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)...

Top-3 China mobile telecom carriers deploying femtocell networks

Jul 27, 01:20

China Unicom, China Telecom and China Mobile, the three largest mobile telecom carriers in China, have begun deploying femtocell networks in the China market, according to industry...

HTC unlikely to adopt Samsung-made mobile processors, say Taiwan makers

Jul 26, 01:05

Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC, in response to the report that it will adopt mobile processors produced by Samsung Electronics in place of Qualcomm's for entry- to mid-level smartphone...

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom offers discounts

Jul 19, 12:34

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on July 18 offered a 20% discount on monthly fixed rates of NT$950 (US$32.9) and NT$850 for mobile Internet-access subscribers in the sub-1GB monthly volume...

Taiwan market: TWM to complete HSPA+ network by year-end

Jul 14, 10:45

Taiwan Mobile (TWM) will complete the upgrade of its base stations around Taiwan to HSPA+ (so-called 3.75G) to offer mobile Internet-access services at a maximum download speed of...

Taiwan market: Global Mobile aims at 10% of mobile Internet-access users

Jul 13, 10:27

Taiwan WiMAX operator Global Mobile aims to increase the number of its subscribers by attracting 10% of mobile Internet-access users via any networks and any type of terminal devices,...

ZTE, Huawei, Lenovo monopolize China Mobile procurement of 10 million 3G handsets, says report

Jul 8, 15:44

China-based vendors ZTE, Huawei Device and Lenovo have won China Mobile's latest procurement open bid to share the total supply volume of 10 million TD-SCDMA 3G handsets priced at...

WiMAX operator Global Mobile to consider shift to WiMAX 2 or TD-LTE after reaching market coverage of 70%

Jul 5, 01:35

Global Mobile, a WiMAX operator in the northern half of Taiwan, will first expand the coverage of the total population of its service areas to 70% by the end of 2012 and then mull...

Malaysia WiMAX operator P1 to develop TD-LTE with China Mobile

Jul 1, 15:29

Packet One Networks (P1), a WiMAX mobile telecom carrier in Malaysia, has signed for technological cooperation with China Mobile, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, to develop...

PTI, Walton seeing weaker-than-expected demand for mobile DRAM

Jun 30, 01:25

Memory IC packaging and testing firms Powertech Technology (PTI) and Walton Advanced Engineering have revised downward their targeted sales contributions from mobile DRAM products...

Shipments of touch panels for mobile phones showing growth in 2Q11, says Wintek

Jun 29, 01:05

Wintek is expected to benefit as Apple increases its outlook for the production of its mobile phone and tablet PC products. According to Wintek, shipments of touch panels for mobile...

China mobile handset user base grows to over 910 million in May

Jun 28, 01:20

There were 910.15 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of May 2011, with the total amount growing by 1.08% on month and by 14.35% on year, and...

China market: Mobile IM accounts rise to 262 million in 1Q11

Jun 22, 15:57

There were 262 million active handset-based mobile instant messenger (IM) accounts in the China market at the end of the first quarter of 2011, rising 8.78% on quarter, according...

Elpida shifts partial capacity back to PC DRAM

Jun 17, 01:10

Elpida Memory has recently moved 20,000 to 30,000 12-inch wafers of capacity at its Hiroshima plant back to PC DRAM chips due to an unexpected slowing in orders for mobile DRAM used...