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18. Segment Information
1. Reportable Segments Overview
The Company’s reportable segments consist of components of the Group for which discrete financial information is available and whose
operating results are regularly reviewed by the Group’s executive decision-making body to make decisions about resource allocation to
the segments and assess their performance.
In the field of information and communication technology (ICT), while delivering wide varieties of services, the Group offers compre-
hensive solutions, from the development, manufacturing, and sales, to the maintenance and operations of cutting-edge, high-performance
and high-quality products, and electronic devices that support services. The Group’s business is organized into three reportable seg-
ments—Technology Solutions, Ubiquitous Solutions, and Device Solutions—based on the Group’s managerial structure, characteristics of
the products and services, and the similarities of the sales market within each operating segment. Managerial structure and product and
service classification in each reportable segment are as follows.
(1) Technology Solutions
To optimally deliver to customers comprehensive services that integrate products, software, and services, the segment is organized in a
matrix management structure comprised of business groups that are organized by product and service type in order to manage costs
and devise global business strategies, and business groups that are organized along industry and geographic lines, integrating sales
groups with systems engineers covering customers.
This reportable segment consists of Solutions/Systems Integration, which are services for the construction of information and com-
munication systems, Infrastructure Services, which are primarily outsourcing and maintenance services, System Products, which covers
mainly the servers and storage systems that comprise ICT platforms, and Network Products, which are used to build communications
infrastructure, such as mobile phone base stations and optical transmission systems.
(2) Ubiquitous Solutions
The segment is organized into independent business management units along product lines and includes the sales departments.
This reportable segment contains ubiquitous terminals—including personal computers and mobile phones, as well as car audio and
navigation systems, mobile communication equipment, and automotive electronic equipment—that collect various information and
knowledge generated from the behavioral patterns of people and organizations needed to achieve the Group’s vision of a “Human Cen-
tric Intelligent Society” (a society that enjoys the benefits of the value generated by ICT without requiring anyone to be conscious of the
technological complexities involved).
(3) Device Solutions
The segment is organized by product in independent business management units which include the respective sales departments and
contains the cutting-edge technologies, including LSI devices used in digital home appliances, automobiles, mobile phones and servers,
as well as electronic components, such as semiconductor packages and batteries.
2. Method Used to Calculate Net Sales, Profit or Loss, Assets and Other Items by Reportable Segments
Accounting methods applied to Reportable Segments are almost the same as that presented in “1. Significant Accounting Policies.”
Income figures for operating segments are based on operating income. The Group’s financing (including financial expense and
income) as well as other items such as corporate tax are managed by the whole Group and have not been allocated within the operat-
ing segments.
Inter-segment transactions are based on an arm’s-length basis.
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