NEC supplies platform, handsets for i-mode launch

NEC Corp. said its mobile Internet platform and i-mode handsets are being used by Wind Telecomunicazioni for its i-mode launch, announced earlier, in Italy. In addition, NEC Italia is providing content, including ring tones, to Wind’s i-mode service. NEC said it is expanding is mobile multimedia platform business in Europe as more operators launch i-mode services. Wind is offering the N341i handset with an integrated camera, and the N223I.