Digitimes Research: Samsung, LG, Sony Mobile aim to ramp up smartphone sales in emerging markets

Mar 15, 14:10

Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and Sony Mobile Communications demonstrated different product strategies for their smartphone businesses at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2013, but...

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...

Rexchip to allocate 50% capacity for mobile RAM production before June

Mar 12, 21:51

Rexchip Electronics will allocate 50% of the production capacity at its 12-inch fab for mobile RAM before June 2013 due to strong demand from the smartphone sector. Rexchip managed...

Sony Mobile makes headway with Xperia Z; to move to other platforms

Mar 11, 14:08

Sales of Sony Mobile Communications' new high-end flagship smartphone, the Xperia Z, have been successful, which could help the vendor ramp up sales of its entry-level to mid-range...

Taiwan Mobile obtains SGS Qualicert

Mar 6, 15:31

Telecom carrier Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has obtained SGS Qualicert certification for quality of customer services from Switzerland-based SGS, for myfone, its retail chain, according to...

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...

Tablet and mobile video viewing doubled in 2012, says Ooyala

Feb 27, 14:10

Analytics platform provider Ooyala has released a report offering insights into how viewers watch video online around the world. The report found that viewers watched live video 18...

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...

Most consumers unaware of security features on their mobile device, says study

Feb 26, 21:28

Despite the obvious risks to personal privacy if a device is lost or compromised, 70% of consumers are unaware of security features that allow such data to be deleted remotely, according...

Mobile device market to reach 2.6 billion units by 2016, says Canalys

Feb 26, 15:56

Worldwide mobile device shipments (notebooks, tablets, smartphones and phones) will reach 2.6 billion units by 2016, according to the latest forecasts from Canalys. Tablets will be...

MWC 2013: Intel accelerates mobile computing push

Feb 26, 15:39

Intel has announced a range of new products, ecosystem and enabling efforts that will further accelerate the company's presence in mobile.

MWC 2013: Nokia launches four new mobile phones

Newswatch - Feb 26, 14:47

Nokia has announced four new smartphones – the Nokia Lumia 720, Lumia 520, Nokia 105 and Nokia 301 – at the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) and has said it will strengthen...

Mobile IC vendors asking to renegotiate backend quotes for 28nm products

Feb 26, 13:46

The available capacity for 28nm mobile chips at IC foundries, mainly Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has become sufficient to meet demand since early 2013. Suppliers...

China January mobile phone user base growing to 1.122 billion, says MIIT

Feb 26, 13:32

There were 1.122 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of January 2013, growing by 0.81% on month and by 12.59% on year, and 245.88 million (21.91%)...

New Qualcomm mobile chip to use TSMC 28HPM process

Feb 26, 10:05

Qualcomm and TSMC have jointly announced that Qualcomm's wholly-owned subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, will be the first company to produce working silicon on TSMC's 28nm HPM (high...

China white-box tablet makers to use DDR3 instead of mobile DRAM

Feb 22, 15:09

Several of China-based white-box tablet manufacturers have utilized DDR3 chips, instead of mobile DRAM, for their products in order to bring down their manufacturing costs further,...

Qualcomm, Samsung claim top-2 spots in mobile handset IC market in 2012, says IHS

Feb 22, 12:24

Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics capitalized on rapidly shifting market conditions to claim the top-two spots of the mobile handset core integrated circuit (IC) business in 2012,...

Toshiba launches interface bridge with backlight level controller for LCD displays used on mobile devices

Feb 22, 11:18

Toshiba has launched MIPI-DSI to LVDS interface-converter bridge LSIs with a backlight level controller for LCD displays that are suited to use in mobile devices, such as tablet PCs...

Samsung, Hynix dominate mobile DRAM market, says DRAMeXchange

Feb 21, 15:28

Nearly 80% of total mobile DRAM revenues were generated by South Korea-based companies in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to DRAMeXchange.

Taiwan market: Three largest mobile telecom carriers to expand retail chains in 2013

Feb 18, 22:58

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, will expand their retail chains by adding...

Survey shows Americans treat mobile devices as best friends, says Citrix

Feb 18, 14:58

A new survey commissioned by Citrix found that Americans admitted to spending almost every waking minute with their devices, whether checking news and social media feeds first thing...

Android powers a third of all mobile phones shipped in 4Q12, says Canalys

Feb 8, 15:24

Canalys has published its final mobile phone shipment estimates across the 50 plus countries that it tracks. The total mobile phone market, at 438.1 million units, was flat on year,...

Mobile and cloud computing spur tripling of micro server shipments in 2013, says IHS

Feb 7, 15:54

Driven by booming demand for new data center services for mobile platforms and cloud computing, shipments of micro servers are expected to more than triple in 2013, according to an...

China market: Mobile gaming services generate nearly CNY1.7 billion in revenues in 4Q12, says Analysys

Feb 7, 11:59

Mobile gaming service operators in the China market generated total revenues of CYN1.677 billion (US$268 million) during fourth-quarter 2012, growing 24.93% sequentially and 52.54%...

Taiwan Mobile aims to net NT$5.71 per share for 2013

Feb 1, 14:20

Taiwan Mobile (TWM), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, expects to generate a net EPS of NT$5.71 (US$0.19) for 2013, according to the company's 2013 financial...

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...

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...

Mobile RAM to account for 30% of global memory chip production in 2013

Jan 23, 22:11

The portion of mobile RAM to global production of memory chips will rise to 30% in 2013 compared to 21% in the previous year, buoyed by strong demand from the smartphone and tablet...

Taiwan market: Mobile advertising valued at NT$2.64 billion in 2012, says FIND

Jan 23, 15:40

Providers of mobile advertising services on smartphones, tablets and other mobile terminal devices generated estimated total revenues of NT$2.64 billion (US$89.5 million) in 2012,...

Taiwan market: WeChat targeted for 80% penetration of mobile device users

Jan 22, 15:30

China-based Tencent launched its WeChat mobile messenger service in the Taiwan market in October 2012 and aims at reaching 80% of mobile device users, according to the company.

Cooling module makers to benefit from smartphone and tablet orders in 2013

Jan 21, 22:42

Cooling module makers, which used to mainly focus on supplying notebook products, are expected to benefit from orders from smartphone and tablet products in the second quarter of...

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...

Chunghwa Telecom aims at 3.5 million mobile Internet users for 2013

Jan 16, 14:50

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) aims to increase its number of mobile Internet-access subscribers from 2.5 million currently to 3.5 million by the end of 2013, according to company president...

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...