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| Company type | Joint venture (2010–2013) Subsidiary ofNEC (2013–2016) |
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| Predecessor | Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications |
| Founded | May 1, 2010 (2010-05-01) |
| Defunct | March 2016 (2016-03) |
| Fate | Dissolved |
| Successor | NEC Corporation (mobile phone business) |
| Headquarters | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan |
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 amobile phone manufacturer established 1 May 2010. It started as ajoint venture among threeJapanese electronics manufacturersNEC,Casio andHitachi, 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 inKawasaki,Kanagawa. The company dissolved in March 2016.
The company was formed asNEC 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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