Docomo choices may set tone for 3G specs, suppliers
By Anthony Cataldo
EE Times
(04/09/99, 2:06 p.m. EDT)
TOKYO — NTT Docomo, Japan's red-hot mobile-service provider, which boasts the largest number of subscribers in the world, is preparing to announce its choice of key suppliers for its third-generation cellular-phone services. For this nation's recession-wracked electronics companies and for a handful of international players, the opportunity is probably one of the biggest areas of potential growth in Japan, where mobile services continue to rise at a rapid pace.
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Looks like this Japanese concern is really pressing its advantage by going all out to define as much of the 3G standard as it can. They also have some aggressive goals:
"Docomo's video phone, for instance, will be somewhat larger than the cell phones sold here today and should weigh less than 7 oz,.. That could call for use of new display technologies, observers said."
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