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Thursday 25 February 2010
Worldwide handset sales grow 8% in 4Q09; flat in 2009, says Gartner
Worldwide handset sales to end users totaled 1.211 billion units in 2009, a 0.9% decline from 2008, according to Gartner. In the fourth quarter of 2009, the market registered a single-digit...
Friday 12 February 2010
Taiwan handsets – 4Q 2009

Tuesday 9 February 2010
China market: Mobile phone user base increases to over 747 million in December 2009
There were 747.38 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of December 2009, growing 1.19% on month and 16.55% on year, according to statistics...
Thursday 7 January 2010
China market: Mobile phone user base increases to over 738 million in November 2009
There were 738.57 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of November 2009, growing by 1.24% on month and by 16.52% on year, according to statistics...
Monday 30 November 2009
China market: Mobile phone user base increases to over 729 million in October 2009
There were 729.537 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of October 2009, growing by 1.35% on month and 16.30% on year, according to statistics...
Wednesday 25 November 2009
Handset prices continue to fall, even as high-end features rise, says NPD
According to The NPD Group, buy-one-get-one (BOGO) offers and other price reductions on smartphones led to a 3% decline in average prices in the third quarter of 2009. The overall...
Wednesday 25 November 2009
Handset displays shipments up 30% sequentially in 2Q09, says DisplaySearch
After hitting bottom in the first quarter of 2009, handset display shipments for the second quarter of 2009 reached 360 million units, up 30% sequentially and 3% on year, according...
Friday 6 November 2009
Taiwan handsets – 3Q 2009

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Tuesday 3 November 2009
Handset market turns corner in 3Q09; more gains expected in 4Q09, says IDC
The worldwide handset market saw mild sequential growth in third-quarter 2009, according to IDC. On-year growth remained negative, but improved from the first half of 2009. Handset...
Wednesday 30 September 2009
China market: Mobile phone user base increases to over 710 million in August 2009
There were 710.5 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of August 2009, growing by 1.12% on month and by 15.34% on year, according to statistics...
Wednesday 16 September 2009
PCB demand for feature phones picking up
Taiwan-based PCB makers have seen growing orders from the feature phone segment, signaling overall handset demand in the fourth quarter is likely to return to seasonal patterns, according...
Thursday 3 September 2009
China market: Over 702 million mobile phone users in July 2009, says MIIT
There were 702.65 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of July 2009, growing by 1.07% on month and by 15.50% on year, according to statistics...
Monday 24 August 2009
Feature phones comprise overwhelming majority of handset sales in 2Q09, says NPD Group
According to The NPD Group, feature phones still rule the market, even as smartphone sales continue to increase their share of overall handset sales. Unit-sales of new feature phones...
Friday 14 August 2009
Taiwan market: CHT expects 3G users to make up 50% of mobile phone user base at end of 3Q09
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) expects its 3G subscribers to grow to account for 50% of all its mobile subscribers services at the end of the third quarter of 2009, according to the compan...
Friday 31 July 2009
Smartphone growth encouraging, yet worldwide handset market still expected to shrink in 2009, says IDC
The worldwide handset market recorded another quarter of on-year decline in the second quarter of 2009. According to IDC, handset vendors shipped a total of 269.6 million units worldwide,...