NTT DoCoMo, Inc., , }} is the predominant mobile phone operator in Japan. The name is officially an abbreviation of the phrase, "Do Communications Over the Mobile Network", and is also from a word dokomo, meaning “everywhere” in Japanese.
DoCoMo was spun off from Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) in August 1991 to take over the mobile cellular operations. DoCoMo provides 2G (mova) PDC cellular services in 800 MHz and 1.5 GHz bands (total 34 MHz bandwidth), and 3G (FOMA) W-CDMA services in the 2 GHz (1945-1960 MHz) band. Its businesses also include PHS (Paldio), paging, and satellite. DoCoMo ended PHS service on January 7, 2008.
DoCoMo provides phone, video phone (FOMA and Some PHS), i-mode (internet), and mail (i-mode mail, Short Mail, and SMS) services.
On October, 2007, the prototype Wellness mobile phone of Japan's NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp., was launched at the CEATEC. It gives health check with a motion sensor that detects body movement and measures calories, and, has a breathalyzer.
On January 24,2008, NTT DoCoMo has announced that they made connections with Google. By doing this, all models after the FOMA904i models are able to view YouTube videos.
By the end of 2008, NTT DoCoMo plans to take all 8 regional offices back into one location for the first time in 15 years to establish better services and products.
