Kyocera waiting for emergence of WCDMA

Bangalore, Aug 14: Japanese mobile telephone manufacturing major, Kyocera Wireless India (KWI), is waiting for the WCDMA technology to emerge to make a major foray into the Indian market.

Speaking after inauguration of the new office premises in its India facility in the city today, KWI Managing Director Samartha Nagabhushanam said ''WCDMA will become the sole technology in cell phone application in three to four years. Kyocera, leader in CDMA, will move towards the technology, once it emerges.'' KWI, which had sold two million sets in India, would make a major foray into the market once it started adopting WCDMA technology, he added.

Mr Nagabhushanam said the company was using its base in the country to mainly cater to its US market. It also had its manufacturing bases in Japan, China and the US.

The company, established three years ago in India, had a headcount of 570.

KWI President Takeru Ohira said Kyocera, a 40 billion Dollar entity had research and manufacturing bases in Japan, China and US, besides India. The Bangalore facility had both the state-of-the-art laboratory, that had produced 29 patents so far, and a manufacturing base having an end-to-end capacity including component building and equipment manufacturing.

Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar inaugurated the new office premises.

UNI