Company:NEC Mobile Communications

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NEC Mobile Communications
Founded2010

NEC Mobile Communications was a mobile phone manufacturer established 1 May 2010. It started as a joint venture among three Japan ese electronics manufacturers NEC, Casio and Hitachi, where NEC owned 70.74%, Casio 20.00% and Hitachi 9.26%.[1] At one point, the company was the second largest maker of mobile terminals in Japan.[2] The company headquarters was in Kawasaki, Kanagawa. The company dissolved in March 2016.

History

The company was formed as NEC Casio Mobile Communications as a result of a merger between the mobile handset division of NEC and the former joint venture between Casio and Hitachi, Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications, established 1 April 2004.[3]

After seeing declining shares in domestic market, NEC Casio announced its withdrawal from smartphone manufacturing business in July 2013.[4] Then in December 2013, Casio and Hitachi sold their stake in the company to NEC, making it a fully owned subsidiary of NEC.[5] The company renamed to NEC Mobile Communications in October 2014.[6]

In December 2015, NEC announced that it will acquire all mobile phone business from NEC Mobile Communications at March 2016.[7] The company was dissolved shortly after.[8]

Products

  • MEDIAS smartphone line (domestic market)
  • Gz'One featurephone and smartphone line (domestic, international markets)
  • EXILIM featurephones
  • CanU featurephones (South Korean market)
  • Medias Tab tablets

References

  1. ↑ Corporate profile
  2. ↑ Toto, Serkan (27 May 2010). "New Japanese cell phone behemoth NEC Casio Mobile to go America soon". MobileCrunch. AOL Tech. http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/05/27/new-japanese-cell-phone-behemoth-nec-casio-mobile-to-go-america-soon/. 
  3. ↑ "Casio and Hitachi Announce Joint Venture Details For Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.". Casio Computer Co., Ltd. http://world.casio.com/corporate/news/2004/chmc.html. 
  4. ↑ "携帯電話端末事業の見直しについて". https://jpn.nec.com/press/201307/20130731_02.html. 
  5. ↑ "NECカシオモバイルコミュニケーションズ社の経営体制変更について". https://jpn.nec.com/press/201312/20131227_01.html. 
  6. ↑ "NECカシオ、今年10月から社名を「NECモバイルコミュニケーションズ」に変更！ 既存商品のサポートは引き続き継続". https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/9239562/. 
  7. ↑ "携帯電話端末事業の体制見直しについて". http://jpn.nec.com/press/201512/20151225_02.html. 
  8. ↑ "NECモバイル解散、携帯事業はNECが引き継ぐ形に". http://www.itmedia.co.jp/mobile/articles/1602/29/news134.html. 



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