Mitsubishi stopt met verkoop mobiele telefoons

Mitsubishi to liquidate GSM mobile phone business

Mitsubishi Electric plans to liquidate and dissolve France-based Melco Mobile Communications Europe (MMCE), its European mobile phone R&D subsidiary. Fierce competition from Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, and others, have effected and will affect the return to profitability for the foreseeable future, according to Mitsubishi. European sales activity will be discontinued after the currently-released models, but customer support and after-sales service will be maintained. Set up in January 2003, MMCE focuses on GS