NTT Docomo will phase out its proprietary set of emoji — known as Docomo Emoji — starting with smartphones released in late June, according to an announcement from the telecom giant, ending a 26-year ...

TOKYO -- NTT Docomo will stop supporting its own in-house emoji, the Japanese wireless carrier said Wednesday, marking the end of an era for one of the first companies to use the digital pictures.

Japanese telecom giant NTT Docomo Inc. will retire its set of original emoji whose release 26 years ago helped shape the visual language of today's digital communications. The carrier's Android ...

Japan’s largest telecommunications operator NTT Docomo Inc. announced on May 21 that it is discontinuing its "Docomo Emoji" set that comes with each of its devices. The decision to phase them out was ...