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Timeline of NTT Docomo

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| 1994 || April || Service || NTT MCN launches CITYPHONE 1.5 GHz digital cellular phone service in urban areas.<ref name="History"/>
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| 1996 || || Administration || NTT MCN relocates the head office to {{w|Nishigotanda}} from {{w|Ikebukuro}}.<ref name="docomo-sys.co.jp"/>
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| 1997 || || Financial || NTT MCN increases capital investment to 652.6 million JPY.<ref name="docomo-sys.co.jp"/>
| 2000 || April || Renaming || Around its 15th anniversary, NTT Mobile Communications Network changes official name to NTT DoCoMo.<ref name="History"/><ref name="docomo-sys.co.jp"/>
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| 2000 || September || Facility || The {{w|NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building}} opens.
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| 2001 || || Recognition || NTT Docomo acquires ISO14001 accreditation<ref name="docomo-sys.co.jp"/>, the international standard that specifies requirements for an effective environmental management system.<ref>{{cite web |title=WHAT IS ISO 14001:2015 – ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS? |url=https://asq.org/quality-resources/iso-14001 |website=asq.org |accessdate=16 October 2019}}</ref>
| 2001 || || Financial || NTT Docomo investment ratio increases to 100%.<ref name="docomo-sys.co.jp"/>
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| 2001 || October || Service || NTT Docomo launches becomes the first cellular operator in the world to offer commercial {{w|3G}} services (based on {{w|WCDMA}}) called {{w|Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access}} (FOMA). The service becomes first available in the {{w|Greater Tokyo Area}}, {{w|Yokohama}} and {{w|Kawasaki}} service on fully commercialized basis.<ref name="History"/><ref name="i-mode Wireless"/>
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| 2002 || || Personnel || NTT Docomo reaches 700 employees.<ref name="docomo-sys.co.jp"/>
| 2007 || || Administration || "Established Business Solution Headquarters,System Integration Division,Service Provider Division,System Infrastructure Division,Enterprise System Division,Information Security Department"<ref name="docomo-sys.co.jp"/>
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| 2007 || October || Product || "On October 2007, the The {{w|prototype}} [[w:wellness (alternative medicine)|Wellness]] {{w|mobile phone}} of Japan's {{w|NTT Docomo Inc. }} and {{w|Mitsubishi Electric Corp.}} was is launched at annual Japanese trade show {{w|CEATEC}}. It checks health with a motion sensor that detects body movement and measures calories, and includes a {{w|breathalyzer}}."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029053227/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hhzZNK2Qh8nBS4H9Tt_lDecgBE9QD8S3IR880|title=The Associated Press: New Prototype Phone Gives Fitness Check|author=|date=29 October 2007|website=archive.org|accessdate=12 September 2019}}</ref>
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| 2007 || December || Acquisition || NTT Docomo and [[w:KTF|KT Freetel]] jointly invest US$200 million for a total of 33% stake in {{w|U Mobile}} Malaysia.
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| 2008 || || Service || "From 2008, NTT Docomo began begins offering a service called the "Area Mail Disaster Information Service" which broadcasts [[w:Earthquake Early Warning (Japan)|Earthquake Early Warning]] messages produced by the [[{{w|Japan Meteorological Agency]] }} to its subscribers with compatible handsets."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/service/safety/areamail/index.html |title=Area Mail Disaster Information Service |accessdate=2011-11-06 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025134752/http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/service/safety/areamail/index.html |archivedate=2011-10-25 |df= }}</ref>
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| 2008 || January 24 || Partnership || NTT Docomo announces a partnership with {{w|Google}}, which allows all models after the FOMA904i models to view {{w|YouTube}} videos.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://plusd.itmedia.co.jp/mobile/articles/0801/24/news066.html |title=ドコモとGoogleが提携──各種サービスのiモード対応などを推進 |accessdate=2008-01-26 |publisher=ITMedia+D モバイル |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://plusd.itmedia.co.jp/mobile/articles/0801/24/news104.html |title=YouTube、ドコモの904i/905iシリーズに対応 |accessdate=2008-01-26 |publisher=ITMedia+D モバイル |language=Japanese}}</ref>
| 2008 || February || || "NTT Investment Partners, Inc. (NTT-IP), a corporate venture capital firm, was established by NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION (NTT). The firm focuses on funding advanced/disruptive technologies, services and business models around the world and looks to leverage NTT Group companies’ business operations, technologies and vast network to its portfolio companies."
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| 2008 || February March || Market || "NTT Docomo has reaches more than 53 million customers (as of March 2008), which is more than half of Japan's cellular market."<ref name="Historyh"/>
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| 2008 || March || || NTT Docomo establishes a {{w|JPY}} 10 billion venture fund, the NTT Investment Partners Fund, L.P. (NTT-IP Fund).<ref name="Historyh"/>
| 2008 || April 19 || || "On April 19, 2008, it was announced that Ryuji Yamada, the current co-president of NTT Docomo, will be promoted as the president of NTT Docomo in June 2008. Masao Nakamura will stay in NTT Docomo as a director and also the senior adviser. Since October 2006, when the introduction to the service which allows the user to [[w:Mobile number portability|carry their original phone number with a new provider]] was made, NTT Docomo has lost many users to [[w:au (mobile phone operator)|KDDI]] and [[w:SoftBank Mobile|SoftBank]]. This promotion was made in order to get more users for NTT Docomo."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/business/update/0418/TKY200804180367.html|script-title=ja:ドコモ社長に山田副社長が昇格へ|accessdate=2008-04-18|date=2008-04-19|language=Japanese |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080422030408/http://www.asahi.com/business/update/0418/TKY200804180367.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-04-22}}</ref>
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| 2008 || June || Partnership || "On April 19, 2008, it was announced that Ryuji Yamada, the current co-president of NTT Docomo, will be promoted as the president of NTT Docomo in June 2008."|-| 2008 || June || || "In June 2008 NTT Docomo joined joins the non-profit [[{{w|Symbian Foundation]] }} led by [[{{w|Nokia]] }} to co-develop a new [[{{w|Symbian]] }} smartphone operating system based on the [[w:S60 (software platform)|S60]] platform, which resulted results in Symbian^2 for the Japanese market."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/11613_First_Symbian2_phones_ship_in_.php|title=First Symbian^2 phones ship in Japan|author=|date=|website=allaboutsymbian.com|accessdate=27 March 2018}}</ref>
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| 2008 || November || Acquisition || NTT Docomo acquires a 26% stake in {{w|Tata Teleservices}} for US$2.7 billion.
| 2010 || || Administration || NTT Docomo establishes CliNIC Division.<ref name="docomo-sys.co.jp"/>
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| 2010 || June || Market || "{{w|Tata Docomo had }} reaches about 32.82 million users at the end of June 2010."
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| 2010 || November 5 || Service || {{w|Tata Docomo}} becomes the first private sector telecom company to launch {{w|3G}} services in {{w|India}}.
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