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Intel invests US$43 million in UQ to expand WiMAX service in Japan

Intel Capital, Intel's global investment organization, has invested US$43 million in Japan-based UQ Communications, a provider of WiMAX mobile services. UQ will utilize the funding to continue the nationwi    

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Palm Pre stands to shake up smartphone status quo, says iSuppli

Palm's new Pre smartphone holds strong potential for robust sales growth, and may have a major influence on other platforms as well as the technology supply chain, according to iSuppli.    

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Arima Communications see handset shipments up, but revenues down in May, says paper

Arima Communications saw its handset shipments increase 18% sequentially to 1.18 million in May, but revenues for the month showed an 8.6% sequential decline to NT$1.48 billion (US$45.4 million), according to a    

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Taiwan market: Nokia to launch N97 handset in June and more touchscreen models to follow

Nokia will launch its flagship touchscreen-enabled N97 handset in the Taiwan market in June, and plans to roll out more touchscreen models based on the Symbian S60 5.1 platform, according to Michael Hsu, genera    

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Sony Ericsson prepping Android 2.0 smartphones

Sony Ericsson is preparing to launch Google phones running on Android 2.0 operating system (OS), according to Peter Ang, vice president of marketing, Asia Pacific at Sony Ericsson.    

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Gartner: Smartphone sales surge

New figures from Gartner show smartphone sales increased to 36 million units worldwide in the first quarter, representing 13.5 percent of all handset sales in the quarter. Research In Motion saw its smartphone    

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LTE to reach 100 million subscriptions faster than any previous mobile standard, says Pyramid Research

The number of long term evolution (LTE) subscriptions worldwide will grow at a CAGR of 404% from 2010 to 2014, a pace faster than any previous mobile standard including 3G, according to Pyramid Research.    

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Report: Margins plummet among global handset makers

The current troubles in the world's handset industry are well-known. Indeed, Strategy Analytics recently said that the industry's first quarter handset shipments of 245 million was "the fastest r    

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China may allow sales of WLAN-enabled handsets at end of 2009

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is expected to lift the ban on sales of handsets with WLAN functions in the China market at the end of 2009 or the beginning of 2010, a policy to pro    

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China market: Handset sales up over 11% in March, CCID says

Sales of handsets in the China market grew 11.6% sequentially to 13.04 million units in March, according to data released recently by China-based market research firm CCID Consulting.    

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