Last update: Friday 14 June 2013 [192 news items]
Digitimes Research: China mobile AP market to expand in 2013
Jun 14, 11:04
The China mobile application processor (AP) market will expand over 60% in 2013 to 506 million units, with smartphone-use APs accounting for 77.4% of total shipments, Digitimes Research...

China market: China Mobile inviting TD-LTE testing in 5 cities
Jun 10, 15:32
China Mobile is inviting voluntary users of its TD-LTE trial services for six months in Shanghai, eastern China, Tianjing, northern China, Fuzhou and Xiamen, southeastern China, and...
Z-Com aims to supply 30% of Wi-Fi hot-spot equipment to China Mobile in 2013
Jun 4, 20:15
Z-Com, a Taiwan-based maker of broadband wireless Internet-access devices and provider of wireless/mobile data solutions, aims to land orders from China Mobile, China's largest mobile...
China Mobile launches Jego VoIP messenger service on smartphones
Jun 4, 16:06
China Mobile, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, has launched smartphone apps for its Jego in-house-developed VoIP and instant messenger service, according to a Chinese-language...
China Mobile procures 1.5 million Wi-Fi APs
May 14, 11:27
China Mobile has procured 1.5 million Wi-Fi access points (APs) from 10 suppliers through open-bid competition, according to a report from China.
China Mobile to procure equipment of 200,000 TD-LTE base stations through open bid
May 7, 10:19
China Mobile will start an open-bid competition process as early as in mid-May to procure equipment of 200,000 TD-LTE base stations as well as equipment of 110,000 TD-SCDMA base stations...
China Mobile sets 2013 capex of CNY41.7 billion for TD-LTE
Apr 22, 16:09
China Mobile has set aside a capex budget of CNY41.7 billion (US$6.7 billion) for procurement of about 200,000 TD-LTE base stations and related equipment in 2013 to deploy its TD-LTE...
FET inks cooperation framework agreement with China Mobile
Apr 19, 14:15
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, on April 18 signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with China Mobile,...
China market: China Mobile upgrading networks from IPv4 to IPv6
Apr 15, 15:56
In line with the China government's network development policies set in the 12th Five-year (2011-2015) Plan, China Mobile has started upgrading its networks from IPv4 to IPv6.
China Mobile to procure 1.24 million TD-LTE terminal devices
Mar 27, 09:52
China Mobile will initially procure 1.24 million TD-LTE terminal devices, consisting of 800,000 wireless Mi-Fi routers, 320,000 home-use CPE units and 120,000 dongles, according to...
China Mobile reports higher 2012 profits than competitors
Mar 25, 10:43
China Mobile, the TD-SCDMA telecom carrier in China, recorded net profit of CNY129.3 billion (US$20.49 billion) for 2012, much higher than those for China Telecom, the CDMA2000 carrier,...
China Mobile to procure TD-LTE devices from Huawei, ZTE, Samsung
Mar 19, 11:22
China Mobile, the only TD-SCDMA mobile telecom carrier in China, will procure TD-LTE terminal devices from Huawei Technologies, ZTE, and Samsung Electronics, and will offer two own-brand...

China Mobile aims to sell 100-120 million TD-SCDMA handsets in 2013
Mar 15, 14:30
China Mobile, the only TD-SCDMA mobile telecom carrier in China, aims to sell 100-120 million TD-SCDMA handsets in 2013, 80% of which will be smartphones, according to company president...
China Mobile 2013 capex increases 49% on year
Mar 14, 21:56
China Mobile, one of the biggest telecom carriers in China, reported 2012 total revenues of CNY560.4 billion (US$90 billion, up 6.1% on year. Net profits were CNY129.3 billion, representing...
MWC 2013: China Mobile unveils multi-mode, multi-band TD-LTE devices
Mar 1, 16:12
China Mobile, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, unveiled multi-mode, multi-band TD-LTE terminal device models at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2013 in Barcelona, Spain...
China Mobile, NTT DoCoMo, KT to cooperate in EAP-SIM roaming
Feb 27, 14:19
China-based mobile telecom carrier China Mobile, Japan-based NTT DoCoMo and South Korea-based KT, at the 2013 Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona, Spain, signed cooperation...
MWC 2013: China Mobile unveils 4 TD-LTE smartphones
Feb 26, 21:31
China Mobile has unveiled four TD-LTE smartphones at the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2013. The four models are manufactured by HTC, LG Electronics, ZTE and Huawei, respecti...
China Mobile aims to sell 1.2 million TD-SCDMA mobile terminal devices in 2013
Jan 24, 14:09
China Mobile has set a goal of selling 120 million TD-SCDMA mobile terminal devices in 2013, with 50% to be customized models and reference design-based models each and 80-90% to...
China Mobile to promote coexistence of FDD/TDD-LTE, says CEO
Jan 18, 15:55
While China Mobile is establishing TD-LTE (Time Division-Long Term Evolution) trial networks around China, the company will still promote the coexistence of FDD (Frequency Division...
Taiwan makers look to global TD-LTE market beyond China Mobile demand
Jan 15, 21:37
While China Mobile CEO Li Yue will visit Taiwan to seek supply chain partners for TD-LTE, Taiwan-based terminal device makers and related IC design houses indicated that they will...
China Mobile aims to sell over 100 million TD-LTE end devices in 2013
Dec 13, 21:41
China-based telecom service provider, China Mobile, has stated that its 2013 sales target for TD-LTE end devices is to exceed 100 million units and believes smartphones will account...
China Mobile setting up TD-LTE trial network in western China, says report
Dec 12, 13:47
China Mobile, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, is establishing a TD-LTE trial network in Chengdu City, western China, with 1,200 TD-LTE base stations to be deployed by...
Nokia increasing competition in entry-level to mid-range smartphone segment
Dec 7, 14:02
Nokia is strengthening its deployment in the entry-level to mid-range smartphone market with the launch of Lumia 620, a move which will affect the sale of Windows Phone 8 handsets...
Sequans powers devices for China Mobile's TD-LTE network expansion
Dec 3, 11:18
Sequans Communications has announced that its chips are powering a significant portion of the LTE devices to be used in the next phase of China Mobile's large-scale trial of TD-LTE...
China market: Coolpad hopes to regain mid-range, high-end smartphone share
Nov 7, 21:48
China-based handset maker Coolpad hopes to re-enter the mid-range and high-end smartphone market in China by introducing smartphone products with China Mobile that will be priced...
M.gear to supply antennas used in TD-LTE base stations to China Mobile
Oct 23, 14:22
M.gear (Wha Yu Industrial) has entered the supply chain of China Mobile and will begin shipments of antennas for use in TD-LTE devices in late October, according to the company.
China Mobile sees increased 3Q12 revenues
Oct 23, 10:35
China Mobile had revenues of CNY142.1 billion (US$22.37 billion) for the third quarter of 2012 growing 2.2% on quarter and 6.2% on year, according to China-based it.sohu.com
China market: China Mobile aims to sell over 100 million TD-SCDMA devices in 2013
Oct 1, 16:39
China-based telecom carrier China Mobile has set a goal of selling more than 100 million TD-SCDMA terminal devices in 2013, with 80% of them to be smart devices, according to the...
Qualcomm to offer TD-SCDMA/TD-LTE reference design to enter China Mobile supply chain
Sep 28, 01:00
Qualcomm will offer a TD-SCDMA/TD-LTE-based Qualcomm reference design (QRD) in a bid to enter China Mobile's supply chain in the first quarter of 2013.
China market: China Mobile hopes China Telecom will adopt TD-LTE, says report
Sep 4, 15:56
China Mobile, while having been promoting TD-LTE in overseas markets and preparing to start operations in the China market, hopes that China Telecom, the only CDMA 2000 mobile telecom...
China market: China Mobile testing 100Gbps backbone networks
Aug 20, 14:50
China Mobile, a TD-SCDMA mobile telecom carrier in China, is undertaking trials of 100Gbps backbone networks in a bid to meet growing demand for IPTV, HDTV, VoD and P2P services.
China market: China Mobile promoting mobile games
Aug 17, 15:46
China Mobile, a TD-SCDMA mobile telecom carrier in China, has launched more than 7,000 handset-based mobile games available for its subscribers and aims to raise the number of games...
China Mobile 1H12 revenues up 6.6% on year
Aug 17, 13:50
China Mobile, a TD-SCDMA mobile telecom carrier in China, on August 16 released its financial report for the first half of 2012, with operating revenues of CNY266.530 billion (US$42.19...
China Mobile to expand TD-LTE trial, says reports
Aug 8, 15:27
China Mobile plans to expand trial operation of TD-LTE networks from 10 cities to 13, adding Ningbo in eastern China, Chengdu in western China and Fuzhou in southeastern China, according...
China Mobile to procure TD-LTE devices
Jul 19, 11:16
China-based telecom carrier China Mobile will procure TD-LTE terminal devices based on open bid in late July 2012, according to tech.sina.com.
Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
Bits + chips | 8h 32min ago
Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
LED | 8h 51min ago
Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
Bits + chips | 8h 55min ago
NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
Bits + chips | 9h 5min ago
Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
IT + CE | 9h 57min ago
China-based TV vendors to procure over 30 million panels from Taiwan makers, says CVIA vice president
Displays | 10h 52min ago
Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
Before Going to Press | 9h 42min ago
DRAM shortages to continue for 3 years, says Inotera executive
Before Going to Press | 9h 54min ago
Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
Before Going to Press | 10h 34min ago
Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
Before Going to Press | 10h 46min ago
Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
Before Going to Press | 11h ago
Taiwan market: ViewSonic to launch Full HD projectors by end of 2013
Before Going to Press | 11h 6min ago
Foxconn to start production of 70-inch Ultra HD TVs in 1Q14
Before Going to Press | 11h 7min ago
China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
Before Going to Press | 11h 8min ago
JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | 11h 13min ago
- First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
- Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
- Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders
- CVIA: China to purchase 30 million TV panels from Taiwan makers
- Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
- Taiwan IC design houses reducing exposure in NAND flash controller market
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Kinsus sets 2013 capex at record NT$4.5-5 billion
- Taiwan market: Handset shipments in 1Q13 hit record, says IDC
- Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
- Taiwan market: Taiwan Mobile to launch VoIP at M+
- Mixed-signal technology to dominate global chipset market: Q&A with Dialog Semiconductor CEO Jalal Bagherli
- Taiwan market: Tablet sales in 2013 to reach nearly 2 million units, says FET executive
- SPIL expanding capacity for high-end ICs
- OLED TVs to be similarly priced as LCD TVs by 2016, say observers
- Global output of LED light bulbs to reach 600 million units in 2013, says Epistar chairman
- Epistar to issue 250 million new shares for private placement
- Unity Opto profits double in 2012
- New Csun solar manufacturing facility in Turkey opens door for maker
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap
- Connector maker UDE to benefit from games console orders
- Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
- Releases
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- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
- FIC partners with Cluster Wireless to deliver Intelligent M2M Solutions
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
18-Jun-2013 markets closed
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- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row

Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...

Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...

Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...

Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- 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 motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- 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.

















