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TOKYO -- Japan's NTT DoCoMo, the world's top telecoms firm by market value, is to buy 16 per cent of AT&T Wireless Group for US$9.9 bn ([epsilon]10.9 bn), which will give the Japanese company director positions in the US operator. Additionally, NTT DoCoMo will take a 20 per cent stake in Taiwan's third-largest mobile carrier. KG Telecom. for [yen]60 bn ([epsilon]592 m).
DoCoMo's buying into AT&T Wireless is part of a strategy to turn its i-mode internet access service into a global standard, and should place the Japanese operator in a better position to meet competition from the Vodafone Group. AT&T Wireless is the third largest mobile phone company in the US, which is the world's largest market with over 100…