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NEC Mobile Communications was a mobile phone manufacturer established 1 May 2010. It started as a joint venture among three Japanese 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.
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]
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