On June 17th 2010 Fujitsu Limited and Toshiba Corporation announced that they had agreed to merge their mobile phone businesses.
As a result of this merger Toshiba transferred its mobile phone business to the new company on 1st October 2010.
Fujitsu is the majority shareholder in the new company. By merging their mobile phones businesses, Fujitsu and Toshiba are aiming to become the No. 1 provider of mobile phones in Japan.
Collaboration in the mobile phone business will allow Fujitsu and Toshiba to strengthen their handset development platforms for the Japanese market and enable the companies to continue to create highly competitive products for their customers. Both Fujitsu and Toshiba are market leaders in designing compact, highly functional handsets.
This competitive advantage will be leveraged to develop highly competitive next-generation handsets for the expanding smartphone market. As a result of this merger Toshiba Mobile Europe closed their business on 1st October 2010. Toshiba Europe is committed to all their existing customers and will continue to offer technical support and spare parts service.