Last update: Friday 24 May 2013 [205 news items]
IC designers developing multi-core, multi-mode LTE platforms
Mar 2, 11:32
As LTE was one of the major focuses at the 2012 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, during February 27-March 1, and Qualcomm has taken the initiative to offer an integrated...
Quanta aims to ship over 3 million LTE devices in 2012
Mar 1, 11:22
Quanta Computer has set a goal of shipping three million LTE (Long Term Evolution) devices in 2012, including wireless modules, mobile data cards, routers, hot spots and tablet PCs,...
TD-LTE adoption is growing fast, says China Mobile CEO
Feb 29, 10:38
While LTE (long Term Evolution) FDD (frequency division duplexing) has been commercialized for two years in the US and Europe, and has gained an upper hand over China-developed TD-LTE...

AzureWave to showcase LTE, WiGig modules at MWC
Feb 24, 14:15
AzureWave Technologies, a Taiwan-based provider of wireless networking and image processing solutions, will showcase its LTE/HSPA+ mobile broadband solution and 60GHz WiGig mobile...
Lantiq/Altair solution adopted by IPWireless for LTE end-user devices
Feb 22, 16:13
Lantiq has announced that IPWireless, which develops and designs 3G and 4G wireless broadband and broadcast solutions, has selected the solution that combines its XWAY GRX168 network...
Global competition for LTE handsets to heat up in 2012, say Taiwan makers
Feb 21, 01:00
As there will be more than 100 mobile telecom carriers around the world to begin commercial operation of LTE (Long Term Evolution) services in 2012, Nokia, Sony Mobile Communications...
Chip firms gearing up for 4G smartphones
Feb 16, 14:19
With Samsung Electronics, HTC and other smartphone vendors set to promote their 4G handsets in 2012, suppliers of the major components such as baseband processors and power amplifiers...
Global demand for WiMAX chips to drop in 2012, says Sequans
Feb 15, 15:59
Because many operators of WiMAX networks have shifted to LTE, global demand for WiMAX chips in 2012 is expected to decrease from 2011, according to France-based Sequans Communicati...
Vendors to adopt LTE/3G seamless connectivity chips for dual-mode smartphones
Feb 9, 01:05
Chip design houses including Qualcomm have adopted CSFB (circuit-switch fallback) and SRVCC (single radio voice call continuity) technologies to develop single chips which enable...
Samsung cuts LTE chip cost by half, ABI Research teardown reveals
Feb 7, 14:46
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus made a big impact on the market in December 2011, thanks to its sleek design, new Android OS (Ice Cream Sandwich) and NFC capability. The smartphone has another...
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...
Gemtek to ship over 300,000 LTE devices in 2012
Feb 2, 01:35
Network equipment maker Gemtek Technology expects its shipments of LTE devices to top over 300,000 units in 2012. The company will also begin volume shipments of set-top boxes (STBs)...
LTE infrastructure spending booming, says IHS
Feb 1, 16:14
Global capital spending on LTE technology is projected to reach US$24.3 billion in 2013, nearly triple the US$8.7 billion of 2012, according to IHS iSuppli. LTE infrastructure spending...
Quanta Computer leads in LTE terminal devices among Taiwan makers
Jan 17, 11:28
Quanta Computer has gained the upper hand over other Taiwan-based makers in development and shipments of LTE (Long Term Evolution) terminal devices including handsets, mobile routers...
LTE smartphones to account for 4-5% global shipments in 2012
Jan 16, 11:47
With nearly 50 telecom carriers around the globe having launched LTE services, global shipments of LTE-enabled smartphones are expected to reach 25-30 million units in 2012, accounting...
CES 2012: HTC intros 4G LTE Windows Phone
Jan 10, 11:01
HTC has unveiled the HTC Titan II, the company's first Windows Phone to run on a 4G LTE network, which is being showcased at the ongoing 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show...

HTC to unveil quad-core, LTE-enabled smartphones in MWC, says paper
Newswatch - Jan 4, 16:14
JPMorgan Chase has recently upgraded the stock of HTC to "overweight," expecting the vendor to unveil new high-end smartphones powered by Nvidia's quad-core Tegra 3 CPUs...
Taiwan handset component makers expect small increase in orders from LGE in 2012
Dec 23, 10:14
Taiwan-based handset component makers expect orders from LG Electronics (LGE) in 2012 to grow at a pace lower than the projected growth rates for orders from Nokia and Motorola, according...
Wistron NeWeb starts shipments of LTE devices
Dec 16, 11:37
Taiwan-based networking/communication equipment maker Wistron NeWeb began to ship LTE-enabled devices in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to company CEO Haydn Hsieh.
Nov 29, 11:42
The big seven players in the Asia Pacific LTE macro base station market - Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, NEC, Nokia Siemens Networks, Samsung and ZTE - comprise 94% of the market...
Integrated licensing of LTE patents not available until 2013, say Taiwan makers
Nov 14, 10:49
While there are LTE-enabled terminal devices available for sale, integrated licensing of LTE patents will not be available at least until the end of 2012, according to Taiwan-based...
LTE and 3G driving 30% growth in APAC mobile Internet infrastructure market, says Synergy Research
Nov 11, 11:25
One of the fastest growing technology markets is networking equipment to support mobile Internet access. The second quarter of 2011 saw mobile Internet infrastructure revenues pass...
LTE to become mainstream in mature smartphone markets in 2012, says HTC
Nov 2, 16:21
HTC will continue to strengthen its market leadership in the LTE-enabled smartphone segment and believes LTE phones will become the mainstream in mature smartphone markets in 2012,...
MIPS processors power new Sequans LTE SoC for handsets, tablets
Oct 31, 17:01
MIPS Technologies has announced that the new LTE SoC from 4G chipmaker Sequans Communications is powered by MIPS industry-standard processors.
RF transceiver market for mobile devices to reach 1.5 billion by 2015, says Petrov Group (part 2)
Oct 28, 15:36
RF transceivers are critical components of mobile devices including handsets/smartphones and tablet PCs. By 2015, the total RF transceiver market will reach 1.5 billion units while...
Competition for LTE-enabled smartphones to heat up in 2012
Oct 25, 13:46
Competition among handset vendors for a bigger share in the US LTE-enabled smartphone market is set to intensify in 2012 when Sprint Nextel starts kicking off its LTE services in...
Standalone transceiver chips to dominate the smartphone market, says Petrov Group (part 1)
Oct 21, 16:36
Transceivers are essential to the performance of mobile devices. They are designed to detect weak signals at a specific frequency when receiving and to send signals at a specific...
Fujitsu Semiconductor, Sequans team up for LTE
Oct 21, 14:16
Sequans Communications announced on October 20 it has established a technology and marketing collaboration with Fujitsu Semiconductor for the purpose of providing customers with a...
LTE handset shipments to top 154 million in 2015, says In-Stat
Oct 20, 10:46
As new LTE networks are deployed across the world, demand for LTE handsets will increase exponentially, according to In-Stat. The research firm forecast that more than 154 million...
Altair chip solution approved for use in LTE networks in China
Sep 20, 15:05
Altair Semiconductor, a developer of low-power chips for LTE network deployments, has announced that following testing conducted by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology...
HTC, Korea vendors to benefit from LTE battle between Verizon, AT&T
Sep 20, 11:44
Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC and rival companies in Korea will benefit from the kick-off of competition for LTE services between Verizon Wireless and AT&T, according to...
Sequans LTE solution receives China approval
Sep 15, 10:24
Sequans Communications has announced that its LTE semiconductor technology has been officially approved by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), a government...
Mobile telecom carriers shifting from single-mode LTE to multi-mode LTE devices
Sep 2, 10:26
Mobile telecom carriers in India, Eastern Europe and other regions originally planned to order single-mode LTE terminal devices but have shifted to ordering multi-mode, LTE/3G/2G,...
Prices of LTE devices to drop sharply in 2H12
Sep 1, 12:14
Prices of LTE terminal devices are expected to slide drastically in second-half 2012 as a number of chipset vendors will begin volume production of single-mode LTE chips in second-half...
M.gear to begin shipping LTE base station antennas in 4Q11
Aug 25, 14:48
Taiwan-based WLAN antenna maker M.gear has obtained certification for antennas used in LTE base stations from a US-based mobile telecom carrier and expects to begin shipments in the...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- GIGABYTE Launches the BRIX Ultra Compact PC Kit
- AEWIN Introduces Newest Multiplayer Gaming System SGA-5010
- Carry Technology Highlights Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi Card Reader Series
- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
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- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN

Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...

Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...

MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...

Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.

























