Cable & Wireless boosts Handyphone

Cable & Wireless boosts Handyphone

Cable & Wireless has formed a consortium with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, NTT Mobile Communications, Hongkong Telecom and Itochu to market the Personal Handyphone System digital cordless telephone worldwide. The group said that 100,000 PHS handsets have been sold in Japan since its launch in July. A new joint company, PHS International, will initially target Asian countries most suited to the technology.