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Hutchinson CAT Awards Global Positioning System (gpsOne™) Construction Contract to KDDI
Tokyo, Japan (Sept. 2, 2003)—KDDI has announced a contract with Hutchison CAT Wireless Multimedia Ltd. (head office: Bangkok, Thailand, CEO: Mr. Stephen Sun), a leading cellular phone carrier in Thailand, for the construction of a high-precision global positioning system (GPS). The contract is based on the gpsOne™ system which KDDI presently offers in Japan in cooperation with NEC (head office: Minato Ward, Tokyo; CEO: Akinobu Kanesugi) as EZ NAVI, and is worth a total of approximately 1 billion yen.
In constructing the new system, KDDI will cooperate with Snap Track, Inc. (head office: Campbell, USA; General Manager: Dr. Kamil Grajski), regarding the gpsOne™ system license and technological support. KDDI will also receive cooperation from Qualcomm, Inc. (head office: San Diego, USA; CEO: Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs) relating to the technological support associated with the CDMA system.
KDDI has been providing a commercial gpsOne™ global positioning system service since the end of 2001, and was the first company in the industry to introduce such a service. On this new occasion, as part of the development of the company's new solutions business, KDDI will provide the support to Hutchison CAT for the provision of the cellular phone—based global positioning service utilizing KDDI know—how as the leading cellular phone carrier regarding the same type of global positioning service in Japan.
Support will include:
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System development relating to the gpsOne™ server, etc.
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Introduction of a manufacturer of cellular phone handsets that are compatible with this system.
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Provision of technological and marketing information.
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Introduction of an application service provider and content provider, etc.
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Going forward, KDDI will continue to actively propose various solutions, beginning with the gpsOne™ type global positioning system service employing cellular phones, to other foreign CDMA telecom carriers.
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Company name |
Hutchison CAT Wireless Multimedia Ltd. |
Address |
1768 New Petchaburi Road, Bangkapi, Huaykwang, Bangkok 10320, Thailand |
Established |
June 1996 |
Representative |
Mr. Stephen Sun, CEO |
Employees | 717 peoples |
Capital |
15million bahts |
Major Shareholders |
HutchinsonWhampoa - 58.5% |
CDMA2000 1X |
Start of service: 27th February, 2003 |
Main services |
Application contents on the portal site "Hutch Zone"
HutchCool! |
music mail
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HutchiFun |
movies, karaoke, fortune-telling
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HutchAccessory |
song melodies for cellular phones, wallpaper downloads
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HutchiMail |
e-mail
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Sports on Hutch |
sports information
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HutchLifestyle |
restaurants, sales, fashion information
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News at Hutch |
news, weather forecast
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HutchGame |
games
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Money |
financial information
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About NEC
Address |
5-7-1 Shiba, Minato ward,Tokyo |
Representative |
Akinobu Kanesugi, CEO |
Established |
July 1899 |
Capital |
244.7 billion yen (December 2002) |
Main business | computer, communication device, electron device, internet solution business including production and distribution of software etc |
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About SnapTrack Inc.
Address |
675 Campell Technology Parkway Suite 200, Campbell, CA 95008 |
Representative |
Dr. Kamil A. Grajski, General Manager |
Established |
1995 |
Main Business | development and distribution of the radio transmission positioning technology using GPS |
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About Qualcomm Inc.
Address |
5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, CA 921-1714 |
Representative |
Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs, Chairman&CEO |
Established |
July 1985 |
Capital |
1.1 billion USD |
Main business | development and distribution of CDMA radio transmission technology |
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