Overview

NTT DOCOMO, Japan's largest mobile service provider, serves more than 60 million customers with a high-quality nationwide 3G network and an ultra-high-speed LTE network that will be available to more than 98% of Japan's population by FY2014.

DOCOMO is a unique operator that manages R&D centers worldwide to develop technologies centered on mobility that enable subscribers to use handsets for NFC payments, GPS, TV, personal assistance, cloud solutions, smart grid management and much more.

Outside Japan, the company provides technical and operational expertise to eight mobile operators and a growing range of other partner companies.

DOCOMO, whose name1 implies "mobility anywhere," is based in central in Tokyo (map) and headed by President and CEO Kaoru Kato. The company is listed on the Tokyo (9437), New York (DCM) and London (NDCM) stock exchanges.

1 DOCOMO, pronounced DOH-koh-moh, is usually written in all capital letters. The lowercase "docomo" is used for certain branded services and the corporate logo. The previous style, "DoCoMo," was dropped following a corporate rebranding in July 2008.

President and CEO Kaoru Kato talks about boldly venturing into 8 new fields of integrated services centered on mobility, including retail, platforms, M2M, healthcare, finance, the environment and more.

• December 2012
  Launches Global M2M Platform
• November 2012
  Develops World's First Smart-cell Base Station for 3G and LTE
• October 2012
  Establishes New Venture Fund and Incubation Program NFC Payments Available in 41 Countries via MasterCard DOCOMO Smartphone to Carry Korea's Prepaid E-money Service "Cashbee"
• August 2012
  Achieves Top Ranking in Business Customer Satisfaction Completes TOB for Buongiorno S.p.A. in Italy
• July 2012
  Establishes Joint Venture with China's Baidu

The history of mobile communications parallels the history of NTT DOCOMO. Established in 1992, DOCOMO launched its first digital cellular phone service the next year and the world's first mobile Internet-services platform in 1999. It helped to establish the W-CDMA standard for mobile communications and then kick off the first 3G service based on this standard in 2001. The company also introduced one of the earliest commercial LTE services in 2010. Over the years DOCOMO has built up one of the globe's largest mobile subscriber bases, accounting for over half of the Japanese market.
See History for more details.

Meet DOCOMO's senior managers, who are leading the company's worldwide deployment of integrated services centered on mobility. More about management and organizational structure.

DOCOMO has received numerous accolades reflecting the company's commitment to delivering high-quality mobile services that earn high marks for customer satisfaction.
See Awards and Achievements for more details.