Far EasTone to promote handsets with built-in QR Code

Taiwan-based 3G telecom provider Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) plans to gradually increase the proportion of 3G handsets it offers that come with built-in Quick Response Code (QR Code), according to FET president Jan Erik Nilsson.
Starting from the second half of this year, the company will require its handset providers, including NEC, Sharp, and Nokia, to increase their shipments of handsets with built-in QR Code, Nilsson stated, adding that FET will also cooperate with a select number of Taiwan-based handset vendors to develop QR Code-enabled 3G handsets.
Among local handset makers, BenQ, Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Communications and Inventec Appliances, have already started developing related QR Code technology, according to market sources