NTT DoCoMo Inc. (9437.TO) will launch its next-generation 4G mobile phone network in 2010 even if rivals around the world wait, the Financial Times reported Monday, quoting company President Ryuji Yamada.

DoCoMo will be one of the world's first companies to deploy on a large scale the Long-Term Evolution standard, which will boost download speeds for mobiles and open the way for Japanese phones to become compatible with the rest of the world for the first time, the report said.

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