Comments on: Passage to India http://lirneasia.net/2008/11/passage-to-india/ a regional ICT policy and regulation think tank active across the Asia Pacific Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:47:25 +0530 hourly 1 By: Abu Saeed Khan http://lirneasia.net/2008/11/passage-to-india/comment-page-1/#comment-16633 Abu Saeed Khan Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:09:59 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=2935#comment-16633 Former ITU head, Yoshio Utsumi, is now an adviser in Toyota. He lectured in an international regulatory conference at Pataya (Thailand) early this year. There he lamented that the Japanese telecoms industry has done a “big mistake” by not joining the GSM club. Unlike its legendary automobile and electronics peers – the Japanese telecoms vendor and operators are dwarfs in the global arena. The Koreans have (Samsung and LG) have solidified their position in the handset market. The Chinese (Huawei and ZTE) are equally strong in handset and network gears. The Japanese are simply paying the price of their obsession for homegrown standards and business models in telecoms. Former ITU head, Yoshio Utsumi, is now an adviser in Toyota. He lectured in an international regulatory conference at Pataya (Thailand) early this year. There he lamented that the Japanese telecoms industry has done a “big mistake” by not joining the GSM club.

Unlike its legendary automobile and electronics peers – the Japanese telecoms vendor and operators are dwarfs in the global arena. The Koreans have (Samsung and LG) have solidified their position in the handset market. The Chinese (Huawei and ZTE) are equally strong in handset and network gears.

The Japanese are simply paying the price of their obsession for homegrown standards and business models in telecoms.

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