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NEC to re-enter U.S. phone market
NEC Corp. plans to re-enter the U.S. mobile phone market through an exclusive phone deal with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The carrier will begin offering NEC’s high-end 515 phone starting July 28.
As RCR Wireless News reported in May, NEC will again sell phones in the United States after a two-year hiatus. The company said it decided to focus its efforts elsewhere while U.S. carriers refined their network plans, but that now the timing is right to re-enter the market.
Pricing details on the new 515 were not released. The clamshell phone features a color screen, Java capabilities and polyphonic ring tones. The company plans to introduce a second U.S. phone, its 525, by the fourth quarter of this year.
