There's been supposition that the GSM customer is VTech, but there's a strong chance it's Kyocera.
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Kyocera Brand GSM Handset will be Marketed in Taiwan
(This document was translated from the Japanese press release.)
Since last year, Kyocera Corporation (President:Yasuo Nishiguchi) has been working to develop a market for GSM handsets in Southeast Asia. As the first step in this process, Kyocera has reached an agreement with Taiwan Cellular Corporation (TCC) <http://www.twngsm.com.tw/phone/index.htm>, communications operator in Taiwan, and Taiwan Tele-Shop Co.,Ltd.(TTS), the sales arm of TCC. It is through TCC that the TG200 GSM handset manufactured by Kyocera will go on sale from March 1 in Taiwan under the Kyocera brand name.
Product name Kyocera GSM 900/1800 MHz Dual Band Handset
Model number TG200
Availability date March 1, 2000
Sales target 200,000 units/year
The TG200 GSM handset will be provided by Kyocera to the Taiwanese communications operator TCC, and marketed exclusively by TTS, the sales arm of TCC. At only 75 grams, the TG200 is the lightest Chinese-language-specification dual band mobile handset available in Taiwan, and the rest of the world for that matter. In addition, the TG200 incorporates many features developed by Kyocera for use in its mobile phone products for the Japanese market. Kyocera sees the sale of the TG200 in Taiwan as the beginning of a process that will eventually see it supplying GSM handsets to markets throughout Southeast Asia, including Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. |
