Product category: Reference Designs
News Release from: TTPCom
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 14 March 2002
Toshiba takes TTPCom
design for i-mode handset
Toshiba has licensed TTPCom's InTouch complete handset design for use as its new European GPRS i-mode phone, the TS21i
This will be the second GSM/GPRS handset to offer access to i-mode services in Europe. Toshiba's new European handset division has been chosen by KPN Mobile to supply phones for its i-mode service in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. Toshiba expects the phones to be commercially available during the second half of 2002.
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"Toshiba is very keen to expand its operations outside Japan and we are confident that the exciting services and content available through this handset will prove a strong attraction to users in Europe", said Seiji Yasunaga, General Manager of Toshiba's European Mobile Communications Division.
He continued, "we were impressed with TTPCom's suite of technology and their complete design provided us with a fast route to market".
Tony Milbourn, Managing Director of TTPCom stated, "Toshiba's choice of the InTouch design for their handset in Europe demonstrates the strength of our advanced technology offering to our customers.
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We believe that GPRS combined with i-mode is a new proposition for users and could really excite the market.
By supplying the full range of wireless technology required to create a handset, and with our leadership position in mobile technology, we are able to offer our clients both a fast track to market and innovative new features".
The TS21i handset offers advanced features such as a large colour screen, picture download, email, polyphonic ringing capabilities and high-speed data-access using GPRS.
The phone will be manufactured in Taiwan under Toshiba's recognised quality manufacturing process.
This partnership builds on TTPCom's existing relationship with Toshiba, to which TTPCom has licensed dual-mode 3G/GSM technology for the development of baseband chipsets for wireless terminals, as announced in November 2001.
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