Blog » April 2010

Acer recently increased its forecast for 2010 handset shipments to three million units from two million units, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report. First-quarter shipments were 250,    

Taiwan-based quartz component vendors Tai-Saw Technology and Siward Crystal Technology are ramping up their capacities for quartz components to meet increasing demand from the smartphone sector in China, accord    

Samsung Electronics claimed a 53.8% share of China's TD-SCDMA handset market in the February 2010, its sixth consecutive month at the top, according to market research firm GFK.    

Apple reportedly has started development of the second generation iPad using the same design concept as for the iPhone 4G, and will use an OLED panel, according to sources in the component industry. Apple is sa    

Sony Ericsson is back in black.After a string of quarterly losses, the struggling handset maker reported its first net profit since the second quarter of 2008. The bounce back was attributed t    

Taiwan Mobile (TWM) will focus on HSPA (high-speed packet access) and HSPA+ for 3G upgrade and will not evaluate the feasibility of adopting LTE (long term evolution) until 2012, according to the company.    

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) on April 15 demonstrated FDD-LTE in Taiwan for the first time. The standard is looking to feature 100Mbps downloads, high-definition video voice over LTE (VoLTE) and IPTV services,    

PCB makers Unitech Printed Circuit Board and Unimicron Technology are expected to register sequential revenue growth of more than 30% and at least 10-15%, respectively in the second quarter due to strong demand    

China Mobile Communications, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, on April 15 inaugurated its first experimental TD-LTE network at the site of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.    

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) plans to launch its own online applications store in May 2010, with application programs to initially support Android platforms.