Lithium-ion problems hit Matsushita: cellphone-battery replacement is potentially industry's largest

Article Abstract:

Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Ltd. may face a recall of the lithium-ion batteries supplied to Nokia Corp.'s cellular phones, prompted by reports of an overheating problem. Matsushita has supplied batteries for 46 mil of Nokia's phones; the number of possible replacements would make it the industry's largest battery-replacement program.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, ELECTRONIC & OTHER ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT, Primary Battery Manufacturing, Primary batteries, dry and wet, Lithium Dry Cell Batteries, Japan, Electrical equipment and supplies industry, Product defects and recalls, Electric equipment industry, Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Ltd., MC, Lithium cells, Lithium batteries

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SARS outbreak exacerbates a mobile-phone glut in China

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China is being hit hard by a glut in mobile telephone supplies, partly the result of the SARS disease outbreak. One executive said that China has approximately 20 million handsets in inventory, which makes up about one-third of total yearly domestic demand.

China, Market information - general, Severe acute respiratory syndrome, Inventory data

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Mobile-phone unit sales rise

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Mobile telephone handset sales increased 12% worldwide for the 2003 second quarter. Total sales reached 114.9 million for the year.

Sales & consumption, World, Consumption data

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