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Company type | Joint venture (2010–2013) Subsidiary of NEC (2013–2016) |
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Predecessor | Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications |
Founded | May 1, 2010 |
Defunct | March 2016 |
Fate | Dissolved |
Successor | NEC Corporation (mobile phone business) |
Headquarters | |
Area served | Japan, South Korea, worldwide |
Products | Mobile phones, smartphones, tablets |
Owners | NEC (70.74%) Casio (20.00%) Hitachi (9.26%) (2010–2013) |
Parent | NEC (2013–2016) |
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]