11.   Hiroo Okuhara, a technology executive at Toshiba, said he and representatives of Hitachi and Fujitsu expect to have mobile network products out as early as this autumn.

12.   In the wake of the deal, there have been rumblings among mobile network operators of buyouts and mergers.

13.   Managing director Dennis Lui said the investment was aimed at achieving seamless mobile communication, both indoors and outdoors for its three mobile digital networks.

14.   Meanwhile, Lityan plans to become a big mobile network operator like Celcom in future.

15.   Nokia said it would meet or possibly exceed its first-quarter earnings per share forecasts but that mobile network equipment sales would fall short of market expectations.

16.   The contract with Guangdong Mobile Corporation covers both analog TACS and digital GSM mobile cellular networks.

17.   The company is working closely with Nokia and Motorola in developing and implementing data services over the mobile network.

18.   The contract for radio access equipment will help the Spanish company build its next-generation mobile network in Spain and Germany.

19.   The contract for the mobile network, also known as the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, is expected to be signed early next year, Nokia said Thursday.

20.   The expansion is likely to concentrate on mobile network and international services.