前田正明は1983年４月に日本電信電話公社（現NTT）技術局に入社。1994年3月には、1992年に分離・独立したNTTドコモに移りました。NTTドコモでは、ネットワーク企画部門、人事育成部門、総務部門、モバイルマルチメディア部門の管理職を歴任しました。その後、2002年7月にNTTドコモUSAのNY本社に移り、上級副社長職を経て現在に至っております。

前田正明は2004年11月にドコモUSAとしての北米最初のサービスである“ナミキテルサービス（米国に住む日系人向け公衆無線LANサービス）”を立ち上げました。その翌年にはBlackBerry®端末上で日本語の読み書きや中国語・韓国語が表示可能なアプリケーションである“ナミメールサービス”の提供を開始しました。このサービスは世界を飛び回る日系ビジネスマンに重宝されています。

前田正明は東京工業大学において電気・電子工学の学位・修士を取得。また、2002年6月にはMITスローン校でのMBAも取得しました。

・The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited.

New York, October 23, 2007 — NTT DoCoMo USA, Inc., the American subsidiary of NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Japan’s largest mobile communications company, announces an enhancement to its Namimail® software which will allow for Japanese emailing to be available on more BlackBerry® devices.

Introduced in June 2005, Namimail is a software application which enables BlackBerry® devices to read and write Japanese. With the latest software upgrade, Namimail will be available for upload to all BlackBerry devices currently available in the market. The service is available to subscribers not only in the United States, but also in Europe and Asia.

Additional BlackBerry devices will be supported as follows:

From November 1st: BlackBerry® CurveTM, 8800, 8820, 8830
From December 1st: BlackBerry® Pearl TM, 7100 series

The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited.

Namimail is a registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo USA, Inc. in the United States.

NTT DoCoMo USA, Inc.
101 Park Avenue , 41 st Floor
New York , NY 10178

To view the announcement in Japanese, please click here.

Effective November 5, 2007, NTT DoCoMo USA will move our US headquarters to the following location:

NTT DoCoMo USA, Inc.
101 Park Avenue , 41 st Floor
New York , NY 10178

Main entrance is located on the Northeast corner of 40th Street.

Please note that email addresses and phone/fax numbers of the entire staff and office will remain the same.

Main Phone : (212) 994-7222
Main Fax : (212) 994-7219

To view the announcement in Japanese, please click here.

DoCoMo Mushrooms become Japan’s Tastiest Characters

DoCoMo Mushrooms (”Docomodake”), a family of mascots in the likeness of mushrooms, have become one of Japan’s leading corporate characters since their debut in 2005. And now they are set to become the nation’s best-tasting mascots, the result of an exhibition themed “How to Cook Docomodake.”

The unlikely mascots were introduced in 2005 when DoCoMo launched a service to allow unused monthly time to be carried over or shared among family members. The mushroom family was conceived to emphasize that DoCoMo was the only mobile operator offering the service, because in Japanese dake means both “only” and “mushroom.”

Today, however, the smiling mascots have literally mushroomed into ubiquitous symbols of happiness. Docomodake now appear everywhere in Japan, used widely as mobile phone accessories, phone-game and picture-book heroes, stuffed toys and much, much more.

Capitalizing on this unexpected success, DoCoMo has developed a campaign to further promote Docomodake in a variety of public events at home and abroad. One such event is a Docomodake art exhibition taking place in New York City (201 Mulberry Street, between Kenmare and Spring Streets) from October 19 to 28. Exhibition hours are 11–7 daily, except on the opening day, when the schedule will be as follows: press registration from 3:30 pm; press viewing from 4–6 pm; and general public viewing from 6–8 pm.

A total of 16 up-and-coming Japanese painters, fashion designers, illustrators and other artists have been invited to express their interpretations of mushroom cuisine. Among the participants are Matsui Erina, a gold medalist at the GEISAI 6 art festival hosted by well-known artist Takashi Murakami; Kentaro Kobuke, an established artist in Europe and America; and Kiyoshi Kuroda, a well-known illustrator.

It is hoped that the exhibits these artists cook up will demonstrate how well Docomodake suit the tastes of mushroom lovers everywhere.

If you have any questions, please contact:
(In US)
Karen Lurker
NTT DoCoMo USA, Inc.
Tel: 1-212-994-7222
Fax: 1-212-994-7219
e-mail: PR_Team@docomo-usa.com
Website: http://docomodake.net/art/

For more information about the exhibit and participating artists, please visit: http://docomodake.net/art/

For information about the exhibit in Japanese, please refer to the following PDF file:

New York, August 31, 2007 — NTT DoCoMo USA, Inc., the American subsidiary of NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Japan’s largest mobile communications company, marks the third anniversary of the start of “namikiteru®” service with a promotion waiving account registration fees for new subscribers.
Introduced in October 2004, “namikiteru” is DoCoMo USA’s WiFi connection service with Japanese language customer support. Increased WiFi spot coverage (including Japan Airline’s lounge at JFK International Airport and ANA’s lounge at Dulles International Airport), and the introduction of ”Namimail®,” software which enables a BlackBerry® device to read and write Japanese, have boosted subscriber numbers. Over 10,000 users have made the most of these services.
“Namimail” software supports the BlackBerry 8707h device that was released in Japan in September 2006, as well as the BlackBerry 8707g device which DoCoMo USA markets in the USA and which offers roaming capability in Japan. DoCoMo USA plans for “Namimail” to be compatible with a wide variety of devices to meet the needs of Japanese living overseas.
For the month of September 2007, the $20 account registration fee will be waived for new subscribers applying for namikiteru service. For further details about subscription fees (in English and Japanese), please visit the www.namikiteru.com website.

• namikiteru and namimail are trademarks of NTT DoCoMo USA, Inc. in the United States
• The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited.

NTT DoCoMo USA, Inc., the American subsidiary of NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Japan’s largest mobile communications company, announced today a roaming agreement that allows “namikiteru” subscribers roaming access at select HotSpot locations offered by T-Mobile USA. Launched in October 2004, “namikiteru” is DoCoMo USA’s proprietary Public Wireless LAN access service.
Using proprietary connection manager software, namikiteru users can now enjoy high-speed wireless internet service at approximately 6,700 T-Mobile HotSpot locations in the USA such as Starbucks coffeehouses, Borders Books & Music stores, and FedEx Kinko’s Office and Print Centers. The roaming service charge is $9.99/day,*1 which will be added to the user’s monthly billing statement.
For more detailed information about DoCoMo USA’s namikiteru service, please visit the http://www.namikiteru.com website.

• namikiteru is a trademark of NTT DoCoMo USA, Inc. in the United States.
• T-MOBILE® is registered and/or unregistered trademarks and/or service marks of Deutsche Telekom AG, T-Mobile USA, Inc., and/or their subsidiaries and affiliates.

*1 $9.99 per individual user for all usage at one or more T-Mobile USA HotSpot access points located in the United States which occurs in a 24-hour period staring at twelve midnight and ending at 11:59 pm the same day.

For more information, please refer to the Appendix or http://www.namikiteru.com.
namikiteru and namimail are trademarks of NTT DoCoMo USA, Inc. in the United States.
BlackBerry® is a trademark of Research In Motion in Canada, the United States and other countries.

Appendix

Requirements: “CJK namimail” will only operate on BlackBerry handhelds activated on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. The company e-mail server environment must meet the following requirements:
BlackBerry Enterprise Server v4.0.1
Microsoft® Exchange Server 2000 and above, or IBM® Lotus Domino Server 6.5 and above

Supported Devices: Available to corporate customers using BlackBerry handhelds activated on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, “CJK namimail” provides the capability to display simplified and traditional Chinese, Korean and Japanese characters.
How to use: “CJK namimail” will be downloaded to the PC and installed into the BlackBerry device via USB cable, using the BlackBerry Desktop Manager (at least v4.0). After installation of CJK namimail, there will be a new sub menu item under your message’s Option menu. Simply select “namimail for BlackBerry” to view emails in Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Please note that the original Japanese-only namimail software must be uninstalled before the CJK version can be installed.

Specification: Supported characters: Simplified and traditional Chinese, Korean and Japanese characters compliant with CJK Unified Ideographs.
How to Subscribe: Please contact cjknamimail @namikiteru.com.

namikiteru customer get access Japanese E-mail for BlackBerry®
New York, September 27, 2005 — NTT DoCoMo USA, Inc., the American subsidiary of NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Japans largest mobile communications company, announced today that it will commercially launch “namimail™”, which enables reading and writing e-mails in Japanese-font, via Research In Motions BlackBerry. The service will be launched in October 3, 2005, as an optional service for “namikiteru”, public Wireless LAN access service provided by DoCoMo USA.
namimail users will enjoy a sophisticated and smooth Japanese writing ability on BlackBerry, leveraging language conversion functionality as well as the ability to read Japanese, including a dictionary that contains approximately 40,000 Japanese characters. With a combination of both “namikiteru™”, “namimail” enables significantly enhance their mobile productivity.
“namimail” for BlackBerry will be compatible with BlackBerry model-series 7200s, 7500s and 7700s. “namimail” compatibility for 7100-series devices will be available in later date.

DoCoMo USA offers promotional package for new “namikiteru” users with namimail since October 3 ending Oct 31, 2005. For detail, please visit namikiteru website www.namikiteru.com (Japanese only).
For more information, please refer to the Appendix or the “namikiteru” website.
namikiteru and namimail are trademarks of NTT DoCoMo USA, Inc. in the United States.
BlackBerry is a trademark of Research In Motion in Canada, the United States and other countries.

Appendix
Service Fees for “namikiteru” and “namimail” for BlackBerry are as follows:
Plan Monthly
Rate Monthly Internet Access Time
(via PC) Registration Fee Monthly Rate with “namimail”
Fixed Rate Plan
(Annual Contract) $29.99 50 Hours included Waived $34.99
(Annual Contract)
Fixed Rate Plan
(Monthly Contract) $34.99 $40.99
(Monthly Contract)
Pay As You Go Plan None Charges based on access at $0.25/min $20 $8.99
(Annual Contract)

“namimail” overview
Compatible Platform: BlackBerry 7200s, 7500s and 7700s. 7100s will be available in later date
Downloading namimail: Software will be downloaded via PC into BalckBerry by USB cable, using BlackBerry Desktop Manager software. After downloading customer can browse and send Japanese e-mail by selecting “namimail for BlackBerry” or “Compose namimail” on BlackBerry.
“namimail” is compatible with BlackBerry Enterprise Server v4.0.
Japanese Characters: approximately 40,000, including JIS First Standard and JIS Second Standard.

Japanese Dictionary: Basic Dictionary of 18,000 characters and an Area Dictionary of 4,600 characters. Personal Name Dictionary: 12,000 Last-name characters and 5,000 First-name characters.

For more information, http://www.connexionbyboeing.com/

About All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
ANA is Japan’s leading airline and operates more than 600 domestic flights dailyto over 46 different destinations. In addition, ANA operates 22 internationalflights to 11 countries including, Europe, Asia, the Pacific Islands, and dailynon-stop flights to the United States from its gateways in New York, Washington,D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Hawaii. As a member of International AirTransportation Association (IATA), ANA ranks eighth largest in passenger volume.ANA offers the ANA Mileage Club, ANA Card U.S.A. and ANA Family Account Serviceprograms. ANA is a member of the Star Alliance, and as part of this global airlinealliance, ANA offers frequent flyer mileage accrual opportunities with all StarAlliance member airlines, along with redeemable rewards.
namikiteru is a trademark of NTT DoCoMo USA, Inc. in the United States.
Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

BlackBerry® is a trademark of Research In Motion in Canada, the United States and other countries