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Retail Asia08/11/2017

NTT DoCoMo joined forces with Toyota, Ericsson and Intel on a trial of 5G technologies for automobiles, achieving data speeds of up to 1Gbps in a vehicle traveling at 30km/h. The trial of 4K video communications was conducted along Tokyo’s Odaiba waterfront. It involved a moving vehicle mounted with an Intel GO 5G automotive platform terminal equipped with an […]

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Retail Asia04/11/2017

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has claimed two new world first with recent 5G trials, including the first successful outdoor trial of 5G technologies for ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC). The trial, conducted with Huawei in the 4.5-GHz bands, involved a stationary mobile terminal receiving signals at distances of up to 1km from the base station. DoCoMo said the […]

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Retail Asia02/11/2017

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has finally completed its exit from Indian joint venture Tata Teleservices, following the acquisition of Tata Teleservices’ consumer mobile business by Bharti Airtel. DoCoMo disclosed it has received the payment awarded by the Delhi High Court in the legal dispute with the Reserve Bank of India over DoCoMo’s planned exit from the venture. The company has received 144.9 billion yen […]

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Retail Asia06/07/2017

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has contracted Ericsson to provide the vendor’s Unified Delivery Network (UDN) global content delivery network solution for the DoCoMo mobile network. The contract marks Ericsson’s first deployment of its UDN in Japan. DoCoMo will initially use the platform to roll out content distribution services, and will follow this up by introducing future […]

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Retail Asia28/06/2017

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo will this week launch a new prepaid SIM service for foreign visitors to Japan providing access to its network for 15 days. The Japan Welcome SIM offering will launch on July 1. It will allow travelers to apply for the service online prior to leaving their home country and pick up their SIMs in […]

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Retail Asia22/06/2017

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo will adopt the SAP HANA platform as the foundation of its data needs to improve customer service. Large volumes of data, as large as 18TB, will be collected from various touch points, including nationwide DoCoMo Shops, for processing and analysis. The new platform will initiate better customer services by helping to identify […]

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Retail Asia30/05/2017

Nokia and NTT DoCoMo have jointly announced plans to conduct interoperability testing of multi-vendor technology using the 4.5-GHz frequency band, as part of broader efforts to help develop Japan’s 5G ecosystem. The companies will be testing 5G applications using Nokia’s AirScale base station and 5G radio interface using the Intel 5G mobile trial platform. End-to-end […]

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Retail Asia17/05/2017

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has announced significant proposed changes to its management team as part of efforts to “further grow and develop the company.” The operator revealed that one executive director, one director, two audit and supervisory board members and four senior vice presidents are planning to resign, mostly to take up new positions at DoCoMo […]

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Retail Asia02/05/2017

India’s Delhi High Court has found in favor of Japan’s NTT DoCoMo and local holding company Tata Sons in their dispute with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) over an international arbitration settlement. With the verdict DoCoMo will be entitled to collect the $1.18 billion award reached in a settlement agreement in the London Court […]

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Retail Asia16/12/2016

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has teamed up with the China Academy of Information and Communication Technology (CAICT) on research and development into potential 5G standards. As part of the collaboration, DoCoMo will join the CAICT-initiated IMT-2020 Promotion Group 5G trial. DoCoMo and CAICT will also evaluate possible frequency bands for future 5G networks. DoCoMo joined the […]

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Retail Asia28/11/2016

Japanese eCommerce giant Rakuten and its two partners – Docomo and Autonomous Control Laboratory – have trialled a drone-based delivery system. The Rakuten drone delivery system uses Docomo’s LTE mobile network when a customer places an order via a smartphone. The last experiment in the National Strategic Special Zone of Chiba city saw the cargo […]

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Retail Asia18/11/2016

NTT DoCoMo and Huawei have achieved a peak speed of 11.29Gbps during a 5G large-scale field trial in the 4.5-GHz band. The companies tested a 3GPP 5G New Radio compliant numerology and frame structure using macro cell coverage in a real-world scenario in Yokohama’s busy Minato Mirai 21 commercial district. The trial also achieved a […]

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Retail Asia16/11/2016

Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo and mobile portal and online service provider DeNA Co have teamed up to trial a 5G communications system for remote monitoring of autonomous vehicles. The trial will involve connecting a vehicle and a remote center via a 5G network capable of data rates beyond 10Gbps. For the initial trial, high-resolution video […]

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Retail Asia08/11/2016

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo will end shipments of most feature phones compatible with its home-grown i-mode mobile internet standard by the end of the year. With the exception of some models such as devices for elderly users, production of phones with access to the i-mode service will cease this year. Of the six i-mode models currently […]

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Retail Asia01/11/2016

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo grew its net profit for the six months ending in September by 27.8% to 405.41 billion yen ($3.87 billion), on the back of a 3.3% increase in revenue to 2.29 trillion yen. DoCoMo attributed the revenue growth in part to recovery of telecoms services revenue as a result of the growth in […]

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Retail Asia25/08/2016

The Indian government does not intend to relax rules regarding foreign investments to allow Japan’s NTT DoCoMo to exit its Tata DoCoMo joint venture at a pre-determined price. The government has taken the view that there is no case for bending the rules for a single company. Rules that have been in place since 2007 […]

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Retail Asia01/08/2016

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo grew its net profit for the June quarter by 38.1% year-on-year as the operator made progress adapting to an evolving business environment. The operator reported a net income for its fiscal first quarter of 206.9 billion yen ($2.01 billion), on the back of a 31.8% increase in operating revenues to 1.08 trillion […]

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Retail Asia01/07/2016

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has announced plans to deploy LTE-Advanced at the summit of Mount Fuji, Japan’s highest and most famous mountain. The company will provide mobile services with maximum downlink speeds of 375Mbps as well as 3G service during the climbing season from July 10. The company will also offer a maximum downlink of 337.5Mbps […]

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Retail Asia29/06/2016

India’s Tata Teleservices is reportedly considering pursuing a sale of part of its spectrum holdings to help raise funds for the compelled buyout of NTT DoCoMo’s stake in the operator. The company is looking into selling some of its 800-MHz and 1,800-MHz spectrum, and is sending feelers to rival operators that may be interested in […]

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Retail Asia14/06/2016

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo announced it has granted a standards-essential patent license for its wireless technologies to equipment vendor Huawei. The operator has now granted patent licenses to more than 10 companies and plans to pursue more such licensing deals in the future. As a result of its extensive R&D efforts over the past two decades, […]

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