Hong Kong market: Smartphones account for over 50% of handset sales, says Motorola executive

Jul 23, 13:50

Smartphones currently account for a 50% share of Hong Kong's mobile phone market, up from 25% in 2009, according to Ritchie Ma, general manager of mobile device business for Motorola...

Taiwan market: Motorola to launch Android- and Brew-enabled handsets

Jul 23, 11:08

Motorola will launch two entry-level Android smartphones and a touch-screen handset based on Qualcomm's Brew Mobile Platform in August in cooperation with carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications...

International handset vendors align with Taiwan and China makers to take on local competition in emerging markets

Jun 24, 11:56

International handset brand vendors will likely step up cooperation with manufacturers in Taiwan and China to compete more effectively with local vendors in emerging markets that...

Wintek gains touch panel orders from RIM and Motorola, says paper

Jun 15, 10:06

Wintek reportedly has landed touch panel orders from Research in Motion (RIM) and Motorola and expects to turn profitable in the second quarter of 2010, according to a Chinese-language...

MediaTek declines to comment on reported 3G-chip orders

Stockwatch - Jun 1, 17:17

MediaTek has cited customer confidentiality and declined to comment on a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report that claims Motorola and LG Electronics (LGE) have...

Arima Communications swings to profit in 2009

May 27, 13:39

Arima Communications posted a net profit of NT$21 million (US$373,169), or NT$0.06 per share in 2009, on shipments of 11.6 million handsets. Consolidated revenues totaled NT$15.3...

Taiwan market: Motorola aims for top-5 in smartphone market share

May 12, 14:40

Motorola will introduce five new Android-based smartphones in Taiwan in 2010 aiming for a top-five smartphone market share, according to the company. Currently the company ranks seventh...

China Mobile to trial TD-LTE networks in 3 China cities in 2H10, says company executive

Apr 9, 16:11

China Mobile will trial its TD-LTE networks in three cities in China in the second half of 2010, company vice president Sha Yuejia said at a technology seminar held in Taipei recen...

Motorola handset component supply chain in Taiwan likely to undergo rearrangement

Mar 31, 11:02

The supply chain of handset keypads, cases, panels, PCBs and camera modules for Motorola in Taiwan may come to a rearrangement as Arima Communications is likely to replace Compal...

Taiwan market: Android platform to account for 20% of smartphones by end of 2010

Mar 30, 14:05

Android-platform handsets available for sale in the Taiwan market are on the rise, with the proportion of Android phones to all smartphones expected to increase from 10% at the end...

PCB maker Plotech begins volume shipments of handset HDI boards to Pantech, say sources

Feb 25, 16:54

PCB maker Plotech Technology has entered the handset component supply chain of Korea-based Pantech, expecting shipments of HDI boards to the vendor to start gaining momentum from...

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...

Taiwan market: Motorola bidding on Global Mobile WiMAX project, sources say

Feb 23, 11:19

Motorola is bidding on a contract for the supply of WiMAX equipment to Taiwan-based WiMAX operator Global Mobile, and the bid results will be announced at the end of February, according...

HTC set to face fierce competition in smartphone segment in 2010, say sources

Feb 8, 12:21

HTC is set to see increasing competition in the global smartphone market in 2010 as other branded vendors, including Motorola, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics (LGE) and Sony Ericsson...

Motorola may unseat HTC as top Android phone vendor in 2010, says Digitimes Research

Jan 29, 14:29

Motorola is likely to unseat HTC (High Tech Computer) as the world's top vendor of Android-powered handsets in 2010, with shipments of Android phones accounting for a 34.7% share...

Motorola Droid costs US$187.75, says iSuppli

Jan 15, 12:30

Motorola's Droid smartphone carries a US$187.75 bill of materials (BOM) and manufacturing cost, according to a dissection conducted by iSuppli.

Commentary: Is it good enough for Compal Group to take up Motorola EMEA cable modem business?

Jan 14, 14:50

The acquisition of Motorola's cable modem business is a good start for Compal Broadband Networks, a subsidiary of Compal Electronics, but the impact of the deal on the business of...

Samsung and LGE to see higher global handset share in 2010, say Taiwan makers

Jan 6, 14:48

Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics (LGE) are expected to see their market share in the global handset market continue to expand in 2010 if they can reach their sales targets for...

Motorola orders to push Arima Communications handset shipments to 20-25 million units in 2010, say sources

Jan 5, 11:56

Taiwan-based ODM handset maker Arima Communications may see its handset shipments expand to 20-25 million units in 2010 compared to 12 million units in 2009, thanks to new orders...

Fitel signs WiMAX base station orders with Motorola

Dec 30, 12:09

Taiwan WiMAX licensee First International Telecom (Fitel) has signed a contract with Motorola for the purchase of WiMAX base stations and other equipment for its WiMAX infrastructure...

Motorola to continue commitment to LTE and WiMAX technologies

Dec 17, 13:43

Motorola will continue to commit to both LTE and WiMAX technologies although other telecom equipment makers have focused their deployments on LTE, according to Bruce Brda, senior...

Taiwan market: Flood of Android-powered smartphones to hit market in 1Q10

Nov 24, 14:05

A flood of Android-powered smartphones from international and domestic brand vendors are expected to hit the Taiwan market in the first quarter of 2010, making the local market a...

Motorola to launch MediaTek-based WX395 handset in November, says paper

Newswatch - Nov 19, 12:40

Motorola will launch its WX395 handset in November 2009 targeting the markets in Asia, the Chinese-language Commercial Times quoted an analyst of JP Morgan Chase as indica...

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...

FIH to consolidate handset R&D units within Foxconn Group

Oct 29, 14:38

Foxconn International Holdings (FIH) plans to consolidate a total of eight handset R&D units belonging to member companies within the Foxconn Group, including Foxconn Electronics,...

Motorola steps up cooperation with China-based handset makers, say sources

Oct 27, 11:39

Motorola has stepped up its cooperation with China-based handset makers, instead of Taiwan makers, for the production of entry-level and mid-range handsets using chipset solutions...

Taiwan market: Sony Ericsson to heat up competition for handset market share in 4Q09

Sep 30, 14:26

Competition for market share in the Taiwan handset market will heat up again in the last quarter of 2009 as most vendors, especially Sony Ericsson, are gearing to launch new models,...

Motorola to outsource all sub-US$150 handsets; MediaTek to supply chips, says paper

Newswatch - Sep 28, 16:52

Motorola has decided to outsource all of its entry-level handsets priced below US$150 and designated MediaTek to be the chip supplier, according to a Chinese-language United Daily...

Flextronics to form handset ODM team in Taiwan, say sources

Sep 24, 12:07

Flextronics International plans to set up a handset ODM team in Taiwan in order to compete effectively with local handset makers for ODM orders from brand vendors such as Sony Ericsson...

Commentary: Can Motorola make a turnaround by riding on Android-powered handsets and white-box approach?

Sep 21, 16:29

Looking for ways to revive its struggling handset business, Motorola has recently come out with two relatively strong initiations - unveiling its first Android-powered handset, the...

Motorola likely to release orders for millions of 2.5G feature phones; China makers expected to benefit most

Sep 17, 13:58

Motorola is likely to release orders for up to several tens of millions of 2.5G feature phones to ODM makers in China and Taiwan with an aim to push its global market share to 10%,...

HTC facing increasing competition amid new availability of Android-powered smartphones

Sep 15, 14:26

International investment institutions have mostly turned more conservative about the business outlook for Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC (High Tech Computer) in the fourth quarter...