| Early 60's |
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Initiated basic development of mobile phones and pagers |
| 1970 |
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NEC Shizuoka started the production of pagers |
| 1972 |
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Supplied Kuwait with mobile phone systems |
| 1980 |
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Started "advanced" investment in digital cellular |
| 1983 |
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Began US shipment of mobile phones |
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NEC's first overseas display pager became a hit in North America |
| 1984 |
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Started shipment of the world's first alphanumeric information display pager |
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NEC Saitama began shipment of mobile phones |
| 1987 |
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Introduced the 9 Series mobile phones (the world's smallest at the time of introduction) |
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NEC Australia started the production of mobile phones |
| 1988 |
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NEC Technologies (UK) started the production of cellular phones |
| 1989 |
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Initiated the marketing of P3 series overseas cellular phones |
| 1990 |
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Tecnologias NEC de Mexico started the production of mobile phones and pagers |
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P300 Cellular Phone received an innovative product award from an US consortium. |
| 1991 |
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Introduced the P4 series cellular for overseas markets |
| 1993 |
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Began overseas sales of best seller P100 cellular |
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Started supply of PDC digital cellular in Japan |
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Established joint ventures in China for the production of pagers and cellular phones |
| 1994 |
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Introduced the P7 series cellular for overseas markets |
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Launched the industry's first 2-way PCMCIA type 2 wireless modem in Japan |
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Introduced the world's first commercial type high-speed ERMES pager in France |
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| (TM150 wireless modem) |
(ERMES Pager) |
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| 1995 |
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Started supply of PHS digital handsets in Japan |
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NEC Technologies Hong Kong started shipment of pagers and cellular phones |
| 1996 |
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P8 and P800 Cellular Phones for Europe received the "Best Buy" awards |
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| (P8 Award) |
(P800 Award) |
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Began overseas sales of G8 GSM |
| 1997 |
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Started the domestic supply of the world's lightest digital cellular.(lightest at the time of introduction) |
| 1998 |
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Began shipment of a digital cellular with voice search feature in Japan
Started the overseas supply of the world's smallest |
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GSM/PCN dual band DB2000 digital cellular.(smallest at the time of introduction) |
| 1999 |
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Started the domestic supply of i-mode net access service digital cellular. |
| 2000 |
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Began shipment of color i-mode digital cellular in Japan. |
| 2001 |
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Started shipment of i-mode cellular for "i-appli" (JAVA application) Services.
NEC Saitama acheaved 30 million units shipment of cellular phone (including PHS/car-mounted phone). |
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| (GSM/PCN dual) |
(Color i-mode) |
(JAVA application) |
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Chronology