Editing Panasonic (section)

=== Connected Solutions ===

==== Panasonic Avionics Corporation ====
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'''Panasonic Avionics Corporation''' (PAC), a subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation of North America and a unit of Connected Solutions Company, Panasonic, is a supplier of [[in-flight entertainment]] (IFE) and communication systems.<ref name="Aero">{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://www.panasonic.aero/|website=www.panasonic.aero}}</ref> Headquartered in [[Irvine, California]], where engineering, development and testing is performed while system installation, field engineering, major quality functions, certification and program management are performed at the [[Bothell, Washington]], facility – Panasonic Avionics Corporation employs approximately 3,300 employees based in over 70 locations worldwide, with major facilities in London, Toulouse, Hamburg, Dallas, Dubai, and Singapore. A majority of the component manufacturing is carried out in Osaka, Japan.

In February 2017, Panasonic reported that the subsidiary was being investigated by American authorities under the [[Foreign Corrupt Practices Act|FCPA]].<ref>{{cite news|date=February 2, 2017|title=Panasonic says its avionics business being probed by U.S. authorities|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-panasonic-probe-idUSKBN15H0OH|access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref>

====Panasonic Mobile Communications====
'''Panasonic Mobile Communications''' manufactures mobile phone handsets and related equipment. As of 2012, it had around a 20 percent share of the Japanese handset market.<ref>{{cite news|date=February 21, 2012|title=Panasonic to launch waterproof Eluga phone|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mobile-phones/9094824/Panasonic-to-launch-waterproof-Eluga-phone.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mobile-phones/9094824/Panasonic-to-launch-waterproof-Eluga-phone.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=April 20, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Panasonic used to market mobile phone handsets worldwide, but in December 2005 announced its withdrawal from overseas markets due to poor sales. Panasonic returned to the overseas market in 2012, with the release of the Panasonic Eluga [[Android (operating system)|Android]]-powered smartphone. In July 2013, Panasonic announced the company will not supply a new model of [[smartphone]] to [[NTT DoCoMo]] Inc., because NTT DoCoMo will focus with Sony and Samsung products. In Q2 2013, Panasonic Mobile Communications booked a 5.4&nbsp;billion yen operating loss.<ref>{{cite news|date=August 5, 2013|title=Panasonic to stop making new smartphones for NTT Docomo: Kyodo|newspaper=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-panasonic-nttdocomo-idUSBRE9740RX20130805}}</ref> From July 2013 to January 2018, '''Panasonic India''' has released one more series of Android Smartphones '''Panasonic P Series''', along with Eluga Series.