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Tuesday 8 March 2011
Standalone application processors are wining in mobility markets, says Petrov Group (part 1)
Several years ago there was a widely accepted expectation that application mobile processors would be fully integrated with baseband processors on a single chip. However, today we...
Thursday 27 January 2011
Taiwan handsets – 4Q 2010

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Monday 24 January 2011
Epicom rolls out WCDMA/HSDPA 3G power amplifiers
Taiwan-based Epic Communications (Epicom) has announced a series of WCDMA/HSDPA power amplifiers (PA) for 3G portable devices and mobile phones.
Monday 27 December 2010
Apple hikes 1Q11 iPhone shipment target to 20-21 million units, say sources
Apple has raised the global shipment goal for its iPhones for first-quarter 2011 from 19 million units originally to 20-21 million units, according to sources with Taiwan-based component...
Friday 24 December 2010
China government sets hard to reach 3G user base target, says report
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) aims at 150 million subscribers of 3G communication services in the China market in 2011, a difficult goal viewing that...
Tuesday 30 November 2010
China 3G users to top 270 million in 2014, says Digitimes Research
The number of 3G users in China should reach 270.9 million in 2014 despite slower-than-expected acceptance of the new telecom service at the start of operations in 2009, according...
Thursday 25 November 2010
China market: 3G users top 38 million at end of October, says MIIT
There were a total of 38.64 million subscribers of 3G mobile communication services in the China market as of the end of October 2010, according to statistics released by the Ministry...
Friday 4 June 2010
China market: 3G connections to grow at CAGR of 160% from 2010-14, says Ovum
According to a new report from consulting firm Ovum, to continue the strong mobile revenue growth seen in China, operators are driving 2G to 3G migrations in saturating urban markets...
Monday 17 May 2010
AboCom and China white-box makers jointly develop Android WCDMA smartphones, says CNA
Taiwan-based AboCom Systems is working with white-box handset makers in China to manufacture four Android-based WCDMA smartphones in 2010 with shipments scheduled for June, according...
Thursday 22 April 2010
China market: China Mobile sees strong 3G user growth in March
China Mobile Communications, one of the three 3G mobile telecom carriers in China, saw the number of its 3G subscribers increase by 3.41 million in March 2010, the highest-ever monthly...
Wednesday 3 March 2010
Worldwide WCDMA handset semiconductor revenues to exceed US$30 billion by 2014, says In-Stat
WCDMA handset semiconductor revenues will see a CAGR of over 10% between 2009 and 2014, exceeding US$30 billion by 2014. Overall handset semiconductor revenues will see a more moderate...
Wednesday 6 January 2010
China-based vendors prefer TD-SCDMA, CDMA to WCDMA due to cost concerns
China-based 3G handset vendors have generally offered more TD-SCDMA and CDMA2000 products than WCDMA in the China market, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Friday 11 December 2009
Acer and Asustek to launch customized 3G handsets for China market in 2010
Acer and Asustek Computer both plan to launch customized 3G smartphones in cooperation with China-based 3G carriers, including China Mobile and China Unicom, in 2010, according to...
Monday 23 November 2009
China wireless infrastructure equipment spending peaks in 2009, says iSuppli
Massive spending on 3G networks by China's three mobile carriers will cause spending on wireless infrastructure equipment in the nation to surge by 27.7% to reach US$6.3 billion in...
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Telecom carriers still pushing for LTE deployment despite adoption of HSPA+ technology
Telecom carriers around the globe have continued to push forward the deployment of LTE networks despite a growing interest among WCDMA players to upgrade their systems to HSPA+ as...