Who owns NTT DOCOMO?
NTT DOCOMO is owned by NTT (Japan, TSE: 9432).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: NTT Integrated Report 2025, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Category
- Telecom › Mobile › Mobile carriers
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 9432
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About NTT DOCOMO
NTT DOCOMO is the mobile carrier of the NTT Group, with 2,053 docomo shops and 104.85 million d POINT Club members named in NTT's Integrated Report 2025. The report says NTT made NTT DOCOMO a wholly owned subsidiary in December 2020, and it lists DOCOMO MAX, DOCOMO Poikatsu MAX, DOCOMO Poikatsu 20 and DOCOMO mini as its newer rate plans.
Ownership timeline of NTT DOCOMO
Where NTT DOCOMO sits in NTT
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by NTT
NTT controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in telecom.
Also in telecom
Other brands in mobile carriers, and who owns them
The 13 brands in mobile carriers on Brandtree belong to 10 owners. The largest is Liberty Latin America, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| C&W | Liberty Latin America | 🇧🇲 Bermuda |
| Tigo | Millicom | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg |
| by.U | Telkom Indonesia | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| One NZ | Infratil | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| Smart | PLDT | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
| Rakuten Mobile | Rakuten | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| SK Telecom | SK Telecom | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Personal | Telecom Argentina | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
About the owner: NTT
NTT is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 9432.
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) is the Japanese telecommunications holding company. Its Integrated Report 2025 names NTT DOCOMO, NTT EAST, NTT WEST, NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS and the NTT DATA Group as its main operating companies, and says NTT made NTT DOCOMO a wholly owned subsidiary in December 2020 and the NTT DATA Group a wholly owned subsidiary on 30 September 2025.
🇯🇵 NTT DOCOMO and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 437 brands that began in Japan. 21 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; NTT DOCOMO is not one of them.
- Rakuten Mobile — Rakuten 🇯🇵
- UQ mobile — KDDI 🇯🇵
- "K" Line — K Line 🇯🇵
- ABEMA — CyberAgent 🇯🇵
- ADDICTION — KOSÉ 🇯🇵
- AIARU Small Amount & Short Term Insurance — Sumitomo Life 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of NTT DOCOMO?
The parent company of NTT DOCOMO is NTT, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is NTT DOCOMO Japanese?
Yes. NTT DOCOMO originated in Japan and its owner, NTT, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is NTT DOCOMO still owned by NTT?
Yes. As of 13 October 2026, NTT DOCOMO is still owned by NTT. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] NTT Integrated Report 2025 — Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Annual report; retrieved 13 October 2026.
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