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Top 20 Key Players companies in Feature phone
by Most Research Publications in the world in 2020

The Feature phone top 20 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 20 Most Research Publications Feature phone Key Players in the world. Discovery has identified the top key players, startups & unicorns, fast-growings, news entrants in 2020, ranking from differnt perspectives, including patent filing intensity, academic research capability, news media heat. The company list is generated from various data types.
Feature phone (known in popular culture as a dumbphone) is a term typically used to describe a class of mobile phones that are still technically otherwise smartphones, besides their lack of highly advanced hardware and capabilities of modern ones. Feature phones tend to use an embedded operating system with a small and simple graphical user interface. Unlike large and complex general-purpose mobile operating systems like Android or iOS, feature phones typically provide voice calling and text messaging functionality as well as basic multimedia and Internet capabilities and other services offered by the user's wireless service provider. Feature phones have a backlit LCD screen and micro USB port and have a physical keyboard, a microphone, SD card slot, a rear-facing camera to record video and capture pictures; and GPS. Some feature phones include a rudimentary app store that include basic software such as mobile games, calendar and calculator programs.
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Company Name
Region
Tech Topics
Total
1
Microsoft Corp.
Software,Operating system,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
Literature: 4
2
Nokia Oyj
Southern Finland, Finland
Mobile device,Internet of Things,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
Literature: 3
3
Telefónica SA
Madrid, Spain
Telecommunications,Mobile telephony,Web development,
...[+2]
Literature: 2
4
International Business Machines Corp.
Software,Computer hardware,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
Literature: 1
5
Intel Corp.
Semiconductor,Software,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
Literature: 1
6
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
Sweden
Telecommunications,Software,Mobile device,
...[+2]
Literature: 1
7
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Broadcasting,Publishing,Pre-money valuation,
...[+2]
Literature: 1
8
Twitter, Inc.
Short Message Service,Social media,Communications system,
...[+2]
Literature: 1
9
Xerox Holdings Corp.
Computer hardware,Software,Digital document,
...[+2]
Literature: 1
10
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
Maharashtra, India
Information technology consulting,Systems design,Certainty,
...[+2]
Literature: 1
11
InterDigital, Inc.
Wireless,Mobile technology,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
Literature: 1
12
Telenor ASA
Akershus, Norway
Telecommunications,Satellite,Broadcasting,
...[+2]
Literature: 1
13
Sprint Corp.
Wireless,Telecommunications,Mobile device,
...[+2]
Literature: 1
14
NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
Tokyo, Japan
Telecommunications,Wireless,Mobile device,
...[+2]
Literature: 1
15
Research Triangle Foundation
Science park
Literature: 1
16
France Telecom (now Orange S.A.)
Île-de-France, France
Telecommunications,Mobile device,Stock market index,
...[+2]
Literature: 1
17
China United Network Communications Group Co., Ltd.
Beijing Shi, China
Telecommunications
Literature: 1
18
Umeå University
Vasterbottens Lan, Sweden
Microbiome,Biopharmaceutical
Literature: 1
19
Samsung Co. Ltd.
South Korea
Semiconductor,Communication device,Electronic component
Literature: 1
20
UNICEF
France
Executive director,Mandate
Literature: 1
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