China Mobile to strengthen cooperation with Taiwan partners

Oct 27, 01:20

China Mobile will continue to strengthen its cooperation with Taiwan-based makers for the development of TD-LTE products from chipset solutions to end market devices. MediaTek, HTC...

AUO demonstrates new generation mobile display technologies at FPD International 2011

Oct 21, 16:55

AU Optronics (AUO) has announced its next generation of mobile display technologies, including a 4.29-inch qHD high resolution display using Hyper LCD technology, a 4.46-inch 1mm...

Taiwan market: Handset-based e-payment service may be launched in 2H12

Oct 19, 10:52

Mobile electronic payment service based on smartphones with NFC (near field communication) capability is expected to be launched in Taiwan as early as the second half of 2012, according...

Taiwan market: Government mulling Wi-Fi fees

Oct 18, 09:54

Viewing that mobile telecom carriers have been expanding their Wi-Fi network hot spots to offload increasing traffic on their 3G networks, Taiwan's National Communications Commission...

China market: China Mobile to expand TD-SCDMA network, says report

Oct 14, 10:21

China Mobile will invest an estimated CNY19 billion (US$2.97 billion) to expand its TD-SCDMA network, adding 53,000 base stations around China, according to China-based media D...

Taiwan market: Global Mobile expects to reach break-even in 2H12

Oct 3, 10:35

Global Mobile, a WiMAX operator in the northern half of Taiwan, expects the number of subscribers and monthly ARPU (average revenues per user) to increase to 250,000 and NT$600 (US$19.80)...

Acer, Asustek to join new Tizen project

Sep 29, 01:05

Asustek Computer and Acer are both set to add development for the recently announced Tizen operating system project, while High Tech Computer (HTC) is currently evaluating its decision,...

China market: Mobile phone users grow to over 940 million in August

Sep 28, 12:16

There were 940.09 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of August 2011, growing 1.10% on month and 14.22% on year, and 94.12 million, or 10.01%...

Global HDD shipments to grow only 3% sequentially in 3Q11

Sep 27, 01:10

Global hard disc drive (HDD) shipments are expected to grow slightly by 3% in the third quarter, up from 165 million units in the second, while shipments in the fourth quarter are...

Smart grids spur massive demand for lithium ion batteries, says IHS

Sep 26, 14:25

The expected proliferation of electrical smart grids during the next decade will generate nearly US$6 billion worth of demand by 2020 for lithium ion batteries used mainly in energy...

Taiwan market: Nokia, Taiwan Mobile, Taiwan Taxi jointly launch NFC-dispatch taxi service

Sep 16, 15:01

Nokia Taiwan has teamed up with Taiwan Mobile and taxi fleet operator Taiwan Taxi to launch an NFC-dispatch taxi service in Taiwan. Nokia also plans to launch two NFC-enabled Symbian...

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...

Taipei to have WiMAX buses

Sep 14, 11:07

Global Mobile is installing WiMAX equipment on public buses in the Taipei area to allow passengers to have free mobile Internet-access, according to the company.

FET launches mobile service platforms in China

Sep 13, 10:36

Taiwan-based Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has launched its four mobile value-added service platforms in the China market through partnership with China Mobile and expects...

China market: Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu offer customized smartphones to provide mobile cloud computing services

Sep 7, 01:25

Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu, three web portals in the China market, have cooperated with handset vendors to launch customized smartphones to provide mobile cloud computing services,...

China Unicom and China Mobile launch own-brand 3.5G smartphones competing with iPhones

Sep 5, 15:56

China Unicom and China Mobile both have launched own-brand 3.5G handsets using chipset solutions from MediaTek, with prices set below CNY1,000 (US$156), or one-quarter the price of...

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,...

Consumer and mobile MEMS to enjoy record growth in 2011, says IHS

Sep 1, 14:48

Benefiting from its exposure to the hot tablet and smartphone and businesses, the market for MEMS in consumer electronics and mobile communications devices is set to generate record...

China July mobile phone user base grows to nearly 930 million

Sep 1, 13:43

There were 929.84 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of July 2011, growing by 1.01% on month and 14.22% on year. 87.2 million (9.38%) were...

Quanta, Wistron, Taiwan Mobile announce cloud computing cooperation

Aug 30, 01:20

Taiwan-based PC makers Quanta Computer and Wistron, and telecom carrier Taiwan Mobile have jointly announced cooperation over cloud computing service with the two PC makers to also...

Mobile RAM outlook optimistic, say memory backend firms

Aug 23, 13:55

The outlook for mobile RAM remains optimistic despite weaker-than-expected demand thus far in 2011, according to sources at major Taiwan-based memory packaging and testing houses...

China Mobile sees 1H11 revenues up almost 9% on year

Aug 22, 14:57

China Mobile, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, brought in revenues of CNY250.080 billion (US$38.2 billion) for the first half of 2011, increasing 8.82% on year, according...

Apple retakes top mobile PC market share position from HP in 2Q11, says DisplaySearch

Aug 19, 16:21

Apple shipped over 13.5 million mobile PCs in the second quarter of 2011 for 136% on-year shipment growth, overtaking HP for the top spot, according to preliminary results from DisplaySearch's...

Mobile DRAM market hits US$2 billion threshold in 1Q11, says IHS iSuppli

Aug 18, 13:54

In another sign of the growing prominence of mobile platforms like smartphones, handheld gaming devices and tablets, revenues in the first quarter for mobile DRAM exceeded the US$2...

China market: Mobile IM accounts rise to 523 million at end of 2Q11, says Analysys

Aug 17, 16:44

There were 523 million active mobile instant messenger (IM) service accounts in the China market at the end of the second quarter of 2011, rising 6.25% on quarter, according to China-based...

Sales of mobile devices grow 16.5% on year in 2Q11; smartphone sales up 74%, says Gartner

Aug 12, 11:59

Worldwide sales of mobile devices to end users totaled 428.7 million units in the second quarter of 2011, a 16.5% increase from the second quarter of 2010, according to Gartner.

China market: Opera-based mobile browser Oupeng launched

Aug 10, 16:03

nHorizon Innovation (Beijing) Software, a joint venture established in March 2011 by Norway-based Opera Software ASA, the developer of Opera Mini and Opera Mobile, and China-based...

Worldwide mobile phone market grew more than 11% in 2Q11, says IDC

Jul 29, 17:02

The worldwide mobile phone market grew 11.3% on year in the second quarter of 2011, despite a weaker feature phone market, which declined for the first time since the third quarter...

Taiwan Mobile to set up IDC

Jul 29, 15:32

Telecom carrier Taiwan Mobile (TWM) will invest NT$3 billion (US$104 million) to have its subsidiary Taiwan Fixed Network set up an Internet data center (IDC) in Taipei, with completion...

External hard drive shipments in 2011 unlikely to meet targets

Jul 28, 01:25

Players in the external hard drive industry originally expected to see more than 100% growth on year in 2011, but may not be able to achieve growth as strong as expected due to serious...

Shipments of mobile PCs in China forecast to outpace desktops in 2013, says DisplaySearch

Jul 27, 16:55

According to the latest research from the DisplaySearch Quarterly China PC Shipment and Forecast Report, total China PC market shipments, which include desktops, all-in-one (AIO)...