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April 22, 2003
NEC to develop mobile multimedia i-mode

JAPAN -- Telefonica Moviles Espana (TME) and NEC Corp., via its subsidiary NEC Iberica, have entered into an agreement for the supplying mobile multimedia platform system to develop i-mode services. Telefonica Moviles Espana is a leading mobile telephony company in Spain, with over 18.5 million subscribers. It provides mobile services over GSM/GPRS, and plans to provide i-mode service from the first half of 2003.

The platform, developed by NEC, is supplied off-the-shelf to Telefonica Moviles Espana. It is composed of a set of gateway systems that enable Telefonica Moviles' customers to gain access to i-mode services on GPRS, and mail-servers that enables the customers to enjoy MMS.

NEC won a contract to provide mobile multimedia platform system and handsets from KG Telecom, the Taiwan-based mobile operator. It provided mobile contents in order to make i-mode service more attractive when the latter started the service. It has also won a contract to supply the mobile multimedia platform system from French mobile operator, Bouygues Telecom. NEC is to provide attractive mobile Internet services for both 2.5G and 3G mobile Internet services and to expand mobile multimedia platform business, targeting European and the other areas of mobile operators in the world who wish to gain stronger customers' satisfaction and to increase revenue.

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NEC Corp.
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