(keitai-l) Re: Fujitsu out of the 3G handset race

I had some early warning on this.  This is another
piece of evidence for what someone (?) said earlier:
it helps to be a seasoned consumer electronics
manufacturer, not just a major telecom equipment
provider.  Fujitsu....well, they do a lot of
things well, but I can't think of some category-
killer they've done in consumer electronics
(forgetting PCs for the moment).  Sony, on the
other hand, makes no telecom equipment I'm
aware of, but has the fastest 503-series phone.
(OK, OK, there was a recall, but they have time
to get it right....)

Michael Turner
leap@gol.com

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Subject: (keitai-l) Fujitsu out of the 3G handset race


> Fujitsu pulls out of 3G consumer market
> By Alexandra Harney in Tokyo
> Published: June 20 2001 20:50GMT | Last Updated: June 20 2001 21:05GMT
>
http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3ZB05D7OC&liv
> e=true&tagid=ZZZPCGI2B0C
>
> (...)
> "Most Japanese handset makers have been counting on 3G for a fresh break
> into the European market. But analysts believe that the heavy investment
> necessary for 3G will precipitate a dramatic consolidation among Japan's
10
> largely unprofitable handset makers and Fujitsu's decision is one of the
> first signs of such a reorganisation. "
> (...)
> Fujitsu is one of Japan's leading telecoms equipment makers but has
> struggled in mobile handsets because of poor marketing.
> Last year, it shipped 1.65m handsets, compared with 1.03m the year before.
> In the fourth quarter of last year, its domestic market share was only 1
per
> cent, compared with Panasonic's 26 per cent and Sony's 2 per cent,
according
> to Lehman Brothers. "
> (...)
>
> Certainly the F503i is not a best seller, but they have been with i-Mode
> since day one.
>
>
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