KTF Co., South Korea's No. 2 wireless carrier, denied a Japanese news report on Wednesday that said it was planning to co-develop a smartphone with NTT DoCoMo of Japan.
Nikkei English News reported earlier in the day that the two mobile carriers were planning to develop a handset that uses Google Inc.'s Android operating system with a 20-percent cheaper price tag than other similar models.
Similar to other wireless carriers and handset makers, KTF, as well as NTT DoCoMo, are interested in various smartphone operating systems, but the two companies never held discussions on the joint development of a smartphone model, KTF said in a statement.
The two companies released a co-developed mobile phone model using third-generation communications technology earlier in the year. The model, which was released in both countries, did not have smartphone or mobile computing capacities. NTT DoCoMo is currently the second-largest shareholder of KTF.
Source:Asia Pulse
