Telephones: Cordless Suppliers in '84: Year of Living Dangerously

Article Abstract:

The telephone industry is in the midst of a shakeout. The hardest hit area is cordless. Suppliers are dumping 1.7-49MHz models to make room for the 46-49MHz models scheduled to arrive this summer. Prices for cordless phones have fallen as low as forty-nine dollars, but the industry expects this price level to be short term. At least one major supplier of cordless phones has abandoned the market and others are expected to follow suit. Retailers with large inventories of cordless phones are expected to be the ones who suffer most from the price cutting.

Telecommunications equipment, Sales, Price cutting, Communications Equipment, Electronic Industry

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CES Wrap-Up: Telephones

Article Abstract:

At the 1984 Winter CES hundreds of telephone suppliers showed their products. The market should be between twenty and thirty million units and it could be the year of the great telephone shakeout. Most agree that the shakeout will be at the low end. Suppliers are now offering complete lines of phones. Most growth this year will be in feature phones.

Trade shows, Products, Companies, Trade Show

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Telephones: Second-Half Outlook Clouded by Cordless Phone Confusion

Article Abstract:

Suppliers of telephones are approaching the second half of 1984 with caution. Feature and two-line phones are hot while basic phones are selling less than anticipated. With the exception of cordless, the telephone market is stabilizing. Manufacturers and retailers are looking forward to the transition to new frequencies for cordless phones.

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