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DJ NTT DoCo Mo Delays Issue Of First Nokia 3G Phone> NOK

STOCKHOLM (Dow Jones)--Japanese mobile telecommunications operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. (DCM) Wednesday said it has delayed the commercial availability of its first third-generation mobile phone, sourced from Nokia Corp. (NOK), due to quality issues.
NTT DoCoMo said the launch of the 3G FOMA NM850iG was originally scheduled for commercial availability Feb 24.
The company said it was confirming the handset's quality and will launch it as soon as this process is completed.
Nokia said last week it had shipped the first NM850iG phones to NTT DoCoMo.
A Nokia spokesman couldn't be immediately reached for comment.
-By Magnus Hansson, Dow Jones Newswires; [phone]; [e-mail]

(END) Dow Jones Newswires
02-22-06 0656ET
Copyright (c) 2006 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

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My comment..Any future JV. by either NEC or Kyocera will be a licensing no-brainer for InterDigital.


According to Mawston, companies that may be vulnerable to a merger or acquisition in the near term include Japan's NEC Corp. (6701.TO) and Kyocera Corp. (6971.TO), which are both struggling in their mobile phone business due to stiff competition and pricing pressures.
But Masumi Sakurai, a spokeswoman for Kyocera, said the company has no concrete plans for a merger or a new relationship with other companies.
At NEC, "there is no specific talks going on," spokeswoman Diane Foley said. "But NEC is always looking into any kind of possible alliance," she said, declining to comment further.
Companies that may be on the look out for acquisitions may include U.S.-based Motorola with its hefty net cash balance of $10.5 billion, said Mawston. China's Huawei Technologies Co. (HWI.YY) and Ningbo Bird Co. (600130.SH) are also players "ambitiously on the look out to expand their operations," he said.
Officials at Motorola, Huawei and Ningbo Bird couldn't immediately be reached for comment.