NTT Docomo

NTT Docomo Inc. is the predominant mobile phone operator in Japan. The name is officially an abbreviation of the phrase, "do communications over the mobile network", and is also from a compound word dokomo, meaning "everywhere" in Japanese. Docomo provides phone, video phone, i-mode, and mail services.
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Cloud Native Telco

Rakuten zeroes in on zero-touch with Nokia OSS deal

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4G LTE

Rakuten Mobile turns over $1bn before MNO service launch

Mobile

Mercari, Merpay and NTT Docomo agree on partnership to enhance payment services and point programs

Media & Entertainment

NTT Docomo to launch 5G streaming service in March

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Research and Trials

Japan eyes 6G as a way of making up lost ground

5G

Docomo releases White Paper promoting 6G communication system

Transport and Logistics

Docomo to pursue collaboration with Skydio, US manufacturer of autonomous drones

Network Services

DOCOMO to Partner with AI-powered Enterprise Meeting Note Provider Otter.ai in Japan

IoT Services & Applications

DOCOMO to provide IoT solution for YANMAR's SMARTASSIST system in India

5G

DOCOMO Conducts World's First Successful Trial of Transparent Dynamic Metasurface

5G

NTT DOCOMO and MobiledgeX demonstrate worldwide distribution of 5G applications in Japan

OSS/BSS

Docomo and Nexsys-One develop disaster-recovery solution for overseas telecoms

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NTT Docomo

As the Internet turns 50, a Japanese pioneer prepares to switch it off

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5G

5G in Japan: as fast as a speeding bullet train

Telco & CSP

Docomo invests in Tata Capital Growth Fund II, targeting growth-stage startup companies

5G

NTT Docomo achieves world's first 5G communication between high-speed Bullet Train and experimental base stations

O-RAN in deployment, Source: NTT Docomo

Fronthaul

NTT DoCoMo gets its O-RAN working

Radio Access Network

NTT Docomo to commence deployment of world's first 4G/5G multi-vendor RAN conforming to O-RAN specifications

Data & Analytics

NTT Docomo Ventures invests in Trifacta

5G

DoCoMo, Nokia to check whether 5G factory robots actually work

5G

NTT Docomo joins 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation

5G

NTT and NEC conclude demonstration experiments of wireless-mobile fronthaul for 5G

VR & AR

NTT Docomo Ventures invests in Light Field Lab

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Fronthaul

Fujitsu uses O-RAN standards to supply 5G antennas to NTT