NTT DoCoMo Inc to research in Bejing

NTT DoCoMo Inc said it will set up a wholly-owned research institute in Beijing to help develop next-generation mobile phones.

DoCoMo Communications Laboratories Beijing Co Ltd will be capitalised at 630mn yen, the company said.

Operation of the institute is to begin by the end of the year, with the number of researchers will increasing from an initial 10 to 50.

The aim of the research centre is to promote the development of DoCoMo's fourth generation mobile telephones and further advance mobile telecommunications products, it said.