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Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Last update: Monday 11 June 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist of smartphones and...
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Table of contentsChart 1: Share of all APs supplied to China's domestic smartphone vendors, 2011
Chart 2: Share of APs supplied to China's domestic tablet vendors, 2011
Chart 4: Global handset shipments vs. Taiwan handset shipments, 1H08-1H12
Chart 5: Taiwan-based manufacturers share of global handset shipments, 1Q05-2Q12
Chart 6: Global smartphone shipments, 2010, 1Q11-4Q11 (m units)
Chart 7: Smartphone share of global handset shipments, 2009-2011
Uptake of Android 4.0 (ICS) and fragmentation of the Android ecosystem
The success or failure of Nokia's first Windows Phone models

Taiwan handset overview - Jun 2010
Last update: Tuesday 22 June 2010
The global handset market did not have a banner year in 2009, with overall shipments of 1.167 billion units representing a drop of 3.2% from the previous year, according to data from...
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Table of contentsChart 2: Taiwan share of global shipments, 2005-2009 (k units)
Table 2: Top-5 Taiwan-based handset maker shipments, 2005-2009 (k units)
Chart 3: Taiwan handset shipments by transmission technology, 2004-2009 (k units)
Chart 4: Taiwan handset shipment share by transmission technology, 2004-2009
Table 3: Top-10 global mobile handset vendors, 1Q10 (m units)
Table 6: Top-5 smartphone vendor shipments worldwide, 1Q 2010 (m units)
Table 7: Worldwide handset shipments by OS, 1Q 2010 (m units)

Taiwan handset industry overview - Jun 2008
Last update: Wednesday 9 July 2008
The use of handsets continues to grow around the world, both in mature and emerging markets, as the communication devices become ever more ingrained in people's everyday lives. Global...
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Taiwan handset overview - Jun 2007
Last update: Monday 25 June 2007
Global handset shipments topped 977 million units in 2006, according to Digitimes Research, with Taiwan-based handset makers accounting for 14% of the market on shipments of 137 million...
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Table of contentsChart 1: Handset shipments from Taiwan-based makers, 1Q06-2Q07 (k units)
Taiwan-based handset makers facing competition from EMS providers
Table 4: Comparison of handset component capabilities of EMS providers
Chart 2: Taiwan’s handset shipment trend and global market share, 2004-2009 (million units)
Table 5: Production capacity of major handset makers in China (million units)

Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...

Living on the IP edge: Q&A with Vitesse CTO Martin Nuss
Vitesse Semiconductor has been a major player in the semiconductor industry for the past 28 years,...

China-based Huawei Technologies has always been known for its telecom technologies and equipment, but...

The challenge for mobile telecom carriers: Q&A with FET president Yvonne Li
Along with increasing use of smartphones, competition among mobile telecom carriers is changing and...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan handset overview - Jun 2010
The global handset market did not have a banner year in 2009, with overall shipments of 1.167 billion units representing a drop of 3.2% from the previous year,...
- Taiwan handset industry overview - Jun 2008
The use of handsets continues to grow around the world, both in mature and emerging markets, as the communication devices become ever more ingrained in people's...
- Taiwan handset overview - Jun 2007
Global handset shipments topped 977 million units in 2006, according to Digitimes Research, with Taiwan-based handset makers accounting for 14% of the market on...
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- Wintek expects to see positive turnaround in July 2013; develops Retina display technology, says chairman
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- Foxconn able to produce carbon nanotube touch panel sizes up to 10-inch
- Buynow expects EPS of at least NT$4.50 for 2013
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- China market: Online gaming revenues over CNY 12 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- One quarter of all notebooks to ship with touchscreens by 2016, says IHS
- Taiwan market: LG launches waterproof smartphone
- Hermes to see revenues grow higher than 10% sequentially in 2Q13
- Elan shipping touchscreen controller ICs for new Nexus 7
- Samsung showcases new displays at SID 2013
- UMC Singapore unit expands and puts focus on R&D
- E Ink launches 3 pigment electronic paper display
- Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Solar industry capex hits 7-year low in 2013, says IHS
- Lextar expected to see 2Q13 gross margin rise to 13-14%
- Large-size TFT LCD panel shipments expected to drop 6% in 2013, says DisplaySearch
- Flat panel public display market expected to grow 23% annually through 2017, says DisplaySearch
- China Labor Day LCD TV sales surge by double-digit percentage, says IHS
- E Ink unveils low temperature matrix electronic paper display for freezers
- CSOT successfully produces 32-inch Oxide TFT LCD module
- China-based ARM-architecture IC designers to attend 2013 Computex Taipei
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- Samsung takes top spot in 28-32 nm chip foundry business: data (May 20) - Yonhap News
- Samsung captures 95% of global Android smartphone profits in 1Q13 (May 15) - Strategy Analytics
- Nokia slips to 10th in smartphone market - Gartner
- Mobiles to outnumber people in 2014, says UN agency (May 9) - BBC News
- Nokia Asha 501 is colorful, cheap but not for the US (May 9) - CNET
- Nokia investors tell CEO their patience running thin (May 7) - Reuters
- Samsung could soon surpass Apple in handset profit (May 6) - New York Times
- Motorola Mobility China laying off 800 employees, closing one of last three R$D centers (April 24) - IBTimes
- Commentary: Price competition over 7-inch tablets erodes profits
- Taiwan FTC investigates Samsung over false advertising allegations
- Digitimes Research: Mobile devices to drive 2013 DRAM market
- Galaxy S4 to extend Samsung lead in 2013 handset market, says IHS
- Panasonic in talks to sell its handset business, says Japan press

A portal for information about Taiwan's WiMAX industry.

HTC has launched its new flagship smartphone in hopes to regain market share

China-based Huawei Technologies has reported handsome profits for 2012.

The rise of China smartphone brands
China-based vendors have been aggressive in rolling out new smartphones.
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.

















