Nokia down on networks; but up on handsets

• Book ID: 104365576
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 93 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0961-1290
• DOI: 10.1016/s0961-1290(01)80332-x

✦ Synopsis

Nokia down on networks;

Latest developments but up on handsets in handset alliances

To compete with global leaders Nokia, Motorola and Ericsson, Matsusl-dta and NEC (the two leading cell-phone nlakers in Japan, with 30% and 23% of the Japanese market respectively hut only %' ?4, and 3% of the gh)bal market) are allying to develop software and applications for 3(;, says NEC president Kouji Nishigaki. Since N'FI" I)oCoMo launched a trial 3(; service in May, soiiware problems have led to recalls of all NEC-made phones, while a video phone made by Matsushita ('ommunication