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- <title>
- June 04, 1990: Business Notes:Communications
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- June 04, 1990 Gorbachev:In The Eye Of The Storm
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 71
- Business Notes
- COMMUNICATIONS
- Ring, Ring: Tokyo Calling
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- <body>
- <p> Motorola has been one of the most pugnacious U.S. companies
- in trying to enter the Japanese marketplace. The suburban
- Chicago company's efforts paid off last week in a double win.
- Against a field that included Japanese bidders, Motorola won
- the $35 million annual contract to install a cellular-phone
- network for the Tokyo area.
- </p>
- <p> Then Japanese sources surprised even Motorola officials by
- leaking word that the company had scored a still more
- prestigious victory. After a fierce six-month competition with
- Japanese and European rivals, Motorola was selected to provide
- the digital voice technology for the Japanese telephone
- network's next generation of cellular equipment. One of
- Motorola's prime selling points is believed to be its
- pocket-size Micro-TAC cellular telephone. Introduced last year,
- the tiny device is already a coveted gadget in Japan.
- Motorola's breakthrough sent the electronics company's stock
- to 80 3/4, up 4 1/8 points for the week.
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- </body>
- </article>
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