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NTT DoCoMo Inc. will order more Sony Corp. smartphones as Japan’s largest wireless carrier keeps Apple Inc.’s iPhone off its shelves because the iTunes Store competes with its own e-commerce business.
Sales of Sony’s Xperia A handset could reach 2 million by Sept. 30 after going on sale in May as DoCoMo focuses on a smaller range of devices, Chief Financial Officer Kazuto Tsubouchi said in an interview at company headquarters in Tokyo yesterday.