DoCoMo looks overseas for handsets
DoCoMo looks overseas for handsetsDoCoMo looks overseas for handsets
Tuesday November 30, 12:50 pm ET
By Robert Budden in London
NTT DoCoMo, Japan's dominant mobile operator, is to start selling mobile phones from Nokia and Motorola next year in a bid to reduce its reliance on local manufacturers.
The move marks a significant cultural shift for the mobile operator, which has traditionally bought mobile phones from Japanese handset makers such as NEC, Panasonic and Fujitsu.
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Masao Nakamura, chief executive of DoCoMo, said the group had agreed to purchase a mobile phone from Motorola that would be targeted at business users. He said DoCoMo was also in advanced talks with Nokia to buy a 3G phone that would be sold to lower-spending users.
For Nokia and Motorola, which are experiencing increasing competition from Asian manufacturers across western Europe, the developments represent a chance for them to attack Asian handset makers in their home markets.
The deals with Nokia and Motorola come as DoCoMo signs up MMO, BT Group's former mobile arm,to license its i-modecontent services platform across MMO's operations in the UK, Germany and Ireland.
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