Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner

May 16, 22:10

Worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totaled nearly 426 million units in the first quarter of 2013, a slight increase of 0.7% from the same period in 2012, according to Gartner...

Panel makers to benefit from Huawei plans to sell 60 million smartphones in 2013

May 16, 14:23

Huawei Device is reportedly aiming to sell 60 million smartphones worldwide over the next 12 months, which is expected to bring in major orders for Taiwan-based panel makers, according...

Taiwan market: Xiaomi taps local market with Xiaomi 2S

Apr 25, 16:11

China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi Technology has launched its new flagship model, the Xiaomi 2S, in the Taiwan market, with a 16GB version available immediately at a suggested...

Taiwan market: Huawei launches 6-inch flagship smartphone

Apr 24, 14:38

China-based Huawei Device on April 23 unveiled its 6.1-inch flagship smartphone, the Ascend Mate, for contract-bundled sale by Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) in the Taiwan market...

Huawei Enterprise aims at 2013 revenues of US$2.95 billion

Apr 24, 12:34

Huawei Enterprise, a business group of China-based ICT solution provider Huawei Technologies, has set target revenues of US$2.95 billion for 2013, hiking by 58.6% from 2012.

Huawei aims at becoming first-tier smartphone vendor, says report

Apr 15, 10:32

China-based handset vendor Huawei Device, due to its inability to compete with China-based low-price white-box vendors, has to develop toward becoming a first-tier smartphone vendor,...

TCL to develop smartphone chips, says chairman

Apr 11, 21:38

China-based TV brand TCL plans to invest in the development of smartphone and connected TV chips, according to Dongsheng Li, company chairman and CEO.

Huawei ambitious in developing Beyond LTE

Apr 3, 11:02

China-based telecom equipment vendor Huawei Technologies has been developing Beyond LTE - 3GPP (third Generation Partnership Project) Release 12 specifications - and aims to hike...

Innolux reaches 300,000 6.1-inch panel shipments a month to Huawei

Apr 1, 21:28

Innolux Corporation has already shipped over 300,000 6.1-inch panel shipments a month for Huawei Technology's Ascend Mate, according to industry sources.

Digitimes Research: Room for further development in China smartphone market

Mar 21, 14:00

Sales of smartphones in China are expected to top 330 million units in 2013, making the market a fierce battle field for local and international smartphone brands and inducing makers...

Digitimes Research: China-based Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo eager to expand to overseas smartphone markets

Mar 13, 15:26

Benefiting from an explosive growth in demand for smartphones in China since 2012, Huawei Device, ZTE and Lenovo have managed to outperform rivals in terms of shipment volumes in...

Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo, Asustek likely to double smartphone shipments in 2013

Mar 12, 22:15

Huawei Device, ZTE, Lenovo and Asustek Computer are likely to double their shipments of smartphones in 2013, buoyed by their cooperation with telecom operators in China, Europe and...

China-based Huawei competitive in price for LTE devices, say Taiwan makers

Feb 6, 12:29

China-based Huawei Technologies has been increasingly globally competitive in price for LTE (Long Term Evolution) terminal devices due to the adoption of much less expensive chip...

Samsung to optimize multiple chipset platforms to enhance its edge in entry-level smartphone segment, say sources

Jan 30, 14:25

Samsung Electronics will optimize chipset solutions from Qualcomm, Broadcom and ST-Ericsson to enhance its competitive edge in the entry-level to mid-range smartphone segment so as...

Strong demand for smartphones, heated competition characterize global handset market in 4Q12, says IDC

Jan 28, 11:24

The worldwide mobile phone market grew 1.9% on year in the fourth quarter of 2012, as strong holiday smartphone sales raised shipments of these devices to levels nearly equal to those...

Huawei Technologies nets CNY15.4 billion in 2012

Jan 22, 11:50

Huawei Technologies, the largest China-based provider of information and communication technology solutions, has released its unaudited financial report for 2012, recording net profit...

Taiwan makers to face strong competition from Huawei in China TD-LTE market

Jan 16, 14:33

The China government is very likely to release TD-LTE licenses in the second half of 2013 and consequently China Mobile will procure a considerable volume of TD-LTE terminal devices,...

China-based smartphone vendors adopt WP8, Firefox OS

Jan 14, 20:20

While almost all of China-based vendors have selected Android, Huawei Device, ZTE and Lenovo have additionally adopted Windows Phone 8 (WP8) and ZTE and TCL Communication will adopt...

CES 2013: More new multi-core chipset solutions unveiled, heating up competition

Jan 11, 14:47

Chipset vendors including Nvidia, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics and ST-Ericsson have all unveiled their new multi-core solutions for mobile devices and other applications at CES 2013,...

Samsung, Huawei ready to launch WP8 smartphones, say sources

Jan 10, 13:55

Samsung Electronics and Huawei Device are ready to launch Windows Phone 8 (WP8)-based models in the US and other markets, while Microsoft, Nokia and HTC have chosen to not participate...

TPK files lawsuits against Nokia and Huawei over touch panel patent infringements

Jan 9, 22:30

Taiwan-based touch panel maker TPK has filed lawsuits against Nokia and China-based Huawei technologies for patent infringements on the conductor pattern structure of the company's...

RIM, Huawei, ZTE, Pantech likely to score more points in US smartphone market, say sources

Jan 8, 15:15

A number of smartphone brands will try to ramp up their market share in the US in 2013, with LG Electronics expected to exert more efforts to maintain its third-ranked vendor position...

Global LTE smartphone sales to reach 275 million units in 2013, says Strategy Analytics

Jan 4, 11:49

Global sales of LTE-enabled smartphones are expected to triple to 275 million units in 2013, according to an estimate by Strategy Analytics.

Huawei, LG to showcase quad-core handsets at CES 2013

Jan 2, 21:54

China-based handset maker Huawei will introduce the Ascend D2 with HiSilicon's quad-core processor and a 13-megapixel rear camera at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2013.

Samsung aims to ship 500 million handsets in 2013, say sources

Dec 25, 12:07

Samsung Electronics aims to ship 500 million handsets in 2013, of which 350 million will be smartphone models, according to industry sources, citing an internal estimate by Samsung...

Availability of MediaTek quad-core solutions to boost HDI board demand

Dec 13, 14:03

MediaTek's launch of its quad-core MT6589 smartphone solution will push China-based smartphone vendors to accelerate the development of high-end models, and therefore boost demand...

Innolux enters handset panel supply chains of ZTE, Huawei and Lenovo

Dec 4, 15:08

Innolux Corporation (which changed its name from Chimei Innolux (CMI) on November 14, 2012) has reportedly entered into the supply chains of ZTE, Huawei Technologies and Lenovo to...

Taiwan passive component makers enter supply chain of China brands

Nov 30, 15:26

Taiwan-based passive component makers including Chilisin Electronics, Polytronics Technology, Thinking Electronic Industrial and TXC reportedly have secured orders from China-based...

FIH reportedly lands handset orders from Microsoft and Amazon

Nov 26, 22:04

Foxconn International Holding (FIH) has reportedly landed handset orders from Microsoft and Amazon and is set to launch the devices in mid-2013, according to sources from the upstream...

Digitimes Research: Entry-level to mid-range models to drive smartphone sales momentum in 2013

Nov 26, 14:23

Entry-level to mid-range smartphones sold to emerging markets will serve as growth drivers for the smartphone industry in 2013. Vendors which offer complete lineups of low-priced...

China market: Nokia, HTC and Huawei WP8 smartphones to debut in December

Nov 8, 13:54

Cooperating with China's three telecom service providers, brands such as Nokia, HTC, Samsung Electronics and Huawei will introduce their Windows Phone 8 models into the China market...

Lenovo, Huawei, ZTE faced with challenges to reach quarterly shipments of 10 million smartphones, say Taiwan makers

Nov 5, 22:43

A total of 60 million smartphones were shipped to the China market in the third quarter of 2012, and Lenovo, Huawei and ZTE shipped nine million units, 8.5 million units and 7.5 million...