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"NTT DoCoMo Inc. (9437.T), Japan's largest mobile operator, said on Friday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with RealNetworks Inc. (Nasdaq:RNWK - news) to jointly deploy software to boost video streaming capabilities for DoCoMo's phones.
The move reflects DoCoMo's efforts to beef up its new video streaming service, a company spokesman said.
Under the MOU, RealNetwork, a maker of software for playing video and music on computers, will aim to develop an open software environment enabling content providers to use their own multiformat servers to stream video content over the Internet to DoCoMo's handsets.
Shares in DoCoMo closed down 0.56 percent at 176,000 yen prior to the announcement, compared with a 1.60 percent fall in the benchmark TOPIX (^TOPX - news) index. "