Philips' markets new handset

Philips' markets new handset

JAKARTA (JP): Dutch telecommunications equipment maker Philips
Consumer Communications, introduced its new cellular handset
yesterday which offers voice dial.

The handset, dubbed Spark, is part of Philips' new series of
Global System for Mobile (GSM) terminals after Fizz, which was
introduced last year.

Spark is 139 millimeters high, 56 mm long, 18 mm wide and
weighs 139 grams. Talk-time is 10 hours and standby 350 hours.

The Indonesian digital cellular handset market is controlled
by Sweden's Ericsson, Germany's Siemens, the United States'
Motorola and Finland's Nokia.

Philips's manager in Indonesia, Husni Erwinn, said the company
would launch a smaller GSM handset, called Genie, later this
year.

Genie weighs 96 grams and is one of the smallest and lightest
GSM terminals along with Motorola's StarTac. (icn)