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Handset component makers including Merry Electronics, Silitech Technology and Ichia Technologies are expected to see their revenues in the first quarter of 2010 increase by 40-50% on year due to an uptick in th    

Taiwan-based channel operator Senao International expects its handset sales in the Taiwan market to top 3.5 million units in 2010, up from 3.2 million units sold in 2009, according to company president Pao-yung    

Motorola has decided to put on hold its planned auction of its home and networks mobility division, according to multiple reports, and may re-evaluate its intended spin off its handset division.According to a r    

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

Global demand for external mobile network cards and built-in broadband modules is expected to grow 40-50% to 80-90 million units in 2010 due to expanded applications, according to estimates by industry sources    

Compal Communications expects smartphones to account for over 50% of its total revenues in 2010, up significantly from 20% in 2009, according to company chairman Ray Chen.    

Nokia pushed passed its target of 80 million users of its Internet services for 2009, ending the year with around 86 million services users, according to a Reuters report, which cited unnamed sources with direc    

Nokia expects to ship over 500 million units in 2010, predicted Rick Simonson, the head of Nokia's mobile phones unit, who also defended the company's platform strategy.Simonson, in a wide-ranging int    

With the launch of Palm's webOS (and two webOS smartphones), this year has been a strong one for the device maker. However the company still hasn't been performing well financially. Palm's webOS