Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!bu.edu!telecom-request From: aria!sanford@uunet.uu.net (Curtis Sanford) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: User's Evaluation of Handheld Cellular: Fujitsu vs Motorola Message-ID: Date: 21 Mar 91 16:16:11 GMT Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: Ascend Communications -- San Francisco Lines: 25 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 224, Message 1 of 10 I do believe you need to be aware of the origins of the products you patronize. Motorola introduced the Micro-TAC several years ago, at a time when it was by far the most advanced technology in the world. At that time, the Japanese government prevented their selling that phone in the Tokyo metropolitan area, which is the largest market in Japan. Only with the assistance of the US Government, to the point of nearly starting a trade war, did the Japanese government back down and allow Motorola to bid for a contract to supply phones to the Tokyo area. At that time, NTT (the government owned telephone monopoly) issued a public apology that they had failed to develop the smallest phone, and that they would embark on a crash program to fund the Japanese manufacturers to duplicate the Motorola technology. That Fujitsu phone was developed with Japanese government money, targeted to destroy the Micro-TAC and Motorola. Please understand that Japanese view competition as warfare, and that they (like George Bush) do not settle for less than total victory. Motorola must develop new products out of revenues from sales of existing products, like all American companies. You may choose to ignore these facts when you make your choice of products. But you may wish to ponder the impact thousands of decisions like yours will have on the future of America, and your job.