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Telecom ministers from Japan, China and South Korea agreed Sunday to promote joint research on the standardization of formats of fourth-generation mobile phones capable of high-speed, large-capacity data transmission, officials said. Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Heizo Takenaka, Chinese Information Minister Wang Xudong and South Korea's next Information and Communications Minister Rho Jun Hyong reached a six-point accord in their trilateral telecom talks in Xiamen in Fujian Province, southeastern China, the officials said. On 4G phones, the agreement says the three countries will further promote joint study to standardize the main technology. The 4G phone technology, featuring much higher throughput and other more sophisticated capabilities than currently available, is expected to be commercialized around 2010. The ministers also agreed to jointly tackle the issue of ensuring the security of information networks, which include measures to curb unsolicited mail, the officials said. The three countries will also consider model projects on IC tags which, fitted with a tiny integrated circuit and an antenna, can transmit a great deal of information wirelessly to a separate receiver, they said. The tags can be used to track the production and distribution of products. The three Asian countries held their first telecom ministers' meeting in 2002 and this year's meeting was the fourth such event. |