NTT DoCoMo and Telefonica teaming up on Toshiba TG01 / T-01A launch

Filed under: Handsets, Movistar, NTT DoCoMo, Toshiba

It didn't take a keen eye to realize that NTT DoCoMo's recently-announced T-01A from Toshiba was little more than a TG01 rebrand, and it turns out the relationship between the two devices is even stronger than we'd already guessed. DoCoMo just issued a press release today touting the fact that it has hooked up with Spain's Telefonica to jointly launch the phone in both companies' markets -- and furthermore, they're exploring ways to expand their cooperation in the future, including (but not limited to) "a joint study of possible services and applications for open OS handsets." Japanese carriers have a rich history of partnering with their international counterparts -- DoCoMo's investment in AT&T's Hawaiian network, for example -- but unfortunately, very rarely does the partnership result in getting Japanese domestic market hardware launched elsewhere, which is a tragedy as far as we're concerned.

NTT DoCoMo and Telefonica teaming up on Toshiba TG01 / T-01A launch originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 25 May 2009 17:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Source : http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/05/25/ntt-docom...