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To: Eric L who wrote (18630)	3/6/2002 6:19:15 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

NOK goes alone. ERICY joins Sony. Now Toshiba wants to emulate NEC, which joined Siemens: <<The company is looking for partners to share development costs, but revealed no concrete details about possible partners. The company believes it's better to cooperate with a company that makes networks.>> NEC-Siemens alliance, that's what Toshiba wants. Toshiba considers high-speed mobile phones alliance 09:46 Wednesday March 6, 2002, Telecom.paper Toshiba considers an alliance with other mobile-phone makers to split the cost of developing handsets with faster connections to the Internet. The company is looking for partners to share development costs, but revealed no concrete details about possible partners. The company believes it's better to cooperate with a company that makes networks. Network technology is crucial in a mobile-phone partnership because handset makers must ensure their products work on the service operator's network. Toshiba does not make base stations for wideband code-division multiple access, the technology that NTT DoCoMo uses to run its high- speed wireless-Internet service in Japan.

To: Eric L who wrote (18630)	3/6/2002 9:08:13 AM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 34857

re: COMMIT, the TD-SCDMA technology China R&D venture >> LG Joins TD-SCDMA Group Cellular News March 6, 2002 South Korea's LG Electronics has become a full partner in the development of China's home developed 3G technology, TD-SCDMA (Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access). LGE says that it is partnering with 17 companies including globally leading telecom companies such as Nokia and TI (Texas Instruments) as well as major industry leaders in China to establish COMMIT - the TD-SCDMA technology R&D entity to be set up as a joint stock limited company. LGE will be the only Korean participant. COMMIT, the TD-SCDMA technology R&D venture to be established in Shanghai was set up to build the foundation for 3G mobile services with technology developed in China. Aiming to promote the growth of China's mobile industry and 3G technology, the company is built with a 6-member Core Group (LGE, Nokia, TI and others) and 11-member Middle Group that act as the partners to this joint stock limited company. TD-SCDMA technology is a combination of TDMA: Time Division Multiple Access) and CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access). Until now Datang Telecom Technology Industry Group of China and Siemens of Germany have been working together for standardization. TD-SCDMA was approved as one of 3G mobile standards by ITU in 1999, and is expected to become one of 3 main offerings of 3G services in China along with W-CDMA and cdma2000. With China focused on securing its own 3G TD-SCDMA technology, 17 companies (9 Chinese, 8 foreign) including LGE, Nokia and TI have been working together with CATT since June last year to establish COMMIT to secure proprietary intellectual property rights to TD-SCDMA technology and to develop related applications. << - Eric -