NTT Docomo
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NTT Docomo, Inc. (株式会社NTTドコモ, Kabushiki gaisha Enutītī Dokomo, stylized as NTT DoCoMo until 2008)[upper-alpha 1] is a Japanese mobile phone operator. 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.[5] The company is headquartered in Sanno Park Tower, Nagatachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo.[6] Docomo provides phone, video phone (FOMA and some PHS), i-mode (internet), and mail (i-mode mail, Short Mail, and SMS) services. It is the largest wireless carrier in Japan, with 82.632 million subscribers as of March 2021[update].[7]
Native name | 株式会社NTTドコモ |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha Entiti Dokomo |
Company type | Subsidiary KK |
Industry | Telecommunications |
Founded | 14 August 1991; 32 years ago (1991-08-14) |
Headquarters | Sanno Park Tower Nagatachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Kazuhiro Yoshizawa (CEO)[1] |
Products | PDC, i-mode, W-CDMA, FOMA, HSDPA, LTE, 5G NR, PHS |
Revenue | ¥6.06 trillion (2022)[2] |
¥1.09 trillion (2022)[2] | |
¥771.8 billion (2022)[2] | |
Total assets | ¥10.2 trillion (2022)[2] |
Total equity | ¥6.95 trillion (2022)[2] |
Number of employees | 27,558 (2019)[3] |
Parent | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone |
Divisions | Lemino |
Subsidiaries |
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ASN | 9605 |
Website | www |
Docomo was spun off from its parent company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) in August 1991 to take over the mobile cellular operations. NTT held a majority stake in the company until Docomo's re-privatization in 2020.
It provides 2G (mova) PDC cellular services, 3G (FOMA) W-CDMA, 4G LTE and 5G NR services. Its businesses also included PHS (Paldio), paging, and satellite. Docomo ceased offering a PHS service on January 7, 2008. In late 2020, Docomo was bought back by NTT for about $40 billion.[8]