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Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea will boost the production of mobile-phone handsets at its Spain-based Samsung Electronics Iberia S.A. manufacturing subsidiary. The plant is now working three shifts a day and is capable of producing 1.5 million handsets per year. Nokia Corp. of Finland will introduce two new phones designed for the South Korean market. Analysts are saying global capacity has caught up with demand. Dataquest claims global handset sales will slow to 23% in 2001, versus 38% last year.
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Netline Communications Technologies of Israel has developed a cell-phone blocker called C-Guard that can disable every mobile phone in a large room. The device is intended for prisons, the military and banks. Banks use them since they feel that cell phones can coordinate a robbery while the military does not want communications to be intercepted and fears that a cell phone can serve as a bugging device. Despite its usefulness, the device is large, expensive and its legality has not yet been tested.
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Article about how Ericsson China Co., the Chinese subsidiary of Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson, intends to double its production of cellular-phone handsets made in China this year, even though government laws favor domestic firms. The Chinese subsidiary will produce roughly eight million handsets this year at its Beijing and Nanjing factories, and will increase its capacity for building base stations by 30%.
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