At the end of 2008, only 11% of worldwide wireless subscriptions were 3G. By the end of 2013, the percentage of 3G and 4G subscriptions will reach 30%, according to In-Stat.
HTC (High Tech Computer) has regarded 2009 as crucial to the promotion of its 3G handsets in the China market, and the company expects its handset sales in China to double this year...
Chip Hope, a Taiwan-based IC distributor, has stepped into development of Android-platform IC turn-key solutions for use in WCDMA- and TD-SCDMA-based solutions together with an international...
Worldwide total mobile infrastructure market revenues grew 5% in 2008, driven by the nearly doubling and quadrupling of revenues of the WCDMA and WiMAX markets, respectively, according...
Taiwan-based network equipment makers are eyeing the telecom sector in China to sustain their growth this year as sales to emerging markets have been affected by the recent sharp...
MediaTek is sampling its first smartphone solution, the MT6516, to clients for design-in, and is expected to begin volume production of the chipset, which supports both WCDMA and...
MediaTek is stepping up the development of WCDMA chips this year, setting up a team of 500 people for the segment, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN)...
By 2012, HSPA (high speed packet access)- and LTE (long term evolution)-enabled technologies will account for 80% of mobile broadband services, while WiMAX related services will account...
Ericsson, while continuing to expand its share in the global telecom equipment market, is readying to take on increasing competition from other rivals, especially China-based Huawei...
IC designer MediaTek's first-quarter shipments to the consumer electronics, optical storage and handset segments are expected to slide, but handset chip shipments will fall less than...
China Unicom has opened bidding for equipment purchases in preparation for rolling out its WCDMA network, attracting eight equipment makers to participate: Ericsson, Nokia Siemens...
China's State Council has given the nod for its administrative branch to issue the long-awaited 3G licenses to the country's telecom service operators, paving the way for a take-off...
Qualcomm and China handset maker Beijing Tianyu Communications Equipment have entered into a subscriber unit and modem card/module license agreement (including PCB assemblies). Under...
The three leading China telecom service providers – China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom – are expected to invest a total of 280 billion yuan (US$40.94 billion)...
