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Panasonic Goes 3G Only - No More GSM Phones

Dec 9, 2005, 3:34 PM by (staff)

Panasonic's parent company, Matsushita, today announce they will cease production of GSM handsets. Instead the company will focus solely on 3G (UMTS) handsets. The company is having difficulty competing in the global GSM market, but is doing well with 3G handset sales - especially in Japan. They will shutter a number of plants around the world including a software development facility in the US as the company also intends to shift to a Linux based OS for all their phones.

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VR6Yetta

Dec 12, 2005, 4:49 PM

like it matters

like is matter that panasonic is no making any more GSM phones since they are not bringing them to the US.

nosoupforyou

and it's too bad. Their screens are impressive.

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