NTT DoCoMo, ACCA Wireless and ACCA Networks Dissolve
Strategic Partnership for 2.5GHz Broadband Wireless Access Business

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TOKYO, JAPAN, January 21, 2008 --- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that the company, ACCA Wireless Co., Ltd. and ACCA Networks Co., Ltd. have dissolved the strategic partnership that they established on August 31, 2007 for the purpose of securing a license to provide broadband wireless services based on mobile WiMAX technology. Since Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications granted the two available broadband wireless service licenses to other bidding groups on December 21, 2007, the strategic partnership was no longer relevant.

About NTT DoCoMo
NTT DoCoMo is the world's leading mobile communications company. DoCoMo serves over 53 million customers, including 40 million people subscribing to FOMA™, launched as the world's first 3G mobile service based on W-CDMA in 2001. DoCoMo also offers a wide variety of leading-edge mobile multimedia services, including i-mode™, the world's most popular mobile e-mail/Internet service, used by more than 47 million people. With the addition of credit-card and other e-wallet functions, DoCoMo mobile phones have become highly versatile tools for daily life. NTT DoCoMo is listed on the Tokyo (9437), London (NDCM) and New York (DCM) stock exchanges. For more information, visit www.docomo.ne.jp/english.

i-mode and FOMA are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries.
NTT DoCoMo's FOMA service is only available to subscribers in Japan.

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