China January mobile phone user base grows to over 869 million

Mar 4, 10:42

There were 869.72 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of January 2011, growing 1.25% on month and 14.95% on year, and 51.74 million (5.95%)...

FPC, SMIC collaborate on fingerprint sensors for handsets and tablets

Feb 15, 11:19

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has announced that it will work with Fingerprint Cards (FPC), which develops fingerprint technology and recognition systems,...

Intel completes acquisition of wireless solution business from Infineon

Feb 1, 14:48

Intel has announced that it completed the acquisition of Infineon Technologies' Wireless Solutions (WLS) business. The pair announced the US$1.4 billion deal on August 30, 2010.

China November mobile phone user base growing to over 850 million

Dec 24, 12:23

There were 850.29 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of November 2010, growing by 0.98% on month and by 15.13% on year, according to China's...

China market: Mobile phone users top 842 million in October

Nov 25, 11:03

There were 842.04 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of October 2010, growing by 1.05% on month and by 15.42% on year, according to China's...

China September mobile phone users top 833 million, says MIIT

Nov 2, 11:41

There were 833.30 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of September 2010, growing by 1.24% on month and by 15.76% on year, according to statistics...

China August mobile phone users top 823 million, says MIIT

Sep 28, 11:23

There were 823.06 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of August 2010, growing by 1.10% on month and by 15.84% on year, according to statistics...

India mobile phone penetration to reach 97% in 2014, says iSuppli

Sep 23, 14:34

Mobile phone ownership has become near ubiquitous in India, with wireless subscriptions in 2014 expected to amount to more than 97% of the country's population of 1.26 billion, according...

Smartphones impact automotive infotainment, says iSuppli

Sep 13, 13:58

Already having impacted the automotive telephony, digital music and navigation segments, the smartphone is poised to have a greater influence on car infotainment systems in the future,...

China market: Mobile phone users top 805 million in June 2010, says MIIT

Aug 4, 11:30

Users of mobile communication services in China reached 805.35 million in June 2010, growing 1.19% on month and 15.85% on year, according to China's Ministry of Industry and Information...

China's mobile phone user base closes in on 800 million

Jul 8, 12:47

There were 795.92 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of May 2010, representing growth of 1.20% on month and 15.86% on year, according to statistics...

Western Europe mobile phone market grows, dominated by unprecedented growth in smartphones in 1Q10, says IDC

Jul 2, 16:22

The mobile phone market in Western Europe grew 8.1% on year to 42.7 million units in the first quarter of 2010, according to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker. Shipments of smartphones...

China market: Mobile phone users total 786.5 million in April

May 27, 11:01

There were 786.50 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of April 2010, growing by 1.24% on month and by 15.87% on year, according to statistics...

Mobile phone recovery continues with nearly 22% growth in 1Q10, says IDC

Apr 30, 17:17

The worldwide mobile phone market grew 21.7% in the first quarter of 2010, a strong rebound from the market contraction in the first quarter of 2009. Growth was fueled by increased...

China market: March mobile phone user base nears 777 million, says MIIT

Apr 30, 14:11

There were 776.87 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of March 2010, growing by 1.42% on month and by 15.89% on year, according to statistics...

China market: Mobile phone users increase to nearly 766 million in February, says MIIT

Apr 2, 10:36

There were 765.97 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of February 2010, up 1.24% on month and 16.10% on year, with a user density of 56.3%,...

China market: Mobile phone users increase to over 756 million in January 2010, says MIIT

Mar 12, 10:39

There were 756.6 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of January 2010, growing by 1.23% on month and by 16.45% on year, according to statistics...

Worldwide handset sales grow 8% in 4Q09; flat in 2009, says Gartner

Feb 25, 10:58

Worldwide handset sales to end users totaled 1.211 billion units in 2009, a 0.9% decline from 2008, according to Gartner. In the fourth quarter of 2009, the market registered a single-digit...

China market: Mobile phone user base increases to over 747 million in December 2009

Feb 9, 14:53

There were 747.38 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of December 2009, growing 1.19% on month and 16.55% on year, according to statistics...

China market: Mobile phone user base increases to over 738 million in November 2009

Jan 7, 11:13

There were 738.57 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of November 2009, growing by 1.24% on month and by 16.52% on year, according to statistics...

China market: Mobile phone user base increases to over 729 million in October 2009

Nov 30, 09:37

There were 729.537 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of October 2009, growing by 1.35% on month and 16.30% on year, according to statistics...

Handset prices continue to fall, even as high-end features rise, says NPD

Nov 25, 14:43

According to The NPD Group, buy-one-get-one (BOGO) offers and other price reductions on smartphones led to a 3% decline in average prices in the third quarter of 2009. The overall...

Handset displays shipments up 30% sequentially in 2Q09, says DisplaySearch

Nov 25, 14:37

After hitting bottom in the first quarter of 2009, handset display shipments for the second quarter of 2009 reached 360 million units, up 30% sequentially and 3% on year, according...

Handset market turns corner in 3Q09; more gains expected in 4Q09, says IDC

Nov 3, 10:22

The worldwide handset market saw mild sequential growth in third-quarter 2009, according to IDC. On-year growth remained negative, but improved from the first half of 2009. Handset...

China market: Mobile phone user base increases to over 710 million in August 2009

Sep 30, 14:31

There were 710.5 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of August 2009, growing by 1.12% on month and by 15.34% on year, according to statistics...

China market: Over 702 million mobile phone users in July 2009, says MIIT

Sep 3, 10:46

There were 702.65 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of July 2009, growing by 1.07% on month and by 15.50% on year, according to statistics...

Feature phones comprise overwhelming majority of handset sales in 2Q09, says NPD Group

Aug 24, 16:58

According to The NPD Group, feature phones still rule the market, even as smartphone sales continue to increase their share of overall handset sales. Unit-sales of new feature phones...

Taiwan market: CHT expects 3G users to make up 50% of mobile phone user base at end of 3Q09

Aug 14, 16:42

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) expects its 3G subscribers to grow to account for 50% of all its mobile subscribers services at the end of the third quarter of 2009, according to the compan...

Smartphone growth encouraging, yet worldwide handset market still expected to shrink in 2009, says IDC

Jul 31, 15:50

The worldwide handset market recorded another quarter of on-year decline in the second quarter of 2009. According to IDC, handset vendors shipped a total of 269.6 million units worldwide,...

China market: Mobile user base increases to over 695 million in June

Jul 28, 14:23

There were 695.20 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of June 2009, growing 1.2% on month and 15.72% on year, according to statistics published...

Siano debuts CMMB mobile-TV chip with conditional access and descrambling

Jul 27, 11:29

Siano Mobile Silicon has announced the SMS1186 CMMB TV receiver chip, a drop in replacement to its SMS1180, which adds on-chip decoding support for Pay-TV services which are emerging...

Consumer, wireless MEMS market set to grow amid downturn, says iSuppli

Jul 16, 09:51

Defying the downturn in the overall electronics industry, the market for micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) used in consumer electronics and wireless products is expected to generate...

China mobile phone user base increases to nearly 687 million in May 2009

Jun 29, 10:22

There were 686.95 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of May 2009, growing by 1.20% on month and by 16.01% on year, according to statistics...