And Nokia, the Finnish mobile telephone maker, has moved its software code writing to China.

However, many telephone makers implemented a slow switch hook release to prevent rapid switching.

Eventually, though, the company hopes that cellular telephone makers will license the technology for building the display system into the phone itself.

Now a handful of telephone makers would like to sell a phone to the other half.

Foveon executives say they are in conversations with cellular telephone makers, but no deals have been completed.

Imagine that Microsoft controls the market for office desks, and it is also a major telephone maker.

Motorola also remains in fierce competition with Nokia, the Finnish cellular telephone maker, which is the market leader.

Motorola's earnings were very good - more than double what the mobile telephone maker earned in the same period last year.

There are even a few Japanese companies, like Uniden, the cordless telephone maker, that do all their manufacturing outside Japan.

The semiconductor and cellular telephone maker, which had been expected to report first-quarter earnings higher than Wall Street projections, reported profits that were slightly lower.