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Panasonic Mobile Communications has devised two prototypes of mobile phones equipped with wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b/g) module. With the help of a LAN module, the new Panasonic handset is quite multipurpose, as it can be utilized as a high quality IP TV phone or as a player, server, and controller to enjoy digital content wirelessly with DLNA compliant products at home.

The first prototype handset could be used as in-house IP phone using an internal wireless LAN network, through which users can enjoy IP TV phone function with high quality voice and motion picture at up to 30fps (frames per second).

Using the prototype handset with DLNA function as a player, the user could enjoy streaming of movie content from DLNA compliant server. If the handset is used as a server, the user could see still pictures taken by the mobile phone on DLNA compliant products such as TV or PC. Moreover, the user could operate DLNA compliant products to watch digital content using the handset as a controller.

These two Panasonic Wireless LAN-Equipped prototype phones will be exhibited at the ITU Telecom World 2006 to be held in Hong Kong, China from December 4 to 8.