QUALCOMM CDMA 2000 CHOSEN BY DDI,IDO CORPORATION OVER WCDMA IN JAPAN>>>>>>>>>>>>Tokyo, May 10 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese telecommunications companies DDI Corp., IDO Corp. and KDD Corp., which are set to merge, chose the ``cdmaOne'' next-generation cell phone standard developed by Qualcomm Inc. of the U.S., over one developed by a consortium of Japanese and European companies, Jiji Press reported, citing unnamed officials at the three Japanese companies. The three will apply with Japan's Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications Friday for approval of their new service. Qualcomm convinced the DDI group to drop plans to adopt the other accepted international communications standard by showing its willingness to apply for the third and last remaining Japanese license on its own, Jiji reported, citing sources familiar with the situation.
NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan's dominant mobile communications company, and Japan Telecom Co., its No. 3 mobile phone service operator, had already chosen the W-CDMA standard developed by NTT DoCoMo, Sweden's Ericsson AB and Finland's Nokia OYJ.
(Jiji Press, 5/10)
May/10/2000 7:28 GMT |
