Last update: Thursday 16 May 2013 [169 news items]
Nokia, RIM, HTC, Huawei competing for third-rank smartphone vendor title
Apr 6, 11:36
Samsung Electronics and Apple have continued to widen their gaps against rival smartphone vendors in terms of shipments, leaving members in the second leading group in the segment...
Apr 3, 01:05
Huawei Device and ZTE, two China-based vendors, will together ship 95-100 million smartphones for a combined global market share of 15% in 2012, according to Taiwan-based makers of...
China market: Top-4 local vendors to keep entry-level smartphone prices around CNY1,000 in 2012
Mar 30, 14:01
The top-4 China-based branded handset vendors - Huawei Device, ZTE, Lenovo and Coolpad - will continue to develop the CYN1,000 (US$159) smartphone segment in China in 2012 and will...
China-based white-box handset players may face bankruptcy
Mar 29, 01:30
China-based white-box handset players are suffering as larger local players ZTE, Lenovo and Huawei are aggressively entering the CNY1,000 (US$159) smartphone segment, while first-tier...
Quad-core smartphone solutions not yet mature, say sources
Mar 13, 13:56
Although HTC, LG Electronics, Huawei Device and ZTE all have unveiled quad-core smartphone models, the quad-core solutions may not be mature enough for consumers at the moment, and...
Nvidia wins adoption of Tegra series from China-based ZTE, Huawei
Feb 17, 15:30
Nvidia has won adoption of its Tegra 2 and Tegra 3 chip solutions for use in smartphones and tablet PCs from China-based vendors ZTE and Huawei Devices, according to industry sourc...
China market: Handset makers upgrading hardware specifications of sub-CNY1,000 smartphone models
Feb 17, 15:07
China-based handset makers, including ZTE, Huawei Device, Lenovo and Coolpad, have continued to upgrade the hardware specifications of their sub-CNY1,000 (US$159) smartphone models...
China handset makers to push sales of sub-CNY1,000 smartphones to mature markets
Feb 16, 16:38
Having mass-produced smartphones with a price tag of around CNY1,000 (US$159) for the China market since 2011, China-based handset makers ZTE, Huawei Device, Lenovo and Coolpad plan...
Commentary: Strong smartphone competition a blessing in disguise for feature phones
Feb 4, 10:45
The global market for feature phones has continued to dwindle recently, since most branded handset vendors have shifted their focuses to the development of smartphones on the back...
China market: Nokia to face strong competition in Mango segment in 2012
Dec 30, 14:42
Nokia's plans to launch its Windows Phone 7.5 Mango smartphones in the China market in the first half of 2012 may face challenge from comparable high-end models rolled out by HTC...
HTC reports 30% sequential revenue decline for November
Newswatch - Dec 7, 13:55
HTC has posted consolidated revenues of NT$30.94 billion (US$1.02 billion) for November, down 29.86% on month and 19.6% on year, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock...
Nov 29, 11:42
The big seven players in the Asia Pacific LTE macro base station market - Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, NEC, Nokia Siemens Networks, Samsung and ZTE - comprise 94% of the market...
LTE and 3G driving 30% growth in APAC mobile Internet infrastructure market, says Synergy Research
Nov 11, 11:25
One of the fastest growing technology markets is networking equipment to support mobile Internet access. The second quarter of 2011 saw mobile Internet infrastructure revenues pass...
China-based branded smartphone vendors to produce sub-US$100 models
Nov 3, 11:26
China-based branded handset vendors including Lenovo, ZTE and Huawei Technologies are expected to venture into the production of smartphone models with a price tag of around US$100...
Sequans LTE solution receives China approval
Sep 15, 10:24
Sequans Communications has announced that its LTE semiconductor technology has been officially approved by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), a government...
APBT to drop plans to procure CDMA 2000 EV-DO equipment from Huawei
Sep 14, 01:05
Asia Pacific Broadband Telecom (APBT), viewing that the National Communications Commission (NCC) has not yet approved its proposed procurement of CDMA 2000 EV-DO Rev B core network...
Taiwan market: China-based Huawei Device to launch IDEOS X1 smartphone
Aug 23, 01:30
Huawei Device, a China-based vendor and subsidiary of Huawei Technologies, and Taiwan mobile telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) on August 22 jointly unveiled IDEOS...

China-based Huawei to make over NT$110 billion in procurement from Taiwan
Jul 19, 01:15
Huawei Technologies, a China-based global vendor of networking/communication equipment, will procure various products from Taiwan-based companies worth a total of more than NT$110...
ZTE, Huawei, Lenovo monopolize China Mobile procurement of 10 million 3G handsets, says report
Jul 8, 15:44
China-based vendors ZTE, Huawei Device and Lenovo have won China Mobile's latest procurement open bid to share the total supply volume of 10 million TD-SCDMA 3G handsets priced at...
Huawei aims to be a top-five tablet PC vendor in India, says report
Jun 13, 10:27
China-based telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies will invest US$2 billion to set up a factory in Chennai, southern India, paving the way for Huawei Device, its subsidiary vendor...
China-based Huawei Device aims to ship 60 million handsets, including 12 million smartphones in 2011
May 31, 01:45
China-based Huawei Device, a subsidiary of Huawei Technologies, expects to ship 60 million handsets including 12 million smartphones in 2011, respectively double and quadruple the...
Huawei to invest US$300 million in Brazil R&D center
Apr 14, 10:50
China-based telecom equipment supplier Huawei Technologies plans to invest US$300 million to set up a R&D center in Sao Paulo, Brazil, according to China-based it.sohu.com<...
Himax reportedly cuts into Dell supply chain
Mar 31, 01:10
Fabless IC firm Himax Imaging reportedly has landed orders for CMOS image sensors for use in Dell notebooks, and has also cut into the supply chain of China handset brands including...
Taiwan market: FET offers Huawei IDEOS S7, SK Black O for contract-bundled sale
Mar 10, 16:21
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) on March 10 introduced two tablet PCs, Huawei IDEOS S7 and SK Black O, for pre-order bundled with a 36-month contract.
China-based Huawei, ZTE showcasing new devices at MWC 2011
Feb 16, 01:40
Huawei Device and ZTE are exhibiting new tablet PCs and smartphones at the 2011 Mobile World Congress (MWC) taking place in Barcelona, Spain, during February 14-17, according to the...
Taiwan market: Vibo launches Huawei-made tablet PC
Newswatch - Jan 28, 17:04
Taiwan-based mobile telecom carrier Vibo Telecom has launched the S7, a customized tablet PC produced by China-based Huawei Device (a subsidiary of Huawei Technologies), for contract...
Taiwan market: Vibo to carry Huawei S7 tablet PC, says paper
Newswatch - Jan 28, 12:32
Vibo Telecom on January 27 announced that it has the exclusive rights to distribute Huawei Technologies' S7 tablet PC, according to a Chinese language Economic Daily News (EDN)...
China-based Huawei, ZTE to supply LTE equipment for Hutchison
Jan 26, 01:40
Hutchison Telecommunications International (Hutchison Telecom), a Hong Kong-based operator, will initially set up LTE networks in Sweden and Denmark and has selected China-based Huawei...
Qualcomm, China Mobile and top-five Taiwan carriers to exchange views on 4G development in seminar
Jan 20, 15:06
High-profile representatives from Qualcomm, China Mobile and the top-five Taiwan-based telecom service providers Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM), Far EasTone Telecommunications...
Huawei Device sees 2010 revenues of over US$4.5 billion from global sales
Jan 19, 01:20
Huawei Device, China-based Huawei Technologies' subsidiary maker of fixed-line and mobile networking/communication terminal devices for own-brand sale, shipped 120 million units of...
Huawei steps up purchases of quartz components from China-based suppliers
Jan 13, 13:49
China-based telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies has stepped up its purchase of quartz components from local suppliers in China, pushing down the supply from Taiwan and also...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom may offer Huawei-made 7-inch tablet PC in 1Q11
Dec 30, 16:41
Chunghwa Telecom may offer a 7-inch tablet PC model produced by China-based Huawei Device for contract sales in the Taiwan market in first-quarter 2011, according to industry sources...
China-based Huawei to tap India market through 5-year investment of US$2 billion, say media
Dec 20, 11:57
Huawei Technologies will invest US$2 billion in India in five years to tap the market there, according to China-based CNTTR World Communications and
Microsoft plans to launch Chinese-edition WP7 platform in 2H11
Dec 16, 01:30
Microsoft plans to launch a Chinese-edition of Windows Phone 7 (WP7) in the second half of 2011 and is currently soliciting China-based mobile device makers including Lenovo, Huawei...
Huawei tops LTE equipment suppliers in contract numbers
Nov 30, 10:35
China-based Huawei Technologies accounted for 36% of the total cumulative number of signed LTE equipment supply contracts around the world as of mid-November 2010, followed by Ericsson...
Samsung to launch complete line up of notebooks in 2H13
IT + CE | 9min ago
Taiwan panel industry output value worth US$7.86 billion in 1Q13, says IEK
Displays | 1h 9min ago
Monitor panel pricing expected to remain stable in May
Before Going to Press | 22min ago
CSOT successfully produces 32-inch Oxide TFT LCD module
Before Going to Press | 22min ago
Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | 1h 18min ago
- AMD falls to 4th rank MPU supplier in 2012, says IC Insights
- Revenues for drivers in LED general lighting applications to triple, says IMS Research
- Supply chain to begin volume shipments of new Xbox console orders in 3Q13
- MediaTek 2Q13 sales likely to beat guidance
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 22% in 1Q13
- Taiwan panel makers lower pricing for Ultra HD TV panels
- Innolux expected to ship 1 million TOD units in 2013
- China market: Third-party e-payment services generate CNY1.2 trillion in 1Q13 total trade value, says Analysys
- China market: Online advertising valued at CNY18 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Touch screen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong performance in May
- AUO publishes 65-inch Full HD OLED panel technology paper at SID Display Week
- Taiwan networking device makers see decreasing profit-to-R&D spending ratio
- Win Semi expects to post double-digit revenue growth in 2013
- LED maker Epistar expects more revenues from lighting applications in 3Q13
- TSMC presence in advance process market remains strong
- Chicony seeks growth from non-notebook product lines
- Taiwan makers expected to benefit from Lenovo targeting smartphones in 2013
- LED firms to lower prices through improved technology
- Commentary: High-end LED lighting in demand
- Digitimes Research: Europe solar trade tariffs may slow down market growth
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- BenQ Materials expects performance to improve in 2Q13
- TV panel pricing expected to further drop in May, says WitsView
- Demand for large-size driver ICs to boom in 2H13, say backend firms
- TPK expected to see decline in touch screen notebook market share during 2Q13
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- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Leadtek to Show Total Cloud Solutions at Computex Taipei 2013
- Clientron to exhibit its latest Zero/Thin Client and POS solutions along with the full product line at Computex Taipei 2013
- DIGIEVER partnership with EverFocus for better professional network surveillance solutions
- Advantech Introduces New 18" and 21" Widescreen Multitouch Panel PCs
- 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
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
21-May-2013 markets closed
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- 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
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal

Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...

Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...

MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...

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...
- 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...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.



















