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Nokia upgrades DoCoMo’s IP core with new transport slicing
Nokia announced that it has provided NTT DoCoMo with an upgraded IP core and transport network slicing capabilities for its 5G services in Japan. Read more…
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DoCoMo and NTT unveil 6G partners – spot the metaverse reference!
NTT DoCoMo and NTT will partner with Fujitsu, NEC, and Nokia to conduct 6G experiments – which may or may not include the metaverse. Read more…
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NTT plots $40 billion move to privatize DoCoMo unit
NTT said it will spend $40 billion to take its wireless carrier business DoCoMo private, in a deal that opens the path to lower prices. Read more…
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NTT DOCOMO 5G mobile service launched – Japan’s first
NTT DOCOMO 5G coverage will encompass some 150 locations nationwide initially and then expand to all prefectures by June. Read more…
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NTT Docomo, Sony and Amdocs latest to pull out of MWC
Japan’s largest wireless carrier, NTT Docomo, Sony and Amdocs became the latest companies to pull out of Mobile World Conference (MWC) in Barcelona. Read more…
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5G WIRE: Toyota 5G robot, network slicing, Smart video call
5G action this day: DoCoMo controls a Toyota robot 10 km away using 5G; Cellcos must transform to capitalize on $66b network slicing opportunity; Smart Communications makes a 5G video call; Fujitsu makes single-panel antenna Read more…
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5G WIRE: GSMA yells at Germany, 3GPP corrections, 6G tester
5G action this day: GSMA yells at Germany over 5G license conditions; Nokia and StarHub complete 3.5 GHz 5G pilot; 3GPP explains 5G standards corrections; ETSI releases IP specs for 5G slicing and URLLC; DoCoMo Read more…
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DoCoMo and Mitsubishi take 5G speeds to 27 Gbps
Mitsubishi Electric and NTT DoCoMo announced today that they have achieved a 5G proof of concept for 27 Gbps and 25 Gbps maximum throughputs via one mobile terminal over communication distances of 10m and 100m, Read more…
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DoCoMo launches IoT service to monitor US industrial fridges
NTT DoCoMo USA has announced the immediate launch of an IoT-driven temperature- and humidity-monitoring service for industrial refrigerators and freezers in the US. Customers can use smartphones or PCs to monitor the temperature and humidity Read more…
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DoCoMo app uses AI to help foreigners ID food ingredients
NTT DoCoMo announced that it has developed a smartphone app that will enable foreigners in Japan who have special food restrictions to determine the detailed contents of Japanese-labeled food products simply by photographing the products Read more…
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DoCoMo applies image recognition AI to pest control
NTT DoCoMo announced that it plans to commence trials of a new greenhouse pest monitoring device which uses an ultra low-power battery operated wireless HD camera in conjunction with image recognition functionality based on DoCoMo’s Read more…
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DoCoMo PoC to analyze CCTV video via edge computing
NTT DoCoMo announced that it has commenced a proof-of-concept (PoC) aimed at realizing a new video IoT solution that it says will enable the interpretation and analysis of video data sourced from surveillance cameras using Read more…
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Keysight provides 5G network emulation tech to DoCoMo
Keysight Technologies announced it has extended its collaboration with NTT DoCoMo by providing 5G network emulation solutions for characterizing and validating new 5G NR mobile devices intended to operate on DoCoMo’s 5G network. The 5G Read more…
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DoCoMo and AGC connect speeding car with glass mounted 5G antennas
NTT DoCoMo and AGC say they have achieved 8 Gbps 5G communications with a fast-moving vehicle equipped with “vehicle glass mounted antennas” (a.k.a. on-glass antennas) in a field trial conducted in conjunction with Ericsson Japan. Read more…
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DoCoMo to offer cloud-based call/dispatch system for taxis
NTT DoCoMo announced that it will offer a cloud-based call-center and taxi-dispatch system that regional taxi operators in Japan can use jointly for streamlined operations, greater efficiency and reduced costs. To facilitate the initiative, DoCoMo’s Read more…
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DoCoMo uses mobile network data to calculate population flows
NTT DoCoMo announced that it has successfully developed population flow statistics for analyzing population mobility based on operational data from its nationwide mobile network in Japan. The work is the result of research that DoCoMo Read more…
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DoCoMo and NEC find a way to reduce 5G antenna interference
NTT DoCoMo and NEC announced that they have succeeded in transmitting a 5G signal on the 4.5-GHz band to eight mobile terminals whilst using beamforming and inter-base station coordination to reduce interference. Some part of Read more…
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DoCoMo and Huawei test IAB mmWave for 5G backhaul
NTT DoCoMo and Huawei said they have completed a successful trial of Integrated Access Backhaul (IAB) technology using the 39-GHz mmWave band for 5G wireless backhaul. The field trial, which took place in Yokohama, Japan’s Read more…
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NTT DoCoMo taps NEC to upgrade existing base stations to 5G
NEC has announced an agreement with NTT DoCoMo to provide control units for 5G base station equipment to help DoCoMo down the road to commercialization of 5G services. NEC is slated to carry out development Read more…
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DoCoMo 28-GHz 5G trial connects car moving at 305 km/h
NTT DoCoMo announced that it has successfully completed a trial in which it managed to transmit data over the 28-GHz mmWave band between a 5G base station and a 5G mobile terminal mounted on a Read more…