Technology Jun. 01, 2009 - 05:32AM JST ( 1 )

OSAKA —

Sharp Corp is considering selling cell phone handsets in Brazil as early as next year. It would be the first time for a Japanese maker to sell handsets in South America.

Sharp aims to boost its overseas sales of cell phone handsets 2.5 times to 4 million units in the current fiscal year. As Brazil has terrestrial digital TV broadcasting similar to the Japanese system, Sharp plans to sell handset models capable of receiving TV programs.

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