"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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Really, I thought Hitachi still existed, though most of the major Japanese
names seem to be just brand engineers these days, sadly.


I can't say about Hitachi for sure, but several of the big players will
licence out their brand. Panasonic, for example, don't make DECT phones.
But other DECT phone makers can licence the Panasonic brand and put it on
their own phones. Obviously there will be various safeguards and procedures
in place to protect the Panasonic brand values.

It's all very disappointing, because it's rapidly getting to the point where
the brand on any product says little or nothing about who made it, where it
was made, its quality, its performance, and so on.

SteveT