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NEC Mobile Communications

Logo: NEC Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Japanese mobile phone manufacturer

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%. At one point, the company was the second largest maker of mobile terminals in Japan.2 It ceased to exist in 2016.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

May 1, 2010Founded1

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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%. At one point, the company was the second largest maker of mobile terminals in Japan. The company headquarters was in Kawasaki, Kanagawa. The company dissolved in March 2016.2

Corporate structure

NEC Mobile Communications is part of a group headed by NEC. 48 entities, 13 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • NEC 東京都 港区, Japan
    • NEC Mobile Communications 70.74% · Kanagawa Prefecture
    • Avaloq Zürich, Switzerland
      • AVALOQ ASIA PTE. LTD. Subsidiary · Singapore, Singapore
      • AVALOQ INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Pune, India
      • AVALOQ INNOVATION LTD. Subsidiary · Edinburgh, United Kingdom
      • Avaloq Luxembourg S. à r.l. Subsidiary · Luxembourg, Luxembourg
      • Avaloq Sourcing (Switzerland & Liechtenstein) SA Subsidiary · Bioggio, Switzerland
      • AVALOQ UK LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
      • Avaloq US, LLC Subsidiary · New York, New York, United States
    • Japan Aviation Electronics 東京都 渋谷区, Japan
    • BIGLOBE Subsidiary · Shinagawa
    • DSN Corporation Subsidiary · Tokyo
    • Hokuriku Broadcasting Company Subsidiary · Ishikawa Prefecture
    • Interchannel Subsidiary · Shinjuku
    • NEC (Germany) Subsidiary · Heidelberg, Germany
    • NEC (United Kingdom) Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
    • NEC Capital Solutions Subsidiary · Kōnan, Japan
    • NEC Corporation of America Subsidiary · Irving
      • DIMACS Subsidiary · Piscataway, United States
      • NEC Laboratories America Subsidiary · United States
    • NEC Home Electronics, Ltd. Subsidiary · Tokyo, Japan
    • NEC Space Technologies Subsidiary · Fuchū, Japan
    • Netcracker Technology Subsidiary · Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
      • Netcracker Technology Solutions (India) Private Limited Subsidiary · Hyderabad, India
    • Nittsu NEC Logistics Subsidiary · Nakahara-ku, Japan
    • Cybertrust Stake · 5.59% · Tokyo
    • Seven Bank Stake · 0.84% · Marunouchi
    • NEC DE MEXICO SA DE CV Subsidiary · 99.99% · Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
    • Avaloq Philippines Inc. Subsidiary · Makati City, Philippines
    • Avaloq Sourcing (Europe) GmbH Subsidiary · Berlin, Germany
    • Electronic Arrays Subsidiary · United States
    • NEC (UK) LTD. Subsidiary · South Ruislip, United Kingdom
    • NEC CAPITAL (UK) PLC Subsidiary · Uxbridge, United Kingdom
    • NEC CHILE SA Subsidiary · Las Condes, Chile
    • NEC CORPORATION INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Noida, India
    • and 8 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

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.

After seeing declining shares in domestic market, NEC Casio announced its withdrawal from smartphone manufacturing business in July 2013. Then in December 2013, Casio and Hitachi sold their stake in the company to NEC, making it a fully owned subsidiary of NEC. The company renamed to NEC Mobile Communications in October 2014.

In December 2015, NEC announced that it will acquire all mobile phone business from NEC Mobile Communications at March 2016. The company was dissolved shortly after.

From Wikipedia’s article on NEC Mobile Communications, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

MEDIAS smartphone line (domestic market)

Gz'One featurephone and smartphone line (domestic, international markets)

EXILIM featurephones

CanU featurephones (South Korean market)

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Medias Tab tablets

From Wikipedia’s article on NEC Mobile Communications, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Mar 1, 2016Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. May 1, 2010Founded Founded1

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