Blog » January 2009

Defying an expected 10.7% decline in global handset shipments, China's domestic wireless handset market is set to maintain its growth in 2009, with a 7.7% increase for the year, according to iSuppli.    

Nokia, in announcing its weak fourth quarter earnings Thursday, said that in the last 30 days of the quarter it had sold 500,000 units of its 5800 XpressMusic smartphone, formerly known as the Tube. The phone w    

Samsung Electronics posted a quarterly loss in the fourth quarter--the first quarterly loss since it started reporting quarterly earnings in 2000. A drop in demand amid the recession hit Samsu    

LG Electronics posted its first net quarterly loss since 2007, but the company's handset division was a bright spot on the company's balance sheets as it shipped 25.7 million phones in the fourth quar    

Qualcomm and LT Mobile Communication have entered into a CDMA subscriber unit licensing agreement. Under the terms of the royalty bearing agreement, Qualcomm has granted LT Mobile a worldwide patent license to    

High Tech Computer (HTC) is expected to launch its second Android-powered handset, codenamed Sapphire, in May, according to sources familiar with the company's latest roadmap. Earlier market rumors indicat    

In the China market, the number of handset-based mobile games, including online games, grew to 6.98 million at the end of 2008 and will keep increasing to 15.45 million at the end of 2011, according to China-ba    

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has reported self-estimated net profit of NT$45.33 billion (US$1.37 billion) for 2008, exceeding the goal of NT$43.60 billion by 3.97% and equivalent to net earnings per share (EPS) of NT    

Despite an expected decline in PCB production value, PCB makers expect netbook and smartphone applications to be growth drivers in 2009, benefiting related PCB companies Unitech Printed Circuit Board, Unimicron    

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 Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, Moto