Another Day, Another Outage for NTT Docomo

Even though I'm not an NTT Docomo customer and didn't experience any problems myself, I was surprised to see reports of another outage affecting the company's 5G Standalone (5G SA) service.

What makes this latest disruption particularly notable is that it comes just days after a previous outage affected the same service. For many people in Japan, smartphones have become essential tools for communication, navigation, payments, and everyday life, making even short disruptions highly noticeable.

Fortunately, service was later restored, but this incident, together with several similar outages in recent weeks, has once again highlighted just how dependent many of us have become on mobile networks, and, ironically, how vulnerable our increasingly connected lives can be to disruptions.