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| 2018 || October 25 || || Program launch || {{w|NTT Docomo}} launches the "DOCOMO Asia {{w|IoT}} Program" (AIP), with aims at "fostering collaboration among IoT providers and expand the IoT market across the Asia region". Mobile operators from 15 countries in the region express their intention to participate in the program.<ref>{{cite web |title=DOCOMO Launches "DOCOMO Asia IoT Program" to Further Expand IoT Market in the Region |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2018/1101_00.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=26 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2018 || November 29 || Cellular network || {{w|Research and development}} || {{w|NTT Docomo}} and {{w|Toyota}} announce successful joint control of the Toyota-developed T-HR31 humanoid robot in trials using {{w|5G}} under a test environment with control from a remote location.<ref>{{cite web |title=DOCOMO and Toyota Conduct Successful Remote Control of T-HR3 Humanoid Robot Using 5G |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2018/1129_01.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=19 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2018 || December 28 || || Acquisition || {{w|NTT Docomo}} acquires Conobie, a Japanese website about parenting that provides articles and short comics about pregnancy, childbirth, childcare, and parenting.<ref name="crunchbase.com"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Like BabyCenter, L.L.C. |url=https://mandasoft.com/acquisition/?viewmodes=1&acquisitionID=71312&title=Everyday_Health_Inc__acquired_BabyCenter_LLC |website=mandasoft.com |accessdate=28 October 2019}}</ref>
| 2019 || February 18 || || Recognition || {{w|NTT Docomo}} is ranked as the leading [[w:Mobile network operator|mobile operator]] in the world in terms of applications for candidate standard-essential patents (SEPs) for the new fifth-generation ({{w|5G}}) mobile communication standard. The company is also ranked first in terms of 5G technical proposals (contributions). The rankings are based on a study conducted by Japanese firm Cyber Creative Institute Co.<ref>{{cite web |title=DOCOMO Ranked World's Top Mobile Operator in 5G SEP Applications and Contributions to 5G Standard |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2019/0218_01.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=19 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || May 29 || Cellular network || {{w|Research and development}} || {{w|NTT Docomo}}, {{w|AGC Inc.}} and {{w|Ericsson}} announce having achieved the world's first {{w|5G}} mobile telecommunications using an antenna embedded in synthetic fused silica glass to transmit and receive 28 GHz 5G radio signals for stable, high-speed mobile communication in buildings, vehicles and trains.<ref>{{cite web |title=DOCOMO, AGC and Ericsson Achieve World's First 5G Communication Using Glass Antenna for 28 GHz |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2019/0529_00.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=19 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || July 31 || Device || Product {{w|Research and development}} || {{w|NTT Docomo}} announces development of an {{w|application programming interface}} for its docomo sky drone-operation platform and uses the API to "successfully integrate docomo sky with NEXSYS-ONE's tower maintenance platform in a joint trial, demonstrating the possibility to use drones for automated inspections and maintenance of mobile-network base-station towers."<ref>{{cite web |title=DOCOMO Develops Drone Platform API for Expanded Drone Applications |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2019/0731_00.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=19 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || || || Administration || {{w|NTT Docomo}} Establishes Sales Channel Promotion Department, Security Operation Center, Web Systems Department, SE & Business Support Center, Human Resources and Development Department, and Western Branch.<ref name="docomo-sys.co.jp"/>
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| 2019 || May 17 || Device || Product {{w|Research and development}} || {{w|NTT Docomo}} announces development of a [[w:Unmanned aerial vehicle|drone]] that is propelled safely through the air with ultrasonic vibrations, which make it appropriate for concert halls and other indoor spaces.<ref>{{cite web |title=DOCOMO Develops Safe, Blade-free Drone Propelled with Ultrasonic Vibrations |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2019/0517_00.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=19 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || May 23 || {{w|Artificial intelligence}} || {{w|Research and development}} || {{w|NTT Docomo}} announces research in collaboration with {{w|Tohoku University}}, of an artificial-intelligence AI technology to detect {{w|periodontal disease}} simply by photographing a person's gums with a {{w|smartphone}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tohoku University and DOCOMO Launch Research Project to Develop Artificial-intelligence Technology for Periodontal Disease Detection |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2019/0523_00.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=19 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || September 2 || Cellular network || {{w|Research and development}} || {{w|NTT Docomo}} announces having joined the {{w|5G}} Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA) "with the aim of further advancing the use of 5G technology in the manufacturing sector".<ref>{{cite web |title=DOCOMO Joins 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2019/0902_00.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=19 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || September 10 || Cellular network || Partnership || {{w|NTT Docomo}} announces agreement with {{w|Omron}} and {{w|Nokia Networks}} to collaborate in trials of 5G mobile communication technology inside factories, "with the aim of significantly enhancing future manufacturing productivity". <ref>{{cite web |title=DOCOMO to Commence 5G Trials at Manufacturing Sites in Partnership with OMRON and Nokia |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2019/0910_00.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || September 30 || || {{w|Research and development}} || {{w|NTT Docomo}} announces achievement of the world's first 28 GHz-band {{w|5G}} mobile communications between base stations and a high-speed bullet train during experimental trials to verify further enhancement of 5G in collaboration with Central [[w:Japan Railways Group|Japan Railway Company]].<ref>{{cite web |title=DOCOMO Achieves World's First 5G Communication Between High-speed Bullet Train and Experimental Base Stations |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2019/0930_00.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=19 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || December 5 || {{w|Artificial intelligence}} || {{w|Research and development}} || {{w|NTT Docomo}} and {{w|Kyoto University}} announce joint development of what is believed to be the world's first {{w|artificial intelligence}}-based system for inspecting bridges based on vehicle weights and structural deflection estimated from video footage.<ref>{{cite web |title=DOCOMO and Kyoto University develop world's first AI system to detect bridge deterioration using video-based vehicle weights and structural deflection |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2019/1205_00.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=19 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || December 20 || {{w|Healthcare}} || Acquisition || {{w|NTT Docomo}} announces purchase of all shares of {{w|docomo Healthcare, Inc.}} and make it a wholly owned subsidiary of {{w|NTT Docomo}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=NTT DOCOMO to Absorb docomo Healthcare in Simplified, Short-form Merger |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2019/1220_01.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=19 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2020 || January 17 || Cellular network || Product {{w|Research and development}} || {{w|NTT Docomo}} announces world's first trial of a prototype transparent dynamic metasurface using 28 GHz 5G radio signals. The prototype is a collaboration with glass manufacturing company {{w|AGC Inc.}}<ref>{{cite web |title=DOCOMO Conducts World's First Successful Trial of Transparent Dynamic Metasurface |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2020/0117_00.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=19 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2020 || January 24 || Cellular network || {{w|Research and development}} || {{w|NTT Docomo}} releases a white paper on the topic of {{w|6G}}, the sixth-generation mobile communications system that the company aims to launch on a commercial basis by 2030. The paper contains the company's views in the field of 5G evolution and 6G communications technology, areas that it has been researching since 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=DOCOMO Releases White Paper Promoting 6G Communication System |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2020/0124_00.html |website=nttdocomo.co.jp |accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref>
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