TOKYO-Hutchison CAT Wireless Multimedia, a mobile operator in Thailand, and Japan’s KDDI entered an agreement to construct a global positioning system service in Thailand based on the gpsOne system KDDI offers in Japan in cooperation with NEC Corp.
The contract is valued at $8.6 million.
KDDI said it will cooperate with SnapTrack for the gpsOne system license and technical support and with Qualcomm for technical support related to CDMA infrastructure.