Wireless Telephone Handsets Industry Overview

Companies that design, manufacture, and market cell phones and related communications devices.

Summary

Today's wireless telephone handsets can keep you in 24/7 contact with the office, provide access to the most vital online information, allow you to check your e-mail messages, provide your favorite games, check the air in the tires, and change the baby's diaper.

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Multi-Media Network Consolidation

The migration to a consolidated public telephone system that supports voice, data, and video is underway. Most believe that the protocol used will be the Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MLPS) system that supports IP, ATM, and other protocols. Transition will require converting all the class 5 and 4 switches, and will eventually require optic fiber to the home, necessary upgrades for phone companies to compete with cable carriers. Wireless carriers will compete using 3G networks and could have some advantages in suburban and rural areas.

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• Uniden Corporation
• Hikari Tsushin, Inc.
• Motorola, Inc.

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Hoover's has developed its own industry classifications to better serve its customers. These classifications are mapped to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and the older U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. The Wireless Telephone Handsets maps to a number of NAICS codes including:

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• Center for Wireless Telecommunications
  
• FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
  
• International Telecommunication Union
  

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