Blog » April 2010

Compal Communications has secured orders for an entry-level smartphone based on Nokia's Maemo platform, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.    

Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL), the largest telecom service provider in India, has chosen WiMAX as its mainstream wireless broadband Internet-access technology, and expects the number of its WiMAX subscribers to r    

Handset makers appear poised for growth in the first quarter. According to a Reuters poll, overall handset sales volumes are expected to grow 12.7 percent in the quarter. Samsung and LG, the world's No. 2    

Handset makers appear poised for growth in the first quarter. According to a Reuters poll, overall handset sales volumes are expected to grow 12.7 percent in the quarter. Samsung and LG, the world's No. 2    

Microsoft today announced Kin, a new Windows-based social networking phone.    

Microsoft is planning to introduce the phones it has been developing as part of its much-rumored "Project Pink" initiative next week, according to multiple reports.Both Reuters and the Wall Street Jou    

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) plans to procure two million handset in 2010, with 600,000 units, 30%, to be smartphones, according to company chairman Lu Shyue-ching.    

Flexible PCB (FPCB) makers have seen their order visibility extend from 4-6 weeks to more than seven weeks thanks to strong sales of smartphones, according to industry sources.    

Global handset solution vendors are poised for strong sales in the second quarter as well as the second half of 2010 due to a surge of the replacement purchases of mid-range to high-end handsets (including smar    

Nokia said it renewed handset distribution deals for 2010 in China that are worth more than2 billion, but the value of one of the deals fell for the third straight year.The company said it inked the deals with