Talks are likely to start shortly.
Last week, NEC said it would launch its own high-capacity rewritable data storage disc in 1998. The disc will be incompatible with the DVD Forum's DVD-RAM disc scheduled to hit the market at the end of this year. NEC's entry into the market followed recent announcements by a group led by Sony and another led by Fujitsu that they would pursue their own incompatible formats. Copyright 1997 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.