Weak tone seen for Japan's wallet phones in Asia
13th Sep 2005, 08:23 GMT
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese and South Korean mobile operators are betting future revenue growth on wallet phones -- handsets with embedded chips that allow electronic payments -- but the technology may be slow to take off in the rest of Asia.
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