NTT DoCoMo has developed the mobile phone prototype made with the surplus wood of trees culled during thinning operations to maintain healthy forests. The prototype was created in collaboration with Sharp Corporation, Olympus Corporation and "more trees," a reforestation project founded by musician Ryuichi Sakamoto and others. continued »

NTT DoCoMo, NEC, Panasonic and Fujitsu announced today that they are making progress with their joint development of "LTE-PF", a mobile-terminal platform based on Long Term Evolution (LTE), a coming mobile communication standard for super-fast downlinks above 100 Mbps and uplinks above 50 Mbps. continued »

To be available from September, NTT DoCoMo unveils its new Solar Hybrid SH-08A with waterproof protection. When the phone battery is used completely, you could have one minute of talkt ime with just 10 minutes of solar recharging via a panel on the phone's body. The SOLAR HYBRID's waterproof body is also resistant to water sprays from all directions and ... continued »

NTT DOCOMO and PacketVideo today announced that DOCOMO has acquired a 35-percent stake in PacketVideo for $45.5 million. The all-cash transaction, effective immediately, is intended to strengthen DOCOMO's position in advanced music and video services in Japan. continued »

NTT DoCoMo announced today a new service that will enable an individual subscriber to use their DOCOMO mobile phone to easily and quickly remit money to another DOCOMO user, beginning on July 21. continued »

NTT DOCOMO announced today that its European subsidiary DOCOMO Netherlands B.V. will launch Europe's first mobile-phone service for downloading Japanese comics, better known as manga, beginning today in France. continued »

NTT DOCOMO announced today the new TATA DOCOMO brand for a GSM service to be provided in India by Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL), in which DOCOMO owns a 26 percent stake. TTSL plans to launch the GSM service in southern India this month and gradually expand it nationwide. continued »

NTT DOCOMO has just announced its lineup of 18 new handsets for launch on or after May 22. The lineup includes models in DOCOMO's four main series of FOMA 3G handsets - docomo STYLE series, docomo PRIME series, docomo SMART series and docomo PRO series - and the new Evangelion Phone based on an upcoming anime film. HTC Magic will ... continued »

NTT DoCoMo has announced a new 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. The processes are collaboratively performed on both the server and client sides. The server identifies the important sound ... continued »

NTT DOCOMO announced today it will discontinue its 2G mova service (including car phone and Pre-Call prepaid services), which began in March 1993, as well as its 2G DoPa packet communication service, which began in March 1997, at the end of March 2012. Associated services and related billing plans will also be terminated at the same time. continued »