Motorola to Develop FOMA Mobile-Phone Handset for Japan Firm NTT DoCoMo
Posted on: Wednesday, 25 August 2004, 06:00 CDT
Aug. 25--TOKYO -- NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Motorola Inc. of the United States said Wednesday they will jointly develop a handset for DoCoMo's third-generation FOMA mobile phone service.
DoCoMo previously procured FOMA handsets only from domestic manufacturers.
The two companies said they aim to market the new handset from next spring targeting business users.
The new handset will be the first FOMA model that can be used outside Japan and it will be compatible with public wireless local area network communications services.
The handset can also view Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents sent by email.
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