Lionel Sujay Vailshery
Research expert covering cloud computing and emerging tech industries
NTT Docomo, Inc. - statistics & facts
The Japanese information and communications technology (ICT) sector, which encompasses industries such as telecommunications, software, and data processing and information services, is one of the most developed worldwide. In the 2020 fiscal year, the telecommunications industry generated approximately 15.2 trillion Japanese yen in sales revenue, with mobile communications accounting for more than half of the sales. The mobile communications environment in Japan is characterized by an advanced and widely used Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network, which enables high-speed data communications, as well as highly developed handsets, which have made mobile communications increasingly convenient. After several steps of deregulation in the telecommunications industry and a considerable number of venture companies entering the market, three major competitors emerged as key players: NTT Docomo, au by KDDI and SoftBank Corp. NTT Docomo, which evolved from the mobile communications division of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), holds the largest share of customers in Japan.
