MediaTek lands 2.5G handset solution orders from Nokia, say sources

May 21, 14:38

MediaTek reportedly has landed orders for 2.5G handset solutions from Nokia with shipments to begin in the third quarter of 2012, according to industry sources. MediaTek declined...

China market: Booming sales of Windows Phones could be short-lived, say sources

May 21, 12:49

Nokia's Lumia smartphones are currently enjoying booming sales in China, but some industry sources fear the brisk sales could be short-lived.

Nokia loses cellphone crown after 14 years as top brand

Apr 30, 15:36

Samsung Electronics overtook Nokia in the first quarter to become the world's largest cellphone brand for the first time. However, Samsung remained in second place in the smartphone...

Commentary: Nokia could make mistake again in feature phone segment

Apr 20, 15:51

Nokia has announced weaker than expected results for the first quarter of 2012, citing "greater than expected competitive challenges," as CEO Stephen Elop has indicated...

Nokia declining global share unfavorable to Taiwan handset supply chain makers

Apr 13, 16:12

Nokia's shipments of 12 million smartphones and 83 million handsets of all types in the first quarter of 2012 ranked third and second respectively among international vendors, and...

Compal Communications looks to 20% sequential shipment growth in 2Q12

Apr 12, 01:20

Compal Communications is expected to see its shipments of smartphones expand by 20% to over 2.2 million units in the second quarter of 2012, propelled by increasing orders for Android...

Silitech sees weak performance in March

Apr 10, 01:35

Taiwan-based handset keypad and magnesium-aluminum alloy component maker Silitech Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$840 million, down 20.56% on year, while consolidated...

Nokia, RIM, HTC, Huawei competing for third-rank smartphone vendor title

Apr 6, 11:36

Samsung Electronics and Apple have continued to widen their gaps against rival smartphone vendors in terms of shipments, leaving members in the second leading group in the segment...

China-based white-box handset players may face bankruptcy

Mar 29, 01:30

China-based white-box handset players are suffering as larger local players ZTE, Lenovo and Huawei are aggressively entering the CNY1,000 (US$159) smartphone segment, while first-tier...

China market: Nokia to launch Windows Phone 7.5 smartphones

Mar 16, 16:30

Nokia will launch Windows Phone 7.5 (Tango) Lumia series smartphones in the China market on March 28 through cooperation with China Unicom, China Telecom and China Mobile. WCDMA,...

Nokia likely to launch Windows 8 tablet PCs in 4Q12, say sources

Mar 12, 15:59

Nokia will team up with Microsoft to venture into the tablet PC market by releasing a 10-inch Windows 8-based tablet PC set on Qualcomm's dual-core platform in the fourth quarter...

Nokia, Motorola and Sony likely to increase handset orders to Taiwan ODMs

Feb 10, 01:35

Nokia, Motorola Mobility and Sony Mobile Communications are expected to increase their outsourcing of handsets to Taiwan-based ODMs in 2012 in an effort to regain their global market...

MStar breaks into Nokia supply chain, says report

Newswatch - Feb 8, 14:55

IC design house MStar Semiconductor reportedly has entered the supply chain of Nokia with its 2G baseband chips, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report....

Smartphone and PC vendors to treat WP8 differently, say sources

Feb 4, 14:33

Although information indicates that Microsoft's next-generation handset platform, Windows Phone 8 (WP8), will support an array of technologies and functionalities, including dual-core...

Commentary: Strong smartphone competition a blessing in disguise for feature phones

Feb 4, 10:45

The global market for feature phones has continued to dwindle recently, since most branded handset vendors have shifted their focuses to the development of smartphones on the back...

Nokia maintains largest global handset market share in 2011, says IDC

Feb 3, 01:20

Nokia sold 417.1 million feature phones and smartphones together to maintain the largest global handset market share of 27% in 2011, but dropping 5.6pp from 2010, according to International...

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...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan handset shipments post 17% sequential decline in 4Q11

Jan 9, 15:09

Shipments of handsets by Taiwan makers totaled 20.29 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, down 17.4% on quarter and 19.7% on year as smartphone shipments by HTC were affected...

Nokia to produce high-end Lumia 900 Mango phones in house, say sources

Jan 6, 01:30

Having outsourced the production of its Lumia 800 and 710 Mango phones to Compal Communications, Nokia apparently has decided to manufacture its upcoming high-end Lumia 900 smartphones...

Compal Communication expects to ship 9.6 million handsets in 2012

Jan 5, 01:25

Compal Communication has announced revenues of NT$10.9 billion (US$359.65 million) for the fourth quarter of 2011 with its handset shipments in the quarter reached 1.5 million units...

China market: Nokia to face strong competition in Mango segment in 2012

Dec 30, 14:42

Nokia's plans to launch its Windows Phone 7.5 Mango smartphones in the China market in the first half of 2012 may face challenge from comparable high-end models rolled out by HTC...

Wintek to ramp up one-glass touch panel shipments in 2012

Dec 21, 15:04

Wintek is expected to see the ratio of its shipments of OGS (one glass solution) touch-panel solutions increase to over 20% of its total touch panel shipments in 2012 compared to...

Handset component makers operating at full capacity at China factories, say sources

Dec 16, 14:22

Most factories operated by Taiwan-based handset component makers in China are currently operating at full capacities due to increasing orders from branded handset vendors including...

Nokia orders for upstream suppliers to grow 20% in 2012, say sources

Dec 7, 15:44

The launch of Lumia Mango smartphones from Nokia has benefited Taiwan-based makers in the supply chain, and makers believe that orders from Nokia are expected to post a 20% growth...

Silitech shipping more metal chassis for smartphones

Nov 24, 11:52

Handset keypad and metal chassis maker Silitech Technology expects sales of aluminum-magnesium alloy chassis to account for 10-15% of its total revenues in the fourth quarter of 2011...

Nokia to roll out new Windows Phone models in 1H12, says Nokia Taiwan

Nov 23, 16:05

Nokia will roll out new Windows Phone-based smartphones in the first half of 2012 following the recently released Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710, according to Michael Hus, general...

Compal Communications handset shipments increasing, says paper

Newswatch - Nov 22, 16:31

Buoyed by orders from Nokia, Compal Communications is expected to ship over 600,000 handsets in November compared to 200,000 units shipped in October, according to a Chinese-language...

Nokia increasing orders to Taiwan-based upstream suppliers

Nov 21, 13:49

With the launch of its Windows Phone 7.5-based Lumia smartphones, Nokia has stepped up its purchases of parts and components from Taiwan-based upstream suppliers, according to sources...

Global mobile device sales grow 5.6% in 3Q11; smartphone sales increase 42%, says Gartner

Nov 16, 12:06

Worldwide sales of mobile devices totaled 440.5 million units in the third quarter of 2011, up 5.6% from the same period last year, according to Gartner. Non-smartphone devices performed...

Nokia to roll out mid-range Windows Phones using chipset solutions from ST-Ericsson

Nov 3, 14:00

Nokia will step up efforts to gain more share in the mid-range smartphone market by rolling out Windows Phone models powered by NovaThor chipset solutions from ST-Ericsson in 2012,...

Orders from Nokia, Motorola to Taiwan ODMs have highest growth potential in 2012

Nov 2, 16:36

For Taiwan-based handset ODMs including Compal Communications, Arima Communications and Foxconn International Holdings (FIH), orders from Nokia and Motorola Mobility in 2012 will...

Wintek looks to improved profits in 4Q11

Nov 2, 15:09

Touch panel maker Wintek is expected to see its profits and gross margin continue to improve in the fourth quarter of 2011, buoyed by increasing shipments of one glass solutions (OGS),...

Samsung beats Apple in 3Q11 smartphone sales, says IHS

Oct 31, 10:03

Samsung Electronics in the third quarter managed to take the No. 1 position in the global smartphone market for the first time ever, setting the stage for a close battle with Apple...

Nokia developing new Linux-based entry-level smartphones, say sources

Oct 28, 11:53

Nokia, while relying on Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) to compete with iPhone and Android-based mid-range and high-end smartphones, is developing a new Linux-based operating system to...