| TOKYO, JAPAN, April 24, 2002 --- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional companies announced today that they will commemorate the tenth anniversary of DoCoMo's business launch by offering special discounts for a limited period, a 500 yen commemorative dividend and a variety of philanthropic and other civic-minded activities (please see attachment). In commemorating the business launch in July 1992, DoCoMo intends to express its deep appreciation for the enthusiastic acceptance of its value-added mobile communications services. These include the  wireless internet service introduced in February 1999, which has reinvented the cellular phone industry by creating a huge market for mobile multimedia services, and the  service launched in May last year as the world's first 3G mobile communications service based on W-CDMA technology. As a result of the great popularity of these and other DoCoMo services, the company currently has a subscriber base of more than 40 million customers, an approximate 40-fold increase over the past 10 years. Please see the attachments for details about the commemorative activities. |
| NTT DoCoMo Group 10th Year Anniversary Overview |
| (Effective April 24, 2002) |
| Item | Promotion | Company | |
| Customer appreciation | 10th year Anniversary Discounts(limited period) | NTT DoCoMo Group | Attachment 2, pages 2,3 |
| Shareholder appreciation | Commemorative Dividend | NTT DoCoMo | Attachment 3, page 4 |
| Civic-Minded Programs | Education | NTT DoCoMo Group | Attachment 4, page 5 |
| Social Welfare | |||
| International Activities | |||
| Expansion of "DoCoMo Woods" Program | NTT DoCoMo | ||
| Interaction with Customers | Solicitation of Works for Planned DoCoMo "Museum of the Future" | Attachment 5, page 6 | |
| "Future of Mobile Life" Survey | |||
| "Send It With Love": i-mode EmailContest | |||
| M-stage Video Contest | |||
| Other Projects | Electronic Library | Attachment 6, pages 7,8 | |
| Commemorative Clock for DoCoMo Yoyogi Building Exterior | |||
| Drama-style Ad Campaign featuring a "Mobile Family" (ongoing) |
Attachment 2 (.pdf) Attachment 3 (.pdf) Attachment 4 (.pdf) Attachment 5 (.pdf) Attachment 6 (.pdf) Reference 1 (.pdf) Reference 2 (.pdf) Reference 3 (.pdf) |
