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| 2004 || || || Administration || {{w|NTT Docomo}} establishes a Mobile Network Division and a Security Services Division.<ref name="docomo-sys.co.jp"/>
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| 2004 || December || Device || Product Mobile phone launch || {{w|NTT Docomo}} launches the F901iC {{w|3G}} {{w|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>
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| 2004 || December 16 || Device || Product Mobile phone launch || {{w|NTT Docomo}} introduces the N900iG, the first [[w:Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access|FOMA]] {{w|3G}} handset for fully functional mobile communications in approximately 115 countries/regions.<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DoCoMo Introduces First FOMA 3G Handset for International Roaming |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2004/001229.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=19 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2005 || January 7 || Device || Product Mobile phone launch || {{w|NTT Docomo}} introduces the 2G mova N506iS, the world's first mobile phone to contain a flat panel display that also functions as a speaker.<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DoCoMo Develops World's First Mobile Phone with Flat Panel Speaker |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2005/001238.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=28 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2005 || November 24 || Device || Product Mobile phone launch || {{w|NTT Docomo}} announces launch of the [[w:Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access|FOMA]] SA800i, a child-friendly 3G mobile phone.<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DoCoMo Develops Child-Friendly Handset |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2005/000701.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=18 November 2019}}</ref>
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| 2005 || December || || Product Service launch || {{w|NTT Docomo}} launches iD credit brand.<ref name="History"/>
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| 2005 || December 29 || Cellular network || Userbase || The number of subscribers to Docomo's {{w|3G}} {{w|FOMA}} service surpasses the 20 million mark.<ref>{{cite web |title=3G FOMA Subscribers Top 20 Million Mark |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2006/000710.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=28 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2006 || February 23 || Cellular network || {{w|Research and development}} || {{w|NTT Docomo}} announces achievement of 2.5Gbps packet transmission in the downlink while moving at 20km/h, in a {{w|4G}} radio access field experiment.<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DoCoMo Achieves World's First 2.5Gbps Packet Transmission in 4G Field Experiment |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2006/000722.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=26 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2006 || April || || Service launch || {{w|NTT Docomo}} launches DCMX mobile credit-card service.<ref name="History"/>
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| 2006 || || || Administration || {{w|NTT Docomo}} establishes Information Security Services Division.<ref name="docomo-sys.co.jp"/>
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| 2007 || January 16 || Device || Product Mobile phone launch || {{w|NTT Docomo}} announces the development of new {{w|3G}} [[w:Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access|FOMA]] handsets: the 703i Series, D800iDS and SO903iTV.<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DoCoMo Unveils 3G FOMA 703i Series, D800iDS and SO903iTV Handsets |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2007/001311.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2007 || February 9 || Cellular network || {{w|Research and development}} || {{w|NTT Docomo}} announces achievement of the world's first 5Gbps packet transmission in 4G field experiment, using 100MHz frequency bandwidth to a mobile station moving at 10km/h.<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DoCoMo Achieves World's First 5Gbps Packet Transmission in 4G Field Experiment |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2007/001319.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2007 || March 14 || Device || Product Mobile phone launch || {{w|NTT Docomo}} introduces the {{w|3G}} {{w|FOMA}} F903iBSC business-use handset "to enable companies to address security issues such as information leaks and non-work-related use of corporate phones".<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DoCoMo Unveils Secure 3G FOMA F903iBSC Handset for Business Use |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2007/001324.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2007 || April 3 || Device || {{w|Research and development}} || {{w|NTT Docomo}} announces having developed a speech coding technology that provides "exceptionally high-quality voice for mobile phones, yet only requires the low-level computing power of conventional mobile telephony technologies".<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DoCoMo Develops High-Quality Speech Coding Technology for Mobile Phones |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2007/001330.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2007 || July || Cellular network || {{w|Research and development}} || {{w|NTT Docomo}} begins testing an experimental Super {{w|3G}} system for mobile communications, with aims at achieving a downlink transmission rate of 300Mbps over a high-speed wireless network.<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DoCoMo Begins Super 3G Experiment |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2007/001354.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2007 || || || Administration || {{w|NTT Docomo}} establishes its Business Solution Headquarters, a System Integration Division, a Service Provider Division, a System Infrastructure Division, an Enterprise System Division, and an Information Security Department.<ref name="docomo-sys.co.jp"/>
| 2007 || September || || Facility || {{w|NTT Docomo}} establishes an office in {{w|Hanoi}}, {{w|Vietnam}}, its fourth overseas office, joining existing facilities in {{w|Beijing}}, {{w|Shanghai}} and {{w|Singapore}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DoCoMo Establishes Office in Hanoi, Vietnam |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2007/001365.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2007 || September 29 || Cellular network || Userbase || {{w|NTT Docomo}} {{w|3G}} [[w:Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access|FOMA]] subscribers surpass 40 million.<ref>{{cite web |title=3G FOMA Subscribers Exceed 40 Million |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2007/001367.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=26 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2007 || October || || Product || The {{w|prototype}} [[w:wellness (alternative medicine)|Wellness]] {{w|mobile phone}} of {{w|NTT Docomo}} and {{w|Mitsubishi Electric Corp.}} 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 || November 1 || Device || Product Mobile phone launch || {{w|NTT Docomo}} introduces 23 new handsets available in a total of 75 colors in the new 905i and 705i series.<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DoCoMo Unveils 23 Handsets in New 905i and 705i Series |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2007/001372.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=26 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2007 || December || || Acquisition || {{w|NTT Docomo}} and [[w:KTF|KT Freetel]] jointly invest US$200 million for a total of 33% stake in {{w|U Mobile}} Malaysia.<ref>{{cite web |title=STT to invest RM1b in U Mobile |url=https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/stt-invest-rm1b-u-mobile |website=theedgemarkets.com |accessdate=18 November 2019}}</ref>
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| 2007 || December 10 || Device || Product Mobile phone launch || {{w|NTT Docomo}} announces launch of the F801i handset, which offers improved child-friendly features for security, theft/loss prevention, and ease of use.<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DoCoMo to Launch Child-Friendly F801i Handset |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2007/001377.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2008 || January 3 || || Userbase || {{w|NTT Docomo}} announces having surpassed 15 million subscribers to the i-channel news and information service.<ref>{{cite web |title=i-channel Subscribers Exceed 15 Million |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2008/001380.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2008 || || || Service launch || {{w|NTT Docomo}} 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 || || {{w|Partnership}} || {{w|NTT Docomo}} announces a partnership with {{w|Google}}, which allows all models after the {{w|FOMA}}904i 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 || || {{w|Joint venture}} || NTT Investment Partners, Inc. (NTT-IP) is estqablished as a corporate venture capital firm by [[w:Nippon Telegraph and Telephone|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 || March || Device || Userbase || {{w|NTT Docomo}} reaches more than 53 million customers, which is more than half of Japan's cellular market.<ref name="Historyh"/>
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| 2008 || March || || {{w|Venture capital}} || {{w|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 || || Leadership || Ryuji Yamada is promoted as the president of {{w|NTT Docomo}}. Masao Nakamura stays as a director and senior adviser. <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 || May 27 || Device || Product Mobile phone launch || {{w|NTT Docomo}} announces the new 906i and 706i series comprising 19 handsets and 64 body colors.<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DOCOMO Unveils 19 Handsets in New 906i and 706i Series |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2008/001402.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2008 || June || || Partnership || {{w|NTT Docomo}} 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 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>
| 2008 || July 9 || || Subsidiary || {{w|NTT Docomo}} announces establishment of DOCOMO China Co., Ltd. as a wholly owned subsidiary in {{w|Shanghai}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DOCOMO Establishes Subsidiary Company in Shanghai, China |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2008/001410.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2008 || November 5 || Device || Product Mobile phone launch || {{w|NTT Docomo}} announces release of 22 handsets in four new series — docomo STYLE series, docomo PRIME series™, docomo SMART series and docomo PRO series.<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DOCOMO Unveils 22 Handsets in Four All-new Series |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2008/001420.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2008 || November || || Acquisition || {{w|NTT Docomo}} acquires a 26% stake in {{w|Tata Teleservices}} for US$2.7 billion.<ref>{{cite web |title=DoCoMo buys 26% of Tata Teleservices |url=https://www.vantageasia.com/docomo-buys-26-of-tata-teleservices/ |website=vantageasia.com |accessdate=18 November 2019}}</ref>
| 2008 || || || Administration || {{w|NTT Docomo}} establishes a Customer Information Systems Division, a Billing Systems Division, an Enterprise Information Systems Division, an Information Systems Infrastructure Division, a Business Intelligence Systems Division, a Service Platform Division, a System Development Division, and a Public Enterprise Business Division.<ref name="docomo-sys.co.jp"/>
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| 2009 || May 11 || Cellular network || {{w|Research and development}} || {{w|NTT Docomo}} announces development of a "highly efficient mobile spatial audio transmission technology that enables a mobile phone user to assign a spatial position to each sound source when listening to multiple sound sources, such as during a game or a conference call".<ref>{{cite web |title=DOCOMO Develops Spatial Audio Transmission Technology for Mobile Phones |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2009/001438.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2009 || May 19 || Device || Product Mobile phone launch || {{w|NTT Docomo}} introduces its lineup of 18 new handsets, including models in four main series of {{w|FOMA}} {{w|3G}} handsets: docomo STYLE series, docomo PRIME series, docomo SMART series and docomo PRO series, as well as the new Evangelion Phone based on the [[w:Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance|anime film]].<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DOCOMO Unveils 18 New Handsets |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2009/001440.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2009 || June 6 || Cellular network || Service || The Tata Docomo service is commercially launched in {{w|India}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tata Group Announces Pan-India GSM Service with NTT DOCOMO |url=https://corporate.tatateleservices.com/Downloads/NewsRoom/ttsl/Tata-DOCOMO-GSM-Launch-June-2009.pdf |website=corporate.tatateleservices.com |accessdate=18 November 2019}}</ref>
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| 2009 || July 2 || || Service launch || {{w|NTT Docomo}} announces a new service enabling an individual subscriber to use their Docomo mobile phone to easily and quickly remit money to another Docomo user.<ref>{{cite web |title=DOCOMO to Launch Mobile Remittance Service |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2009/001445.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2009 || July 5 || || Acquisition || {{w|NTT Docomo}} acquires {{w|San Diego, California}}-based PacketVideo for US$157.1 million. PacketVideo produces software for wireless multimedia that includes the display of video on mobile handsets.<ref name="crunchbase.com"/>
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| 2009 || July 15 || Device || Product Mobile phone launch || {{w|NTT Docomo}} announces development of the SOLAR HYBRID, a solar-powered, waterproof mobile phone.<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DOCOMO Develops Solar-powered Handset |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2009/001448.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2009 || August 24 || || Userbase || Subscribers to DCMX, Docomo's credit payment service, surpasses 10 million in Japan.<ref>{{cite web |title=Subscriptions to DOCOMO's Credit Payment Service Top 10 million |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2009/001450.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=26 January 2020}}</ref>
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