Manufacturing Industry

KDDI to Work with Toshiba, Hitachi.(Brief Article)

Fuel Cell Technology News, August, 2004

Japanese mobile carrier KDDI Corp. announced an agreement with Toshiba Corp. (3-3-5 Owa Suwa-shi, Nagano 3928502; Tel: 81-3- 3457-2096) and Hitachi Ltd. to cooperate on research into compact fuel cell batteries for mobile communication devices. A commercial product is expected by the end of 2005. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.

KDDI said research would cover areas such as miniaturization, ease of use and all technical considerations required for incorporating the batteries into mobile phones. Plans are to complete an external, battery charger-type model within 2004 and complete a mobile phone built-in model by the end of the 2005 fiscal year. The three companies are already actively participating in national and international...

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