NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc. (NTT DoCoMo; Kouji Ohboshi, President; Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan) and Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT; Tongchai Yongchareon, President; Headquarters: Bangkok, Kingdom of Thailand), a Thailand Telecommunications operator, have agreed to promote mutual cooperation including for a next-generation mobile communications system (IMT-2000) and have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to that effect.

This MoU is regarded as the first step of the mutual collaboration on Wideband CDMA (W-CDMA), and both companies intend to exchange technologies on W-CDMA.

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Overview of SMART
1.	Company Name:	Telephone Organization of Thailand
2.	Headquarters:	Kingdom of Thailand, Bangkok
3.	President:	Thongchai Yongchareon
4.	Establishment:	1954
5.	No. of Employees:	26,318
6.	Net Income (1997):	47.2 Billion Bahts
7.	No. of PSTN Subscribers:	2.5 million (TOT original) 2.3 million (other company, given concession by TOT)
8.	No. of Mobile Subscribers:	50 thousand (TOT original) 1.1 million (other company, given concession by TOT)