Taiwan market: Skype launches 3G VoIP for iPhones

Jun 3, 14:22

PChome Online, the Taiwan operating agent of Skype, on June 2 announced that iPhone users in the Taiwan market are now able to use Skype VoIP services, consisting of Skype to Skype...

PNDs to stay connected via Bluetooth handsets

Jun 2, 14:16

Connected PND makers are planning to replace built-in SIM card communication modules with Bluetooth to enable them to connect via handsets that support GPRS and 3G, according to industry...

Chip industry posts record month, says SIA

Jun 2, 11:50

Worldwide semiconductor sales reached US$23.6 billion in April 2010, an increase of 2.2% from March when sales were US$23.1 billion, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association...

MediaTek declines to comment on reported 3G-chip orders

Stockwatch - Jun 1, 17:17

MediaTek has cited customer confidentiality and declined to comment on a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report that claims Motorola and LG Electronics (LGE) have...

AboCom to start production of own-brand 3G handsets in China, says paper

Newswatch - May 28, 10:31

AboCom Systems, a Taiwan-based maker of networking/communication equipment, is setting up a handset factory in northern China with an initial investment of US$10 million, and will...

MediaTek to volume produce low-cost 3G chipsets for Android smartphones in 4Q10, says paper

Newswatch - May 25, 14:17

MediaTek has delivered samples of its Android-based 3G chipset solutions for design-in to its clients with plans to begin volume production of the chipsets in the fourth quarter of...

MediaTek shipments for TD-SCDMA handsets to soar, says paper

Stockwatch - May 20, 16:34

MediaTek is expected to see its shipments of 3G TD-SCDMA chipsets top two million units a month around the end of the third quarter, compared to about one million shipped monthly...

China market: China Mobile sees strong 3G user growth in March

Apr 22, 12:18

China Mobile Communications, one of the three 3G mobile telecom carriers in China, saw the number of its 3G subscribers increase by 3.41 million in March 2010, the highest-ever monthly...

Shipments of 3G/4G mobile broadband devices by Taiwan makers to pick up in 2010, say sources

Apr 1, 16:18

Shipments of 3G/4G mobile broadband devices by Taiwan-based networking/telecom equipment makers are expected to start gaining momentum in 2010, according to industry sources.

China market: 3G user base in steady growth

Mar 29, 14:44

The user base of 3G mobile communication service in China has been steadily growing, with the number of subscribers increasing by 1.52 million in February 2010 to 16.06 million, according...

Taiwan market: FET sets 2010 capex at NT$8.9 billion mainly for 3G, WiMAX infrastructure

Mar 25, 15:58

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has set aside a capex budget of NT$8.9 billion (US$278 million) for 2010 mainly for continued construction of 3G and WiMAX infrastructure, company...

HTC expects to extend its advantages in 3G to 4G; to unveil HTC Smart in Taipei soon

Newswatch - Mar 23, 10:46

HTC, while having made much investment in 4G technology, expects to capitalize on its existing advantages in the global 3G mobile telecom market to become a leader as well when the...

Global sales of built-in 3G modules to exceed plug-type data cards in three years, say sources

Newswatch - Mar 19, 10:31

Global sales of built-in 3G modules are expected to grow by an annual rate of over 30% in the next three years with their sales volume to surpass those of plug-type 3G data cards...

Cellular installed base grows in 2009 despite recession, says IMS Research

Mar 11, 16:04

Despite the financial pressures caused by the recession, the global cellular installed base, comprised of all active devices on cellular networks, grew 14.1% on year in 2009, according...

China market: 3G handsets sale to top 35-43 million units in 2010

Mar 11, 12:15

Sales of 3G handsets in the China market are expected to top 35-43 million units in 2010, accounting for 12-15% of total handset sales compared to a ratio of 6-8% in 2009, according...

China market: China Telecom to purchase five million 3G CDMA handsets, paper says

Newswatch - Mar 1, 11:22

China Telecom will purchase up to five million 3G CDMA-enabled handsets through an open bid that will close on March 8, 2010, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News...

3G handset chip shipments to see strong growth in March

Newswatch - Feb 25, 10:47

Global 3G handset chip shipments are expected to increase significantly in March as China-based Huawei Technologies and ZTE have released substantial orders for 3G chips, and some...

China market: 3G handset sales to top 40 million units in 2010, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 24, 14:38

Total sales of 3G handsets in the China market are expected to top 40 million units in 2010, pushing the total number of 3G service users to 71 million at the year end, the Chinese-language...

China 3G handset market to rise by a factor of six in 2010, says iSuppli

Feb 8, 12:04

Domestic shipments of 3G handsets in China are expected to amount to 42.97 million units in 2010, up from 7.2 million in 2009, according to iSuppli. The research firm attributed the...

MediaTek says shipments for handsets to climb by up to 30% in 2010

Feb 2, 16:52

MediaTek has forecast shipments of its handset chips will top 450 million units in 2010, up from around 350 million shipped in 2009. Company president Hsieh Ching-Jiang said 5% of...

Taiwan-based Genius Electronic becomes second ODM for iPhone 3GS lens kits

Feb 1, 15:51

Taiwan-based Genius Electronic Optical has become the second ODM maker of optical lens kits for iPhone 3GS following Largan Precision. Genius began shipments in small volumes in January...

Taiwan-market: NCC to reclaim 2G mobile numbers from TWM, FET

Jan 28, 15:21

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) plans to collect back some of the 2G mobile phone numbers allocated to Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET)...

Vibo Telecom signs NT$3 billion syndicated loan, says paper

Newswatch - Jan 27, 15:41

Taiwan-based 3G operator Vibo Telecom has signed a three-year NT$3 billion (US$93.6 million) syndicated loan with a consortium led by five commercial banks including Chinatrust Commercial...

Taiwan market: FET to not offer WiMAX voice services

Jan 27, 13:52

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), which started its WiMAX operations in Taichung, central Taiwan at the end of 2009, has stressed that it will not provide voice communication...

China market: 3G carriers invested over 160 billion in infrastructure in 2009, says MIIT

Jan 20, 15:42

China Mobile Communications, China Telecom and China United Telecommunications, the three operators of 3G mobile communication service in the China market, made direct investment...

China market: China Mobile aims to add 30 million 3G users in 2010

Jan 6, 14:20

China Mobile had more than five million 3G subscribers as of the end of 2009 and aims to increase the number by 30 million in 2010, according to the company. Taiwan-based handset...

China wireless data service market to nearly double by 2013, says iSuppli

Jan 5, 12:39

The release of 3G licenses in China is spurring a wireless data boom, with national revenues from such services rising by 18.95% in 2009 and nearly doubling from 2008 to 2013, according...

China market: 3G users top 10 million at end of 2009, says MIIT

Dec 25, 10:24

After the government issued the first three 3G mobile communication licenses in early 2009, the total number of 3G subscribers in China has been rapidly increasing and is expected...

Taiwan market: Mobile Internet-access via 3G over 76% in 3Q09

Dec 25, 09:59

There were 17.595 million subscribers of handset-based mobile access to the Internet in Taiwan in the third quarter of 2009, with 3G accounting for 76.48%, GPRS for 15.58%, PHS 7.91%...

Taiwan market: Netbook sales through 3G carriers to drop 20% sequentially in 4Q09

Dec 24, 15:52

Netbook sales through bundling with 3G services in Taiwan are expected to drop more than 20% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2009 due to the rapid drop in netbook retail prices,...

Taiwan market: LGE launches Lollipop GD580 3G handset

Dec 24, 12:24

LG Electronics (LGE) has launched its Lollipop-series GD580 3G handset in the Taiwan market targeting the younger-generation segment with a suggested retail price of NT$9,900 (US$3...

HT mMobile draws new strategic partner; targets China 3G handset market

Dec 23, 14:09

HT mMobile, a 30%-held affiliate of Taiwan-based Sunplus Technology, has drawn NT$100 million (US$3.09 million) worth of investment from IC distributor Asec International, according...

Acer to launch 8-10 smartphones in 2010; to adopt ST-Ericsson 3G solutions for Android models

Dec 22, 11:28

Acer plans to launch 8-10 new smartphones in 2010 with Android-powered models likely to be slightly more than Windows Mobile-based ones, according to sources at Taiwan handset indu...