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EST on December 27th (Beijing time December 28th) according to the latest report of foreign said, NEC said on Tuesday that the company will be in the next six months to develop the strategy of the joint venture with mobile phone, and consider the production of micro chip in the next 18 months with other manufacturers.

In NEC by the first half of September 30th fiscal year, NEC operating profit fell 78%. Therefore, in a timely manner to change the company's loss in the field of mobile phones and semiconductors has become an urgent task NEC. NEC is expected, due to the effect of mobile phone business by the Japanese domestic demand reduction and fierce competition from overseas, in the fiscal year ending in March next year at the end of may appear 30 billion yen ($257 million 700 thousand) loss. For its mobile phone business, NEC is considering seeking to develop and marketing with other mobile phone manufacturers, while fully integrated business. NEC said the company plans to determine the direction of the development of the mobile phone business within 6 months.

In the semiconductor field, NEC is planning to tip chip in the next year and a half time by finding partners way. Currently, NEC holds a 70% stake in the world's eighth largest chipmaker NEC electronics. NEC electronics said in November this year, will work with Toshiba joint research and development of cutting-edge system chips. The purpose is to jointly undertake R & D funding and accelerate the listing process. NEC electronics also said that the company has been in contact with Toshiba in this area, but did not mention a specific timetable.

NEC previously released at the end of September the first half results, because mobile phone and semiconductor products in the first half of the decline in demand, the company's net profit fell by more than 1/3. NEC earnings report, as of September 30th, the company net profit of 16 billion 400 million yen (equivalent to $142 million), down 34.8% year on year, net profit before tax dropped by 60.4% to $28 billion 500 million.