Wednesday July 26, 10:03 pm Eastern Time
Kyocera unit, Phone.com tie on EC business
TOKYO, July 27 (Reuters) - A unit of Japanese high-tech manufacturer Kyocera Corp said it will offer e-commerce (EC) software for use in cellular phones through a tie-up with Phone.com Inc (NasdaqNM:PHCM - news).
Redwood City, California-based Phone.com is a mobile Internet software company which produces software allowing users to access the Internet and corporate intranet-based services.
Kyocera Communication Systems Co Ltd (KCCS), owned 77 percent by Kyocera and 23 percent by DDI Corp , will offer its data centre services software for handling such tasks as bill collection, authentication, charging and bill settlement, to corporate clients through the Phone.com network, a KCCS spokeswoman said.
KCCS, which is engaged in telecommmunications engineering, software development and network-related businesses, has not yet set a sales target via the Phone.com network, she said.
Online shopping is gradually becoming more popular in Japan as Internet usage increases. More than 27 million Japanese - one in five - had an Internet connection in 1999 and the number is expected to almost triple to 76.7 million by 2005, Japanese government authorities said in June.
At 0141 GMT, Kyocera's shares were down 2.49 percent at 16,480 yen. DDI's shares were up 0.33 percent at 913,000 yen. |
