NTT Docomo, Fujitsu, NEC create chip Joint Venture.

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NTT  Docomo, Fujitsu, NEC create chip Joint Venture.

NTT Docomo announced a semiconductor joint venture with Fujitsu, NEC and Fujitsu Semiconductor, to “focus on the development and sales of semiconductor products with built-in modem functions for use in communications equipment.”

In a statement, it was said that the company, Access Network Technology, will “bring together technologies from each of the companies to develop industry-leading communications platform products, and will provide customers with highly competitive products to meet their needs”.

The venture is set to begin operations in August, and will be 52.8 percent owned by Fujitsu, 19.9 percent owned by Docomo, 17.8 percent owned by NEC, and 9.5 percent owned by Fujitsu Semiconductor.

Toshiba exits Fujitsu handsets Joint Venture.

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Toshiba exits Fujitsu handsets Joint Venture.

Toshiba today confirmed long-standing speculation that it is exiting its Japanese mobile handset joint-venture with Fujitsu, by transferring its 19.9 percent stake in the venture to Fujitsu.

Fujitsu has increased its stake from 80.1 percent to 100 percent as a result of the deal and is expected integrate the subsidiary with its existing mobile devices business. Financial terms were not disclosed. 

Formed in October 2010 as a consolidated subsidiary of the Fujitsu Group, Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications will now be renamed Fujitsu Mobile Communications and will become wholly-owned by its parent.

The JV has approximately 300 employees and a market cap of around JPY450 million (US$5.4 million).

Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile mainly builds 3G devices for Japan’s second-placed operator, KDDI, but had struggled to build market share in the crowded Japanese handsets market.

For Toshiba, the JV was seen as an attempt to shore up losses in its former own-branded handset operations by letting Fujitsu effectively oversee its mobile business.

LTE products:NTT Docomo,Fujitsu,Fujitsu Semiconductor,NEC,Panasonic and Samsung in joint venture.

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NTT DOCOMO has reached a basic agreement with five companies to establish a fabless joint venture company by the end of March 2012 to develop and sell semiconductor products for mobile devices. The joint venture company will focus on developing products for LTE and LTE-Advanced mobile communication standards.

Companies in joint venture are Fujitsu Ltd., Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd., NEC Corporation, Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 

The joint venture company, leveraging the six investing companies’ strong backgrounds in cellular communication technology and vast experience in application specific integrated circuits (ASIC) design and foundry manufacturing, will develop feature-rich, small-size, low-power-consumption semiconductor products equipped with modem functionality. The products will be sold in markets globally.

The envisioned joint venture company will be formed once all parties agree on the details, which are now being worked out through consultation. Following the basic agreement, and as part of preparing to form the joint venture company, DOCOMO plans to invest 450 million Japanese yen, or about 5.8 million USD, to establish a wholly owned subsidiary, called Communication Platform Planning Co., Ltd. and headed by CEO Mitsunobu Komori, concurrently an executive vice president and Chief Technical Officer of DOCOMO, by the middle of January.