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Articles tagged with: Mobile Tv and Gps
EU Scraps Plans for an Import Duty on Smartphones
The European Union has cancelled plans for a controversial import tax that could have pushed up the price of smartphones by 14%. In a statement, Swedish Trade Minister Ewa Bjorling said that the majority of member countries of the EU had voted against the plan. more
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Chinese Handset Production Growth Down to Single Figures
China's CCID Consulting has reported that after a period of rapid growth over the past few years, the Chinese mobile handset chips market experienced a conspicuous decline in 2008. The research firm predicts that the scale of Chinese mobile phone chips market is expected to reach RMB 110 billion (US$16 billion), up by 6%, down to single-digit growth for the first time. more
Related Tags: broadcom, wi-fi, 3g, nokia, motorola, wcdma, qualcomm, ict, itu, driving, td-scdma, cdma, memory-chips, memory, gsm, smart, ccid-consulting, mp3, freescale, China
Europe Considering an Import Tax on Smartphones
The European Commission is expected to present a proposal this week to charge customs duties on mobile phones, by moving ‘sophisticatedÃ' phones into a dutiable customs category. Mobile phones with increased functionality, such as GPS receivers and mobile TV would face an import tax of up to 14% under the proposals. more
Related Tags: european-commission, eu, personal, tax, lcd
Almost 40% of smart phones shipping in EMEA have GPS integrated
A new report Canalys finds that growth slowed in the smart phone market in EMEA in Q2, but total shipments of 12.6 million still made it the second biggest quarter ever in volume terms. Canalys estimates that smart phones represented 13% of all mobile phone shipments. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, samsung, motorola, apple, driving, tim, htc, rim, mobile-internet, pnd, pnds, battery, portable-navigation-device
Europe to Remain the Fastest-Growing Market for WCDMA in 2008 - Report
Forward Concepts has announced the publication of its newest annual study of the worldwide cellphone market and virtually all of the chips that go into them. Market metrics are the central focus of the study, but some key findings are: more
Related Tags: wi-fi, texas-instruments, wcdma, nfc, qualcomm, bluetooth, driving, texas, mp3, mediaflo
Indian consumer survey reveals interest in location-based services
Canalys has released the first highlights from a new survey of around 1,200 consumers, which explores the opportunity for navigation and location-based services on mobile phones and portable navigation devices (PNDs) in India. more
Related Tags: social-networking, pnd, India
China's Handset Shipment Growth to Slow in 2008
Mobile handset shipments from manufacturers headquartered in China grew dramatically in 2007, reaching 229 million units for the year, representing a 76.2 percent annual growth rate from 130 million in 2006. However, this rate of growth will slow considerably in 2008, dropping to about 19.7 percent to reach 274 million units, according to iSuppli. more
Related Tags: isuppli, huawei, zte, td-scdma, China
Functions Convergence Creates Blue Ocean Domain in China's Mobile Phone Market
CCID Consulting says that China's mobile phone market has entered into period of maturity through ten years of extensive development. The sales volume of mobile phones reached 500 million sets across the world, and the sales volume of mobile phones reached 150 million sets in China in 2007. More than 100 manufacturers take part in this market and more than 1,000 new products are being launched. This shows that China plays an important role in the global mobile phone industry and the competition in China's mobile phone market is fierce. more
Related Tags: china-unicom, zte, china-mobile, ccid-consulting, China
Chinese Subscribers Increasingly Satisfied with their Handsets
Based on CCID Consulting's degree of satisfaction quota system, Motorola, TCL and Dopod won the 2007 User-Satisfied Brand Award for brand strategies matching the market. Sony Ericsson, ZTE, Haier, Samsung and Changhong won the 2007 User-Satisfied Quality Award by virtue of their excellent product quality. In the market with homogenous products, innovation has become the source of power for enterprise development, and ZET and TCL earned the Innovative Enterprise Award owing to their sound performance in the mobile telephone blue ocean market. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, zte, samsung, ccid-consulting, China
DoCoMo Shows Off 23 New Mobile Phones
Japan's DoCoMo has announced today 23 new handsets available in a total of 75 colors in the new 905i and 705i series. All 10 handsets in the 905i series are variously equipped for advanced functions and convenient services, including 3G/GSM international roaming, HSDPA, "One-segment" mobile TV, GPS location information, enhanced "2in1" combining the capabilities of two phones in one handset, and the DCMX credit card and iD credit payment services. more