Kyocera Group (TSE: 6971/ NYSE: KYO) comprises of over 170 companies around the world, has approximately 58,000 employees, and had consolidated sales of 1,140 billion yen in March 2004. Currently, the company has a wide range of businesses including fine ceramics and other electronic parts, solar powered batteries, mobile phone terminals, and PHS phone terminals and cell stations. In recent years, Kyocera has been focusing on three industrial fields of "communication information", "environment conservation", and "lifestyle" as target markets for the 21 century, and concentration of group's management resources in these fields is proving Kyocera's comprehensive strengths. Communication information industry market is an important field in supporting a ubiquitous network which evolves rich communication, and Kyocera comprehensively provides various tools including parts, equipments, services, and network. 
