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.

Open Networking

What’s up with… KPN, STC, Rakuten Mobile, Twilio

AI, Analytics & Automation

NTT flashes the cash again with another UK investment

Open RAN

NEC provides NTT DoCoMo with 5G base station equipment

AI, Analytics & Automation

NTT DoCoMo makes logical investment in GeoSpock

Access Evolution

DOCOMO, Fujitsu and NEC Achieve World's First Carrier Aggregation Using 5G Frequency Bands on Multi-Vendor Radio Access Network

via Flickr © beve4 (CC BY 2.0)

Mobile

That was quick: two weeks in and Japan’s new tariff-cutting PM is causing panic

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NFV

Defining the NFV roadmap

Emerging Tech

NTT DoCoMo Ventures invests in Skydio, Inc.

NTT Docomo

NTT DOCOMO announces new management team

LPWA

Qualcomm completes validation of 9205 LTE modem on NTT DOCOMO’s LP-WANs

RAN tower (picture credit: Joegoauk Goa https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/)

5G

What’s up with… Open RAN, T-Mobile, Nokia

via Flickr © Suguru Yamamoto (CC BY 2.0)

Mobile

DoCoMo puts a brave face on it, but competition's costing it dearly

via Toyota, January 2020

Smart Cities

Toyota gives NTT DoCoMo a shot at smart city glory

5G

NTT Docomo to launch 5G service in Japan on March 25

Radio Access Network

Ericsson selected for AI-based RAN optimisation by NTT Docomo

5G

Cisco to optimize NTT DOCOMO’s 5G mobile backhaul

via Flickr © Luca Sartoni (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Cloud Native Telco

Rakuten zeroes in on zero-touch with Nokia OSS deal

via Flickr © Japanexperterna.se (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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

via Flickr © Luca Sartoni (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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