NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (TYO: 9437 (http://quote.tse.or.jp/tse/qsearch.exe?F=listing%2FEcslist&KEY1=9437&image.x=20&image.y=5)) , (NYSE: DCM (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=DCM)) is the predominant mobile phone operator in Japan. The name is officially an abbreviation of the phrase Do Communications Over the Mobile Network, but also means “everywhere” in Japanese.

DoCoMo was spun off from NTT in August 1991 to take over the mobile cellular operations. Its businesses now include cellular (MOVA and FOMA), PHS (Paldio), paging, and satellite. DoCoMo provides 2G(MOVA) PDC cellular services in 800 MHz and 1.5 GHz bands (total 34 MHz bandwidth), and 3G(FOMA) W-CDMA services in the 2 GHz (1945-1960 MHz) band.

DoCoMo is noted as the creator of the highly successful i-mode mobile Internet services which was launched in February 1999 and now serves more than 43 million users in Japan and more than 3 million users outside of Japan. i-mode is provided by DoCoMo's partners globally in countries like France, Italy, Spain, Greece and Taiwan. DoCoMo also launched FOMA, the world's first commercial W-CDMA 3G mobile service in October 2001 which finally started to take off around the end of 2003.

Docomo is providing phone, video phone(FOMA and Some PHS), i-mode(internet),and mail(i-mode mail,Short Mail,and SMS).

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	DoCoMo Capital: About | Research&Development (811 words) NTT DoCoMo has a long history of and deep commitment to the research and development of mobile communication technologies that change the way the world communicates for the next generation and far beyond. DoCoMo USA Labs' long-term vision is to secure key control points of the mobile network platform through innovative RandD contributions and aggressive intellectual property generation. DoCoMo Beijing Communications Laboratories Co., Ltd. (DoCoMo Beijing-Labs) was established on November 19, 2003 with their capital at 5.3 million US dollars. CNN.com - DoCoMo 'ending 3 UK ties' - Mar. 1, 2004 (533 words) DoCoMo now may seek to link with mm02 Plc, the smallest of Britain's four mobile phone operators and the only one not tied to a large mobile phone group. DoCoMo invested 184.6 billion yen ($1.69 billion) in Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd's 3 UK unit in December 2000 to spread its i-mode technology. DoCoMo's decision comes on the heels of a similar move last November by Dutch carrier KPN to sell back its stake in 3 UK to Hutchison.
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