urging its handset suppliers to build Linux-based cellphones, in a milestone for the operating system's acceptance by the wireless industry. She added that the company is not asking the handset...
[December 4, 2003, 9:00]
The lessons of DoCoMo
News The president and CEO of NTT DoCoMo, Masao Nakamura, has been sharing some of his company's plans for advanced mobile technology -- and talking about how users in his home market can nowadays be a tough crowd to please.
[February 16, 2005, 11:25]
Google to power i-mode wireless searches
News Users of NTT DoCoMo's popular mobile Web service just got their horizons expanded by more than a billion Web pages. The deal will allow NTT DoCoMo's 19 million wireless subscribers to view the wired Web's entire montage of 1.3 billion Web pages...
[February 28, 2001, 10:46]
3G handsets get prototype fuel cell
News Japanese mobile network operator NTT DoCoMo announced on Thursday that it has developed a prototype micro fuel cell that will recharge a 3G mobile phone. The real challenge facing NTT DoCoMo and Fujitsu, and every other company working on fuel...
[September 30, 2004, 17:00]
Mobile Marketing based on ToruCa
White Papers This white paper introduces ToruCa, an information capture service for mobile phones, developed by NTT DoCoMo, Japan's leading mobile carrier. ToruCa service is enabled through NTT DoCoMo's credit card payment platform called iD.
[September 20, 2007, 10:31]
3 and Japanese telco team for video telephony
News Japanese mobile service provider NTT DoCoMo has teamed up with UK mobile operator 3 to launch an international videophone service, according to a statement from NTT DoCoMo. Subscribers of NTT DoCoMo's 3G service will be able to make face-to-face...
[September 18, 2003, 11:40]
Malicious mobile e-mail warning in Japan
News Japanese wireless phone giant NTT DoCoMo warned the company's 24 million mobile Internet service subscribers Thursday that a malicious e-mail could be making its way to their phones. Although all DoCoMo Internet-ready handsets are susceptible, so...
[June 15, 2001, 9:25]
Mobiles change into cashpoints
News Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo has launched a service for smart-card handsets that lets customers use their cellphone as a mobile wallet. Information is transmitted from the cellphone over NTT DoCoMo's own network or is sent to a special...
[August 10, 2004, 8:50]
DoCoMo's i-mode user base hits 24.6m
News Japan's largest mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo has increased its i-mode subscriber base to 24.6 million as of 18 June, up by about 600,000 subscribers from the end of last month. Meanwhile, he said NTT DoCoMo "is on track" to launch its...
[June 21, 2001, 9:45]
World's first 3G phone network goes live
News Japanese phone giant NTT DoCoMo on Monday unveiled the world's fastest phone network plus three new phones capable of things like real-time videoconferencing or sending and receiving e-mail attachments with 10,000 characters.
[October 1, 2001, 9:24]
Trials begin for phone-operated vending machines
News Coca-Cola is set to become the first major brand to champion mobile payment services, by joining up with NTT DoCoMo to pilot a mobile vending machine. While NTT DoCoMo's trial is based in Japan, the company recently opened its European headquarters...
[August 8, 2001, 17:02]
'Smelly phone' making waves in Japan
News Japanese mobile giant NTT DoCoMo has launched handsets promising scents and a double screen. NTT, parent of DoCoMo, has already experimented with linking technology and fragrance. The DoCoMo mobile "smelly phone" is the SO703i from Sony Ericsson...
[January 18, 2007, 9:20]
