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To: Mike Buckley who wrote (22117)	4/3/2000 10:40:00 AM
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From the Q S&P thread: To: Ramsey Su who started this subject From: nbfm Monday, Apr 3, 2000 10:12 AM ET Respond to Post # 8226 of 8226 DDI to adopt European standard for new mobile phones .c Kyodo News Service TOKYO, April 3 (Kyodo) - DDI Corp. will adopt the W-CDMA system promoted by European telecom firms for its new generation of mobile phones, giving up the cdma2000 standard promoted by North American rivals, company officials said Monday. With DDI's decision, all three of Japan's key mobile phone group companies have now chosen the W-CDMA, or wideband code division multiple access system, following the earlier decisions by NTT DoCoMo Inc., formerly known as NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc., and Japan Telecom Co. DDI was considering adopting cdma2000 but decided against it because few carriers around the world have embraced it, limiting its coverage. The commercial operation of the cdma2000 system 'could be delayed until 2005 under the worst-case scenario,' an industry official said. NTT DoCoMo is eyeing spring 2001 for the launch of its new generation of mobile phones, while Japan Telecom is looking at fall 2001. DDI is expected to follow suit in 2002 or after. The new mobile phones will be capable of feeding 64 kilobits to 2 megabits of data per second, enabling viewing of motion pictures and video data. Jointly with IDO Corp., the DDI group has been promoting in Japan though its eight cellular phone units the cdmaOne format for its existing digital mobile service. Since this format is close to the cdma2000 system, DDI had been thought likely to opt for the North American system. In North America, analogue mobile phones are widely used and carriers are unlikely to introduce a new generation of digital phones early. DDI concluded it can no longer proceed at the same pace as North American carriers. AP-NY-04-03-00 0614EDT Copyright 2000 The Kyodo News Service. The information contained in the Kyodo news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Kyodo News Service. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.