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| 1999 || || Personnel || NTT MCN reaches 500 employees.<ref name="docomo-sys.co.jp"/>
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| 2000 || April || Renaming || Around its 15th anniversary, NTT Mobile Communications Network changes official name to {{w|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. One of the tallest buildings in {{w|Tokyo}}, it houses base station equipment and switching equipment.<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi Building |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/104939/ntt-docomo-yoyogi-building-tokyo-japan |website=emporis.com |accessdate=18 November 2019}}</ref>
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| 2000 || || {{w|License}} || The {{w|Japanese government}} awards {{w|3G}} licenses to {{w|NTT DocomoDoCoMo}}, {{w|KDDI}} and {{w|J-Phone}} at no charge. This allows NTT Docomo to free up its cash stock for overseas investment.<ref name="i-mode Wireless"/>
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| 2001 || || Recognition || {{w|NTT DOCOMODoCoMo}} 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>
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| 2001 || || Administration || {{w|NTT DOCOMODoCoMo}} relocates the head office to {{w|Akasaka}} from {{w|Nishigotanda}}.<ref name="docomo-sys.co.jp"/>
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| 2001 || || Financial || {{w|NTT DOCOMODoCoMo}} investment ratio increases to 100%.<ref name="docomo-sys.co.jp"/>
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| 2001 || October || Service || {{w|NTT DOCOMODoCoMo}} 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}}.<ref name="History"/><ref name="i-mode Wireless"/>
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| 2002 || || Personnel || {{w|NTT DOCOMODoCoMo}} reaches 700 employees.<ref name="docomo-sys.co.jp"/>
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| 2002 || || Administration || {{w|NTT DOCOMODoCoMo}} establishes its Operation Systems HQ, System Development Division and Service Operations Division.<ref name="docomo-sys.co.jp"/>
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| 2002 || March || Financial || {{w|NTT DOCOMODoCoMo}} is listed on [[w:London stock exchange|London]] (delisted on March 2014) and {{w|New York stock exchange}}s.<ref name="History"/>
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| 2002 || May 8 || Administration || {{w|NTT DOCOMODoCoMo}} states in a memorandum of understanding plans to convert its regional subsidiaries into wholly owned subsidiaries by way of share exchange.<ref name="i-mode Wireless"/>
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| 2002 || June 1 || Service || {{w|NTT DOCOMODoCoMo}} launches its i-shot service, allowing subscribers to transmit still images taken with compatible mobile phones having built-in cameras to virtually any device capable of receiving {{w|e-mail}}.<ref name="dd"/>
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| 2003 || January 14 || {{w|Market penetration}} || DoCoMo i-shot handsets (camera phone) sales exceed 5 million.<ref name="dd">{{cite web |title=DoCoMo Camera Phone Sales Exceed 5 Million |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2003/000928.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=12 November 2019}}</ref>
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| 2003 || || Administration || {{w|NTT DOCOMODoCoMo}} establishes ERP Division and Technical Center.<ref name="docomo-sys.co.jp"/>
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| 2004 || January 9 || Service || {{w|NTT DOCOMODoCoMo}} announces the launch of an i-mode Disaster Message Board service allowing i-mode subscribers in Japan to post personal messages at a special i-mode site (provided in Japanese only) in the event of major calamities such as high-magnitude {{w|earthquake}}s.<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DoCoMo to Launch i-mode Disaster Message Board Service |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2004/001135.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=12 November 2019}}</ref>
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| 2004 || January 29 || {{w|Subsidiary}} || {{w|NTT DOCOMODoCoMo}} announces the decision to liquidate its subsidiary, Mobimagic Co., an application service provider for medium and small-sized companies.<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DoCoMo to Liquidate a Subsidiary |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2004/001137.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=12 November 2019}}</ref>
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| 2004 || March 24 || {{w|Subsidiary}} || {{w|NTT DOCOMODoCoMo}} announces the decision to liquidate DCM Capital LDN ({{w|United Kingdom}}) Limited, DCM Capital HKG (UK) Limited and DCM Capital 3G HKG (UK) Limited, each of which is a wholly owned subsidiary of DoCoMo.<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DoCoMo to Liquidate Some of its Subsidiaries |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2004/001157.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=18 November 2019}}</ref>
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| 2004 || April || Product || {{w|NTT DoCoMo }} launches mova 506i series of three PDC (2G) i-mode mobile phones, a series of handsets featuring cameras with effective resolutions of more than one million pixels.<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DoCoMo Unveils New mova 506i i-mode Phone Series |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2004/001166.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=12 November 2019}}</ref>
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| 2004 || || Administration || {{w|NTT DOCOMODoCoMo}} establishes Mobile Network Division and Security Services Division.<ref name="docomo-sys.co.jp"/>
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| 2004 || December || Product || {{w|NTT DoCoMo}} launches the F901iC 3G FOMA handset, the latest model in the 901i series.<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DoCoMo to Launch F901iC 3G FOMA Handset |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2004/001233.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=12 November 2019}}</ref>
