Broadcom to Advance NTT DOCOMO’s Private Cloud with VMware Cloud Foundation

Compa y’s Fi st 10-yea VMwa e Softwa e Ag eeme t i Japa St e gthe s I f ast uctu e Resilie ce a d Lays the Fou datio fo Subsequent-ge e atio Se vices

TOKYO, Oct. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — B oadcom I c. (NASDAQ: AVGO), a worldwide tech ology leade that desig s, develops, a d provides semico ducto a d i f ast uctu e softwa e solutio s, in the present day a ou ced that it has sig ed a 10-yea ag eeme t with NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) to co ti uously adva ce the p ivate cloud that may u de pi the compa y’s digital se vices ove the ext decade. The ag eeme t will e ready DOCOMO to co ti ue delive i g eliable digital se vices to its custome s amid a apidly cha gi g busi ess e vi o me t, ma ked by the expa di g use of AI a d i c easi gly subtle cybe assaults.

Si ce 2019, VMwa e, ow B oadcom, has wo ked carefully with DOCOMO to construct a d ope ate its p ivate cloud with VMwa e Cloud Fou datio (VCF) at its co e. Buildi g o this collabo atio , the 2 compa ies will ow alig thei lo g-te m tech ology oadmaps to st e gthe DOCOMO’s se vice i f ast uctu e.

That is B oadcom Japa ’s fi st (1) 10-yea comp ehe sive ag eeme t cove i g lice ses, tech ical assista ce a d mai te a ce suppo t fo VMwa e p oducts (2), i cludi g VCF.

Th ough this ag eeme t, B oadcom will combi e DOCOMO’s ope atio al expe tise i la ge-scale i f ast uctu e with its tech ology a d e gi ee i g esou ces to fu the imp ove the co ti uity, secu ity a d delive y velocity of DOCOMO’s se vice i f ast uctu e.

With VCF on the co e, B oadcom will d ive tech ical collabo atio a d ope atio al excelle ce ac oss th ee focus a eas:

Co ti uous Se vice AvailabilityLeve agi g VCF, DOCOMO will st e gthe its capacity to apidly upg ade a d mai tai methods with out se vice i te uptio s. U ified ma ageme t of se ve s, sto age, a d etwo ki g will e ready versatile capability expa sio to suppo t futu e se vice g owth. I additio , auto omous placeme t a d scali g of system esou ces based mostly o utilization will mai tai secure se vice high quality eve du i g t affic spikes. VCF Fo te Suppo t, which offe s B oadcom’s highest-level se vice-level goals (SLOs), will assist sustai co ti uous system ope atio s.

P oactive Secu ity a d Resilie ceTo cou te i c easi gly subtle cybe assaults a d eme gi g AI-d ive th eats, DOCOMO will fu the st e gthe apid a d co ti uous secu ity measu es by leve agi g VCF capabilities that e ready well timed patchi g, togethe with p edictive a omaly detectio . Co ti uous visibility ac oss the e ti e system th ough VCF, combi ed with AIOps i itiatives, will e ready ea ly detectio of a d apid espo se to a omalies. Shut e gageme t with devoted Suppo t Accou t Ma age s (SAM) a d Tech ical Accou t Ma age s (TAM) may even e ready DOCOMO to rapidly i co po ate the most recent tech ologies a d secu ity measu es.

Accele ated Se vice Delive yBy leve agi g VMwa e vSphe e Kube etes Se vice (VKS), the ative VCF Kube etes u time, DOCOMO will u vi tual machi es a d co tai e s o a commo platfo m a d use developme t a d ope atio s automatio to st eamli e eve ythi g f om e vi o me t p ovisio i g to se vice delive y. Automati g developme t, testi g a d elease p ocesses will e ready ew se vices a d featu es to be olled out i sho te cycles, allowi g DOCOMO to espo d rapidly to evolvi g custome eeds a d ma ket co ditio s.

Buildi g o this lo g-te m ag eeme t, B oadcom will emba ok o the evolutio of DOCOMO’s se vice i f ast uctu e i to a ext-ge e atio platfo m that may b i g togethe vi tual machi es, co tai e s a d AI.

Leve agi g a VCF-based p ivate cloud platfo m, the 2 compa ies will joi tly d ive the automatio a d adva ceme t of AI-d ive ope atio s {that a} e anticipated to co t ibute to fu the imp oveme ts i se vice high quality a d delive y velocity.

B oadcom will co ti ue to collabo ate with DOCOMO to e su e that its se vice i f ast uctu e evolves th ough the versatile adoptio of ew tech ologies, i a ticipatio of futu e shifts i tech ology a d the busi ess e vi o me t, such because the expa di g use of AI, ew AI-d ive th eats, 6G a d IOWN.

Government Comme ts

Hello oshi Ishima u, Ge e al Ma age , Se vice Desig Depa tme t, NTT DOCOMO, INC.“At DOCOMO, we a e e ha ci g ou se vice i f ast uctu e to e su e the soundness a d secu ity that permit custome s to make use of ou digital se vices with peace of mi d, whereas e abli g it to espo d flexibly a d rapidly to cha ges i tech ology a d the ma ket.”

“VMwa e p oducts have lo g bee used ac oss a a ge of ou methods, a d th ough this lo g-te m comp ehe sive ag eeme t, we are going to fu the st e gthe ou tech ical collabo atio with B oadcom. Goi g fo wa d, whereas mai tai i g the eliable delive y of ou existi g se vices, we goal to construct a se vice i f ast uctu e that delive s ew worth to custome s mo e rapidly a d eliably, with a eye towa d futu e tech ological adva ces such because the expa di g use of AI.”

Paul Tu e , Chief P oduct Workplace , VMwa e Cloud Fou datio Divisio , B oadcom“We a e ho o ed to co ti ue to pa t e with DOCOMO, a compa y that suppo ts Japa ‘s social i f ast uctu e a d digital existence, o a lo g-te m i itiative fo the ext decade.”

“Ove the previous seve yea s, now we have constructed a st o g tech ical collabo atio , a d this ag eeme t takes that elatio ship fu the , eflecti g ou sha ed commitme t to co ti uously e ha ci g DOCOMO’s se vice i f ast uctu e ove the lo g te m. With VMwa e Cloud Fou datio on the co e, B oadcom will p ovide a p ivate cloud platfo m that u s vi tual machi es, co tai e s, a d AI wo kloads o a commo fou datio . Ou e gi ee i g groups will wo ok carefully with DOCOMO’s so the compa y ca co ti ue to delive secu e, eliable digital se vices rapidly.”

About B oadcomB oadcom I c. (NASDAQ: AVGO) is a tech ology leade that desig s, develops, a d provides semico ducto s a d i f ast uctu e softwa e fo world o ga izatio s’ advanced, missio -c itical eeds. B oadcom combi es lo g-te m R&D i vestme t with supe b executio to delive the perfect tech ology, at scale. B oadcom is a Delawa e co po atio headqua te ed i Palo Alto, CA. Fo mo e i fo matio , go to www.b oadcom.com.

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