Word: kyocera
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...opening up the U.S. postal system to competition." Japanese and foreign firms will be able to sell products and services that until now have been the exclusive province of NTT. Corporate powerhouses like the Japan Highway Public Corp. (1983 sales: $2.9 billion) already plan to offer long-distance services. Kyocera, an electronic-products company, intends to build microwave transmission systems...
...first full-screen model, Grid Systems' Compass computer, cost $8,150 when it was introduced in 1982. But falling prices for both flat-panel display screens and computer chips that require little energy have made lap-size computers affordable. Last year Seattle-based Microsoft and Japan's Kyocera came up with the first winner: an eight-line screen with a full-size keyboard that could be sold with built-in software for less than $800. Marketed in slightly different models by Radio Shack, NEC and Olivetti, the machine was an instant hit. Hewlett-Packard and Epson have already...