NTT DoCoMo Inc (DCM:NYSE)

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. unaudited consolidated earnings results for the second quarter and six months ended September 30, 2009. For the quarter, the company reported operating income of ¥233.4 billion, income before income taxes of ¥232.4 billion and net income attributable to the company of ¥137.3 billion on operating revenues of ¥1,061.1 billion against operating income of ¥280.5 billion, income before income taxes of ¥271.7 billion and net income attributable to the company of ¥173.1 billion on operating revenues of ¥1,097.5 billion for the same period a year ago. Total capital expenditures for the period were ¥163.0 billion against ¥172.7 billion for the same period a year ago. Comprehensive income attributable to the company was ¥143,907 million or ¥3,288.86 per basic and diluted share against ¥169,752 million or ¥4,902.43 per basic and diluted share for the same period a year ago. For the six months, the company reported operating income of ¥485.2 billion, income before income taxes of ¥479.9 billion and net income attributable to the company of ¥284.7 billion on operating revenues of ¥2,145.8 billion against operating income of ¥576.9 billion, income before income taxes of ¥560.2 billion and net income attributable to the company of ¥346.7 billion on operating revenues of ¥2,267.8 billion for the same period a year ago. Total capital expenditures for the period were ¥316.1 billion against ¥336.5 billion for the same period a year ago. For the period, net cash provided by operating activities was ¥508.5 billion against ¥408.4 billion for the same period a year ago. Comprehensive income attributable to the company was ¥310,738 million or ¥6,817.99 per basic and diluted share against ¥323,522 million or ¥8,174.69 per basic and diluted share for the same period a year ago. The company revised earnings outlook for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010. For the period, the company expects operating revenues of ¥4,276 billion, operating income of ¥830.0 billion, income before income taxes of ¥825.0 billion, net income attributable to the company of ¥490.0 billion, capital expenditures of ¥690.0 billion, adjusted free cash flows of ¥360.0 billion and EBITDA of ¥1,563 billion against previously expected operating revenues of ¥4,382 billion, operating income of ¥830.0 billion, income before income taxes of ¥832.0 billion, net income attributable to the company of ¥490.0 billion, capital expenditures of ¥690.0 billion, adjusted free cash flows of ¥380.0 billion and EBITDA of ¥1,569 billion.

NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Q2 2009 Earnings Call, Oct-30-2009

NTT DoCoMo Inc. is planning to set up a new global research and development centre in India in association with Tata Teleservices Ltd. This would be DoCoMo's sixth R&D centre in the world. Its other centres are in Yokosuka City (Japan), Beijing, California (two) and Munich. Both companies are jointly conducting a study to set up the R&D centre, preferably in the southern region of the country. A certain amount of work has already been completed in this direction and the size and shape of the project is currently being worked upon. The R&D centre would primarily look into developing and implementing innovative and customer-friendly value-added services (VAS).