Articles tagged with: Huawei and Sony Ericsson

Apple Became Top Smartphone Vendor in Q4 2011 and in 2011 as a Whole

Worldwide smartphone sales to end users soared to 149 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, a 47.3 per cent increase from the fourth quarter of 2010, according to Gartner.  more

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ZTE Aims to be a Top-5 Phone Manufacturer This Year

China's ZTE is close to breaking into the top-5 of global handset manufacturers after it saw handset shipments jump by 40% in 2008 to reach 45 million units, according to the Taiwan based DigiTimes publication. The company had set itself a target of gaining a top-5 placement by 2011, but did accept that shrinking market share in competitors could bring that date forward.  more

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Recession isn't holding back mobile broadband subscribers

Market research firm Infonetics Research released the fourth quarter (4Q08) edition of its Mobile Broadband Cards, Routers, Services, and Subscribers report last week. The report found that worldwide, the number of mobile broadband subscribers (including W- CDMA/HSPA and CDMA2000/EV-DO) jumped 125% in 2008 over 2007, hitting 210.5 million, and are expected to top 1 billion by 2013.  more

Related Tags: wimax, cdma, hspa, ericsson, mobile-broadband, infonetics-research, sony, wimax,, ev-do


China's Handset Industry Growth Slowed in Second Half of 2008

According to statistics of the ITIS project - a project initiated by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs and conducted by Taipei-based MIC - China's mobile phone industry reached a shipment volume of 175.2 million units in the third quarter of 2008, representing 6.2% sequential growth and 4.3% year-on-year growth. The industry's growth rate, which peaked in 2006, gradually slowed down to mid-single digits. This indicated that the Chinese mobile phone industry was significantly impacted by a slowdown in global market demand.  more

Related Tags: nokia, iphone, motorola, china-unicom, apple, apple, zte, china-telecom, cdma, ericsson, lg, sony, mic, gsm, unicom, nokia,, motorola,, China


Vodafone, Sony Ericsson Join Google Phone Alliance

The Open Handset Alliance - which develops the Google backed Android operating system for smartphones - has announced fourteen new members, including Sony Ericsson and Vodafone.  more

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Taiwan's Entry-Level Phone Industry Relatively Unaffected by Global Economic Woes

According to statistics of the ITIS project -a project initiated by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs and conducted by Taipei-based MIC -as Taiwanese makers mainly produce relatively low-priced entry-level phones, the impact of the current economic climate on the Taiwanese industry has been relatively limited.  more

Related Tags: motorola, wcdma, xl, outsourcing, ericsson, cdma, sony, mic, nokia,, motorola,, Taiwan


Compound Growth Rate for China's Mobile TV Output - Report

China's CCID Consulting, has reported that with the drive of export and domestic demands, China's mobile phone output continues to grow in 2007, reaching 554 million sets, with a growth rate of 25.4%. The export volume wass 322 million sets, which accounts for 58.2% of all phones made in the country. Currently, China's global mobile phone manufacturing base is quite steady. Nokia, Motorola, Samsung and Sony Ericsson have transferred their capacities to China; because of this factor, the export volume of China's mobile phone increases 26.2%. Meanwhile, China's domestic mobile phone enterprises' capacity increases are evident, especially ZTE, huawei and K-Touch.  more

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Mobile Handset Market Stays on Track in Q1

The global mobile-handset market in the first quarter of 2008 appeared to be unaffected by the economic slowdown, with shipments rising by a double-digit percentage compared to the same period in 2007, according to iSuppli.  more

Related Tags: samsung, isuppli, zte, motorola, lg, sony, samsung-electronics


FOCUS: India Bet Becomes a Sure Thing for Global Mobile Operators

LONDON (Dow Jones) -- When Vodafone Group forked out $13 billion for a majority stake in India's No. 4 mobile operator, Hutchison Essar, a year ago, many feared the British giant had overpaid for an investment that would take years to yield a return.  more

Related Tags: virgin-mobile, zte, abi-research, gartner, arpu, samsung, lg, bharti, sony, sharp, text-messages, london, bharti-airtel, mumbai, hutchison, essar, vodafone-essar, cricket, vodafone-group, farmers, bollywood, airtel, virgin, barcelona, India


Mobile Phone Market Shrugs Off the Economic Downturn

World stock markets have recently taken a beating and the US domestic market teeters on the edge of recession but based on just-released mobile device shipment figures, it seems no one bothered to tell the mobile handset vendors, except for Motorola.  more

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