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LG Electronics, the world's fifth largest cellular phone maker, will export wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA) phones to Orange SA, a wireless unit of France Telecom SA, a senior company official said on Friday.

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``Orange plans to test mobile phones from LG Electronics and Motorola for its planned third-generation (3G) telephony service,'' said Park Moon-hwa, head of the company's information and telecom department.

Park made the remarks while attending the world's largest high-tech fair, the CeBIT, in Hanover, Germany.

``The shipments are expected to begin in the first half of this year,'' Park said, adding that the deal underscores LG 's technological competitiveness in 3G units.

Besides Orange, LG Electronics has been in talks with other European operators to supply its 3G handset, with shipments expected to rise in the second half of this year, he said.



03-19-2004 18:03