NTT Docomo language being adopted around the world was first created by NTT DoCoMo. The first emoji was created in 1998 or 1999 by Shigetaka Kurita, who was part of the team working on NTT DoCoMo's i-mode mobile Internet platform. The first set of 176 12×12 pixel emoji was created as part of i-mode's messaging features to help facilitate electronic communication, and to serve as a distinguishing feature from other services. NTT Docomo has a wide range of foreign investments. However, NTT Docomo was not successful in investing in foreign carriers. Docomo had invested very large multibillion-dollar amounts in KPN, KT Freetel,
Feature phone NTT Docomo has developed MOAP software platform and (Japanese). Qualcomm has developed a lightweight runtime environment Brew MP, an operating system for ARM phones REX OS, (Japanese), and (Japanese). Tizen Association (formerly LiMo Foundation) has developed a Linux-based LiMo Platform for smartphones. Smarterphone has developed Smarterphone OS, a full operating system designed for feature phones. The first release was in 2008. KaiOS Tech has developed KaiOS, a lightweight fork of Firefox OS which was developed by Mozilla. Feature phone Feature phone is a term typically used as a retronym to describe a class of mobile phones. Feature phones tend to