Japanese giant wants a double digit market share in three to five years.
Fujitsu has around a fifth of the Japanese handset market, but like many other big Asian OEMs it has failed to crack the European market.
Now, the FT has reported that the firm is lining up a fresh assault. It says the new LTE devices will be NFC-enabled, and include biometric fingerprint security.
There's no confirmation on whether the phones will be Android or WinPho enabled, but you have to assume they are the only realistic options.
Fujitsu makes both already for the Japanese market and claims its recent Arrows ES IS12F smartphone was the world's thinnest upon launch.
The firm sounds confident, but history isn't exactly on its side. Although Korea's Samsung and LG have established themselves, and China's Huawei and ZTE are on their way to doing the same, Japanese firms have fared less well.
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It's nearly a decade since Sharp and Panasonic had a significant presence in the West, while launches from Acer, Hitachi, Toshiba, Hyundai and others been unsuccessful.
Robert Pryke, director for Fujitsu’s mobile phone business in Europe, said: “The Japanese market has been in a silo from a technology and design perspective, but Fujitsu is bringing out a global product,” Mr Pryke said.
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