At the end of 2008, only 11% of worldwide wireless subscriptions were 3G. By the end of 2013, the percentage of 3G and 4G subscriptions will reach 30%, according to In-Stat.
China Telecom has recently launched its initial purchase of CDMA 3G handsets for 2009 with about 40 models coming from overseas and domestic vendors, including Samsung Electronics,...
Ericsson has been ranked at the top of ABI Research's new evaluation of worldwide managed network services vendors, with Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia-Siemens Networks claiming the second...
Motorola's procurement unit for Greater China has been in talks with handset makers in Taiwan and China for the possible release of rush handset orders, according to sources at Taiwan...
Handset sales in the Taiwan market climbed 16.3% sequentially to 635,500 units in January, thanks to the buying spree ignited by Taiwan government's distribution of consumer coupons...
US-based accelerometer (g-sensor) design company Kionix is expected to see 15-20% growth in its g-sensor product shipments in 2009 because it has successfully cut into the supply...
Taiwan ODM handset makers are expected to see their orders from Motorola and Sony Ericsson drop sharply in 2009 due to a shifting of product emphasis at the two branded vendors, according...
With more branded telecom equipment makers disclosing plans to switch from WiMAX to LTE (Long Term Evolution), Taiwan-based network equipment makers are now targeting Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent...
Compal Communications has recaptured an order for low-cost ODM handsets from Motorola – an order of which the US-based handset vendor had previously given to Foxlink (Chen Uei...
The worldwide mobile phone market experienced an unusual downturn in the normally robust fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q08). According to IDC, vendors shipped a total of 289 million units,...
International branded vendors, domestic handset vendors in China, and Taiwan-based handset makers are readying to compete for CDMA handset orders to be released by China Telecom,...
Mobile handset shipments in the first half of 2008 had a 14% increase on year while slowed to 8% in the third quarter before crashing into a 10% decline in the fourth quarter. As...
China Unicom has opened bidding for equipment purchases in preparation for rolling out its WCDMA network, attracting eight equipment makers to participate: Ericsson, Nokia Siemens...
Sales of Apple's iPhone 3G handsets totaled 12,000 units in the Taiwan market in December, taking up the sixth ranked position with a 2.2% share in terms of sales for the month, according...
LG Electronics (LGE) shipped over 100 million handsets in 2008, surpassing the amounts shipped by Motorola and Sony Ericsson, respectively, to capture, for the first time, third place...
