NTT DoCoMo to Reorganize Eight Regional Subsidiaries

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TOKYO, JAPAN, October 26, 2007 --- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it will reorganize its group structure by integrating its eight wholly-owned regional subsidiaries with NTT DoCoMo, Inc., consolidating the group's nationwide business operations under a single entity for the purpose of enhancing customer service as well as the speed and effectiveness of its operations.

DoCoMo intends the reorganization to be completed sometime during the second quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2009 (July-September 2008). Specific dates and changes will be announced when they are confirmed.

The eight regional subsidiaries involved in this reorganization are as follows:
  NTT DoCoMo Hokkaido, Inc.
  NTT DoCoMo Tohoku, Inc.
  NTT DoCoMo Tokai, Inc.
  NTT DoCoMo Hokuriku, Inc.
  NTT DoCoMo Kansai, Inc.
  NTT DoCoMo Chugoku, Inc.
  NTT DoCoMo Shikoku, Inc.
  NTT DoCoMo Kyushu, Inc.

The eight regional subsidiaries were set up in 1993, at a time when the mobile telephony sector was experiencing phenomenal growth, for the purpose of rapidly developing and deploying local networks.

About NTT DoCoMo
NTT DoCoMo is the world's leading mobile communications company. DoCoMo serves about 53 million customers, including 40 million people subscribing to FOMA™, launched as the world's first 3G mobile service based on W-CDMA in 2001. DoCoMo also offers a wide variety of leading-edge mobile multimedia services, including i-mode™, the world's most popular mobile e-mail/Internet service, used by more than 47 million people. With the addition of credit-card and other e-wallet functions, DoCoMo mobile phones have become highly versatile tools for daily life. NTT DoCoMo is listed on the Tokyo (9437), London (NDCM) and New York (DCM) stock exchanges. For more information, visit www.docomo.ne.jp/english.

i-mode and FOMA are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries.
NTT DoCoMo's FOMA service is only available to subscribers in Japan.

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