A lot of readers might be surprised to learn that Mitsubishi even makes cellphones, but yeah, it sure does. Its domestic Japanese market has typically been the recipient of its impressive wares, selling models on NTT DoCoMo using the “D” model name prefix — but maybe not for much longer.
Mitsubishi has just announced that it is ending its cellphone manufacturing business, a venture that goes back some 25 years with the introduction of car phones on NTT’s network. For what it’s worth, the company says that it’ll continue to support its devices and move the 600-odd employees in the business to other parts of the company. It also says that it will “work to maintain and further strengthen the partnership with NTT DoCoMo through the communication related business [it aims] to expand.
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