China market: Qualcomm pushing sales of 3G solutions to small- to medium-sized handset makers

Jun 12, 11:24

Qualcomm has geared up efforts to push sales of its smartphone solutions to small- to medium-sized handset makers in China, attracting a number of vendors shifting away from the comparable...

Digitimes Research: Smartphones to take 32% of China handset market in 2012

Jun 8, 10:45

Digitimes Research estimates that China handset shipments will grow to 430 million units in 2012, with smartphones likely to take 32% of the market, equivalent to 143 million handsets...

China Mobile picks handset suppliers by price, says report

May 29, 16:11

China Mobile, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, has selected suppliers of TD-SCDMA handsets through open-bids, with all of the winners being local vendors bidding the lowest...

Taiwan market: More China-based handset vendors to launch sub-NT$4,000 smartphones in 3Q12

May 25, 16:29

More China-based handset vendors are planning to launch sub-NT$4,000 (US$135) smartphones in the Taiwan market in the third quarter of 2012 following Taiwan Mobile's recent release...

Taiwan market: HTC recaptures top handset vendor ranking in April

May 24, 01:25

HTC recaptured the top vendor ranking in the Taiwan handset market in terms of sales value in April with a 36% share, followed by Samsung Electronics with 25% and Apple with 18%,...

MediaTek lands 2.5G handset solution orders from Nokia, say sources

May 21, 14:38

MediaTek reportedly has landed orders for 2.5G handset solutions from Nokia with shipments to begin in the third quarter of 2012, according to industry sources. MediaTek declined...

FIH refutes rumors of planning to enter handset brand business

May 8, 13:41

Foxconn International Holding (FIH) has refuted recent market rumors that the company is planning to enter the handset brand business with cooperation from Sharp. FIH said the company's...

Samsung introduces Galaxy S III smartphone

May 4, 14:19

Samsung Electronics has announced the third generation Galaxy S, the Galaxy S III. With Samsung Galaxy S III, consumers can view content on the device's 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display...

Nokia loses cellphone crown after 14 years as top brand

Apr 30, 15:36

Samsung Electronics overtook Nokia in the first quarter to become the world's largest cellphone brand for the first time. However, Samsung remained in second place in the smartphone...

Taiwan-based 2Q12 handset shipments to rise sequentially nearly 30%, says Digitimes Research

Apr 24, 15:02

Taiwan-based ODM and own-brand makers will ship 20.22 million handsets in total during the second quarter of 2012, increasing 28.0% on quarter, according to Digitimes Research.

Newmax aggressively striving for notebook camera orders

Apr 24, 01:15

Taiwan-based optical lens maker Newmax Technology is aggressive trying to land high quality optical lens orders from ultrabook and notebook players, according to sources from upstream...

Nokia declining global share unfavorable to Taiwan handset supply chain makers

Apr 13, 16:12

Nokia's shipments of 12 million smartphones and 83 million handsets of all types in the first quarter of 2012 ranked third and second respectively among international vendors, and...

China market: ISPs stepping into smartphone segment, to benefit Taiwan handset ODMs

Apr 10, 14:53

China-based smartphone vendors and Internet service companies, including Xiaomi Technology, Alibaba.com and Shanda Interactive Entertainment, are rolling out smartphones supporting...

Silitech sees weak performance in March

Apr 10, 01:35

Taiwan-based handset keypad and magnesium-aluminum alloy component maker Silitech Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$840 million, down 20.56% on year, while consolidated...

Samsung ranks top OEM handset maker in US in February, says comScore

Newswatch - Apr 5, 16:34

Samsung Electronics ranked as the top OEM handset maker with a 25.6% share in the US handset market in terms of mobile subscribers during a 3-month average period ended February 2012,...

Shipments of NFC-enabled smartphones reach 30 million units in 2011, says Berg Insight

Mar 29, 11:57

Global sales of handsets featuring Near Field Communication (NFC) increased ten-fold in 2011 to 30 million units, according to data compiled by Berg Insight.

China-based white-box handset players may face bankruptcy

Mar 29, 01:30

China-based white-box handset players are suffering as larger local players ZTE, Lenovo and Huawei are aggressively entering the CNY1,000 (US$159) smartphone segment, while first-tier...

China market: 280 million handsets sold in 2011, says iiMedia Research

Mar 20, 15:14

There were 280 million handsets sold in the China market in 2011, growing by 12% from 2010, and 58.7% of them were at CNY1,000 (US$155) and below, according to China-based iiMedia...

MediaTek lands short lead-time orders for handset solutions, say sources

Mar 3, 13:53

MediaTek reportedly has landed short lead-time orders for its MT6575 and MT6573 solutions from branded handset makers in China, and shipments of the two chips will gain momentum in...

Taiwan market: Handset sales to reach 8 million units in 2012

Feb 24, 11:47

Buoyed by strong demand for smartphones, sales of handsets in the Taiwan market are expected to hit eight million units in 2012 compared to 6.5-7.5 million sold in previous years,...

Arima Communications looks to ship 23-25 million handsets in 2012

Feb 24, 01:20

Arima Communications is expected to ship a total of 23-25 million handsets in 2012, of which 15-16 million units will be feature phones and the remaining 8-10 million units smartphone...

Demand for 2.5G/2.75G handset solutions picking up

Feb 23, 15:58

Demand for feature phones has experienced a rebound recently, which will help boost sales of 2.5G/2.75G handset solutions for suppliers such as MediaTek and MStar Semiconductor in...

China handset players pessimistic about Microsoft pushing Tango OS in China

Feb 23, 15:53

As Microsoft is set to push its Tango operating system into China's smartphone market in 2012, domestic handset players in China are pessimistic about the plan and believe the operating...

Catcher to see revenue contribution from notebooks surpass 50% in 2012

Feb 23, 01:00

Chassis maker Catcher Technology expects revenue contributions from its notebook business reach over 50%, surpassing its smartphone business, which was the major revenue contributor...

China market: Handset makers upgrading hardware specifications of sub-CNY1,000 smartphone models

Feb 17, 15:07

China-based handset makers, including ZTE, Huawei Device, Lenovo and Coolpad, have continued to upgrade the hardware specifications of their sub-CNY1,000 (US$159) smartphone models...

China handset makers to push sales of sub-CNY1,000 smartphones to mature markets

Feb 16, 16:38

Having mass-produced smartphones with a price tag of around CNY1,000 (US$159) for the China market since 2011, China-based handset makers ZTE, Huawei Device, Lenovo and Coolpad plan...

China handset makers shifting to smartphones, pushing sales to emerging markets, say sources

Feb 13, 15:48

Demand for 2G feature phones in the China market is expected to subside in the next three years, pushing China-based handset makers to focus on the production of entry-level to mid-range...

Compal Communications, Arima Communications post mixed results for January

Newswatch - Feb 10, 12:16

ODM handset maker Compal Communications has posted strong revenue gains in January thanks to orders from Nokia, while fellow company Arima Communications saw its revenues decline...

Nokia, Motorola and Sony likely to increase handset orders to Taiwan ODMs

Feb 10, 01:35

Nokia, Motorola Mobility and Sony Mobile Communications are expected to increase their outsourcing of handsets to Taiwan-based ODMs in 2012 in an effort to regain their global market...

Alltek looks to wireless and LED products for 2012 revenue growth

Feb 7, 12:18

IC distributor Alltek Technology expects products used for wireless and LED applications to drive its revenue growth in 2012. Overall, the company is more optimistic about its sales...

Nokia maintains largest global handset market share in 2011, says IDC

Feb 3, 01:20

Nokia sold 417.1 million feature phones and smartphones together to maintain the largest global handset market share of 27% in 2011, but dropping 5.6pp from 2010, according to International...

LG to increase purchases of handset parts and components from Taiwan, say sources

Feb 2, 15:50

Buoyed by strong sales of its high-end Optimus LTE smartphones, LG Electronics is expected to increase its purchases of handset parts and components from Taiwan makers in 2012, according...