"According to IDC Japan, Japanese mobile phone makers as a whole accounted for about 20 percent of the overseas market in 1999. However, they were later beaten out by lower-priced phones from foreign rivals and had largely pulled out of foreign markets by the mid-2000s.In 2009, Japanese mobile phone makers' combined overseas market share was less than 3 percent."
Source: Cell phone makers go abroad / Manufacturers aim to conquer foreign markets with smartphones
Yu Toda
Yomiuri Shimbun
Nov. 27, 2010
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T101126004109.htm
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