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Hutchison Whampoa, NTT DoCoMo to join hands in development
HONG KONG, Apr 23, 2003 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Hutchison Whampoa Limited and NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced Wednesday an agreement to cooperate in the development and promotion of third generation mobile multimedia and communications services on an international basis.
Hutchison Whampoa is bringing the world's first 3G services operating on dual mode networks to consumers in nine countries in Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific under the 3 brand.
This agreement initially unites the research and marketing capabilities of two of Hutchison Whampoa's nine 3G operations in Hong Kong and Britain with those of NTT DoCoMo Inc., an influential company in W-CDMA and mobile multimedia whose FOMA service in Japan was the world's first commercial 3G/W-CDMA service when it launched in October 2001.
Under the agreement, the two pioneers of 3G services will share information on handset development, radio network architecture and the development of global 3G standards.
The two companies will also examine potential areas of cooperation in the creation of multimedia applications, in international 3G roaming and in corporate sales and systems solutions.
Hutchison Whampoa Limited is one of the largest companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and is the holding company of the Hutchison Whampoa Group of companies.
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