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Toshiba, Fujitsu to merge mobile phone business 17 June 2010 The step would create the nation's number-two mobile maker with a 18.7 percent share of the domestic market after the industry leader Sharp, which has a 26.2 percent share. Fujitsu makes handsets for the nation's top mobile carrier, NTT DoCoMo. Toshiba mainly supplies to the second-leading carrier KDDI, although it releases its products to NTT DoCoMo and Softbank. Japanese cell phone makers are realigning their partnerships, as they look to shore up their market share in the saturated and competitive domestic mobile phone sector while trying to expand overseas. A Toshiba mobile phone handset is modelled at a Fujitsu and Toshiba plan to sign a final contract at technology fair in Barcelona. Technology giants Toshiba and Fujitsu have said they will merge their mobile phone the end of July. businesses in Japan to create the nation's second- largest cell phone maker. (c) 2010 AFP Technology giants Toshiba and Fujitsu said Thursday they will merge their mobile phone businesses in Japan to create the nation's second- largest cell phone maker. The two firms have decided to join hands to strengthen their handset development, particularly in terms of making smartphones. Toshiba will transfer its mobile phone business to a new company set for launch in October, in which Fujitsu will acquire the majority of shares. "By combining their mobile phone development know-how and technological strengths, Fujitsu and Toshiba intend on enhancing their handset development capabilities and at the same time improving business efficiency," they said in a joint statement. 1 / 2 APA citation: Toshiba, Fujitsu to merge mobile phone business (2010, June 17) retrieved 25 September 2021 from https://phys.org/news/2010-06-toshiba-fujitsu-merge-mobile-business.html This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only. 2 / 2 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org).

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