BEIJING-Managing Director Shinichi Okamoto of Matsushita’s mobile-phone department in China told the China Daily Business Weekly his company is aiming for a 25-percent share of China’s handset market by 2005 by focusing on high-end phones.
He estimated high-end phones account for approximately 14 percent of handsets sold in China.
Matsushita markets handsets under the Panasonic brand name. The company is targeting the handset replacement market in China with high-end, camera-equipped phones.
Matsushita will also develop games for China Mobile’s General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) service.
