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NTT DOCOMO Announces New Management Team
(May 13)
TOKYO, JAPAN, May 13, 2008 --- NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that its board of directors has met and proposed the following changes in executive positions for official approval at the shareholders and board of directors meetings scheduled on June 20, 2008.
1. Changes in Executives
(1) Representative Directors of New Board of Directors (candidates)
Name
New Position(s)
Current Position(s)
Ryuji Yamada
President and Chief Executive Officer
Member of the Board of Directors
Senior Executive Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors(Representative Director)
NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
Kiyoyuki Tsujimura
Senior Executive Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors
Executive Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors
NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
Masatoshi Suzuki
Senior Executive Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors
Executive Vice President
Member of the Board of Directors
NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
Hiroshi Matsui
Senior Executive Vice President
Member of...
NTT DOCOMO Develops New PRADA-Branded Handset with LG
(May 9)
TOKYO, JAPAN, May 9, 2008 --- NTT DOCOMO, INC. and its regional companies announced today that they will begin marketing "PRADA Phone by LG", a full touch screen mobile phone for the Japanese market, from June.
The handset, already available in Europe and other countries/regions, has been redeveloped specifically for DOCOMO. Reflecting an attention to detail, uncompromising quality and technology nurtured in the global market, the sophistication and elegance of the new PRADA Phone by LG represents a logical evolution of the previous phone.
The PRADA concept is faithfully represented in a special leather case, accessories and custom-tailored screen graphics that accompany the handset.
Handset features include an intuitive, full-size touch screen with vibration touch to improve usability. This function activates whenever users touch screen icons to make a call, use e-mail, take and view photos or listen to music. The 2 megapixel camera is equipped with a German-made Schneider-Kreuzna...
NTT DOCOMO to Merge with Regional Subsidiaries
(Apr 25)
TOKYO, JAPAN, April 25, 2008 --- NTT DOCOMO, INC. and its regional companies in the Hokkaido, Tohoku, Tokai, Hokuriku, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku and Kyushu regions of Japan announced today an agreement that the eight wholly owned subsidiaries will merge into NTT DOCOMO, the surviving company, effective July 1. The agreement, after being approved by an extraordinary meeting of NTT DOCOMO's board of directors today, was signed by the participating parties.
NTT DOCOMO and its eight regional subsidiaries have successfully developed infrastructure and conducted community-based sales in each respective region since 1993. It was decided that the eight regional subsidiaries should merge into NTT DOCOMO, however, to better deal with the changing environment of mobile communications. The main objectives of the merger are to achieve:
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Enriched and enhanced customer services,
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Streamlined group management, and
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Faster decision-making.
In accordance with Article 796, Section 3 of...
Notice of Call for a Shareholder Resolution at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders Regarding Repurchase of Shares (Under Article 156 of the Company Law)
(Apr 25)
TOKYO, JAPAN, April 25, 2008 --- NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that its board of directors decided to call for a resolution of its shareholders at the 17th annual general meeting of its shareholders scheduled on June 20, 2008 regarding the repurchase of its own shares.
Reason for share repurchase
To improve capital efficiency and to implement flexible capital policies in accordance with the business environment.
Details of share repurchase
(1) Class of shares: Common stock
(2) Number of shares to be repurchased: 900,000 shares (maximum)
(3) Aggregate price of shares to be repurchased: 150 billion yen (maximum)
(4) Period for share repurchase: one year from the day after the conclusion of the 17th annual ordinary general meeting
(Note)
The above repurchase of shares is subject to the approval of DOCOMO's shareholders at the 17th annual ordinary general meeting to be held on June 20, 2008.
About NTT DOCOMO
NTT DOCOMO is the world's leading mobile communications company. DO...
DoCoMo to Develop Operator Pack for FOMA Handsets
(Apr 21)
TOKYO, JAPAN, April 21, 2008 --- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. today announced that it will develop an operator pack for FOMA™ 3G handsets compatible with specifications established by the LiMo Foundation™. DoCoMo expects to begin introducing handsets equipped with the operator pack in the second half of 2009.
The pack will contain a suite of Linux® operating system-based software applications that implement i-mode™, i-appli™ and other unique DoCoMo services. It will make use of existing assets developed by DoCoMo, including application software and MOAP™ (Mobilephone Oriented Application Platform) middleware now used in selected DoCoMo handsets. The new operator pack will incorporate elements of a Linux-version MOAP that DoCoMo has developed with NEC Corporation and Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.
The adoption of an operator pack and global software platform developed with ACCESS CO., LTD. will enable Japanese makers to market their phones overseas, as well as leverage on their respec...
DoCoMo Reveals New Corporate Logo
(Apr 18)
TOKYO, JAPAN, April 18, 2008 --- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional subsidiaries today unveiled the new DoCoMo corporate logo and other re-branding elements that will be introduced beginning July 1.
The new logo's color is red, which symbolizes the company's energy and dynamism. The logo, along with other branding elements, embodies DoCoMo's commitment to achieve customer satisfaction by understanding the needs of customers and building stronger relationships with them, and to maximize the creativity of the company's workforce and remain a leading innovator in the mobile communications industry.
The logo and new brand slogan — Unlimited Potential, in Your Hand — also express DoCoMo's commitment to offer high-quality, value-added mobile services and technologies that enhance human relationships and lifestyles.
The changes are the result of DoCoMo's review of its branding and related marketing strategies after establishing the Corporate Branding Division in August 2007.
DoCoMo's...
DoCoMo Subsidiary interTouch renamed DoCoMo interTouch
(Apr 1)
TOKYO, JAPAN, April 1, 2008 --- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that interTouch Pte. Ltd., its wholly owned subsidiary in Singapore, has been renamed DoCoMo interTouch Pte. Ltd.
In January, DoCoMo interTouch wholly acquired Singapore-based MagiNet Pte. Ltd. to solidify its position as a premier Asia-Pacific provider of high-speed broadband connectivity services and video applications to the hospitality industry. DoCoMo interTouch now serves a total of 25 million hotel guests annually at approximately 1,000 hotels in 62 countries of Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, with a growing presence in the Americas.
DoCoMo interTouch is now consolidating the operations of the former interTouch and MagiNet companies for increased efficiency.
Going forward, DoCoMo interTouch is committed to expanding and upgrading its offerings under the DoCoMo brand to provide the industry's most convenient and reliable broadband services to hotels worldwide.
(Attachment) Consolidation of subsidiar...
Cancellation of Treasury Stock
(Mar 28)
TOKYO, JAPAN, March 28, 2008 --- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that its board of directors approved the cancellation of treasury stock pursuant to article 178 of the Company Law.
Class of shares to be cancelled
Common stock
Number of shares to be cancelled
1,010,000 shares (about 2.2% of issued shares before the cancellation)
Scheduled date of cancellation
March 31, 2008
(Reference)
The number of issued shares after the cancellation will be 44,870,000 shares.
About NTT DoCoMo
NTT DoCoMo is the world's leading mobile communications company. DoCoMo serves over 53 million customers, including 42 million people subscribing to FOMA™, launched as the world's first 3G mobile service based on W-CDMA in 2001. DoCoMo also offers a wide variety of leading-edge mobile multimedia services, including i-mode™, the world's most popular mobile e-mail/Internet service, used by more than 47 million people. With the addition of credit-card and other e-wallet functions, DoCoMo mobile phones have b...
NTT DoCoMo Demonstrates Molecular Delivery System for Molecular Communication
(Mar 27)
TOKYO, JAPAN, March 27, 2008 --- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that in experiments being carried out jointly with Professor Kazuo Sutoh of the Department of Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, and Associate Professor Shoji Takeuchi of the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, it has successfully demonstrated the world's first molecular delivery system for molecular communication.
DoCoMo has been pioneering research into the field of molecular communication, a new communication paradigm in which molecules are used as a communication medium. By combining communication technology and biochemistry, DoCoMo aims to develop systems that could transmit information about the biochemical conditions of living organisms, such as excitement, emotion, stress or disease.
The experiment has confirmed the feasibility of a proposed delivery system to transport specific molecules using artificially synthesized DNAs and chemically energized motor proteins, typically found in ...
NTT DoCoMo Achieves 250Mbps Downlink in Super 3G Field Experiment — Key Step toward Realization of New High-Speed Mobile Network —
(Mar 26)
TOKYO, JAPAN, March 26, 2008 --- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it has recorded a downlink transmission rate of 250Mbps over a high-speed wireless network in an outdoor test of an experimental Super 3G system for mobile communications.
DoCoMo has been field-testing and refining its experimental Super 3G system using an actual wireless environment near its R&D labs in Yokosuka, just south of Tokyo, since February. The test involves four Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) antennas for base-station transmission and mobile-station reception in the 20MHz bandwidth, the maximum under new Super 3G standards.
DoCoMo is continuing to test connection handover from one base station to another, and the functionality of applications in indoor and outdoor environments.
Super 3G, which features low-latency data transmission and high spectrum efficiency, is an evolution beyond the High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) protocols of W-CDMA, an ...
