NTT DoCoMo to provide advanced cellular phone technology to SingTel
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TOKYO, Apr 22, 2003 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- Japan's top mobile phone carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. will provide Singapore's largest operator with its advanced "third generation" wireless technology, the company said Tuesday.
The agreement with SingTel Mobile is the seventh case where DoCoMo has licensed 3G technology to a foreign company, said NTT DoCoMo spokesman Takumi Suzuki.
DoCoMo, which introduced the technology into its home market in 2001, has similar deals with major carriers from the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Spain, Suzuki said.
The 3G technology enables phones to relay video and zip information at 40 times the speed of most cell phones currently in use.
Under their agreement, DoCoMo and SingTel Mobile will aim for their 3G cellular phone customers to make and receive calls in both Japan and Singapore. This will enable DoCoMo third generation clients to use their phones abroad for the first time.
The carriers will also jointly develop common 3G mobile multimedia services.
DoCoMo controls about 60 percent of Japan's mobile phone market.
SingTel Mobile, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., is Singapore's largest mobile operator serving more than 1.5 million customers.
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