NEC, Sharp to bring its phones outside of Japan
By Dusan Belic on Saturday, July 11th, 2009 at 5:06 AM PST In Nec, Sharp
Japan’s NEC and Sharp plan to export their handsets to other countries. Both companies were already present on markets outside of the Land of the rising Sun, but have struggled to gain any significant marketshare.
Now due to sliding decline in handset sales in Japan, Nec and Sharp are revising their strategy and plan to expand overseas.
According to a Reuters article, NEC hopes to export at least 1 million phones for an average price of $300. Sharp, on the other end, intends to release smartphones in Europe, and has a goal to sell a total of 4 million devices.
We’re certainly pro-competition and are looking forward to see some of those sexy high-end phones from Japan being available in Europe and the U.S…
[Via: Unwired View]
