(keitai-l) Re: Product cycles in Japan

At 00:10 2000-11-09 -0800, you wrote:
>I've heard several times that DoCoMo applied some pressure to handset 
>manufacturers - easy to believe, but I haven't seen any of the 
>manufacturers go on record yet. Has anyone seen articles on this subject? 
>(English or Japanese)

No, I have just spoken to them. It was only a simple specification with an 
offer. Do this nicely and be in, don't do it and be out.

Nothing special or very sensitive, but surely different for suppliers like 
Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola.

/g


>Thanks,
>Dan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net [mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.
>net]On Behalf Of Solberg, Kristian
>Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 11:45 PM
>To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
>Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Product cycles in Japan
>
>
>Remember that Japanese manufacturers only started seriously making I-Mode
>models after some "polite" requests from NTT. The success was as big a
>surprise to them as DoCoMo. Non Japanese manufacturers weren't as receptive
>to the "requests" from NTT, and to some extent lost the train as it left the
>station.
>
>Kristian
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>From:   Renfield Kuroda [mailto:Renfield.Kuroda@msdw.com]
>Sent:   Thursday, November 09, 2000 3:26
>To:     keitai-l@appelsiini.net
>Subject:        (keitai-l) Re: Product cycles in Japan
>
>
>
>Gustaf Rosell wrote:
>
> > Why are all western handset manufacturers lobotomized? And why is it so
> > complicated to get the Japanese manufacturers to make a serious effort in
> > the western world?
>
>Japanese handset makers haven't made a serious entry into western handset
>markets for several reasons:
>
>* Japanese makers earn alot of revenue in domestic japan already
>* handset making is a VERY small part of their business
>* going into western GSM markets requires core changes to PDC products
>* Western handset makers control western markets almost as tightly as
>Japanese
>makers control Japanese markets (delivery chain access, retail outlet
>access,
>proximity to operators, etc.)
>
>However, with the advent of 3G, Japanese 3G handsets can be used "as is" in
>Europe, and Japanese makers can use extensive global supply chains for other
>products (home electronics, computers, etc.) to get into handset market,
>which
>is estimated to be much bigger and more profitable in the short/medium term
>than current, cut-throat, low-margin GSM market
>
>r e n
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