Articles tagged with: Samsung and CDMA

LTE equipment catches up to WiMAX; $245B to be spent on mobile equipment 2011-2015

­While the overall mobile infrastructure market is down sequentially, according to Infonetics Research, investment continues, particularly 2G/3G network modernization in Western Europe, CDMA upgrades in North America, and 2G/EDGE capacity upgrades in Asia  more

Related Tags: lte, wimax, ericsson, huawei, alvarion, motorola, 2g


Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Down in 2008 - Qualcomm Bucks the Trend

Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $255 billion in 2008, down 5.4 percent, or a decrease of $14.5 billion from 2007 revenue, according to the final market share analysis by Gartner. The steep decline in the market in the final quarter of 2008, combined with the ongoing economic weakness, signals far worse declines in 2009.  more

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Korean Handset Manufacturers Targetting 50% of US Market in 2009

South Korean mobile phone manufacturers are expected to take a 50% stake in the US handset market this year, according to Taiwanese market sources cited by DigiTimes.  more

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Smartphone sales buck the recession

A report by Infonetics Research is forecasting an 8% drop in the total number of mobile phones sold in 2009, to 1.1 billion worldwide (down from 1.2 billion in 2008), in line with predictions from Nokia, among others. Smartphones were the best-performing segment of the mobile phones market in 2008 and the only segment to show unit and revenue growth in the second half of the year as the world economy entered recession.  more

Related Tags: android, nokia, iphone, smartphone, wimax, motorola, eu, w-cdma, ict, smartphones, tim, hspa, ericsson, lg, infonetics-research, symbian, open-source, wimax,, gsm, operating-system, nokia,, os, apps


New MVNO for New Zealand

New Zealand telco, Digital Island says that it has signed a MVNO deal with Telecom New Zealand to add mobile phone services to its portfolio. The firm will carry out a two month pilot with existing customers beginning in April, followed by a full commercial service from July.  more

Related Tags: nokia, sim, w-cdma, mvno, tim, ovi, telecom-new-zealand, partner, target, New Zealand


3G-4G to Account for 30% of Global Wireless Subscriptions by 2013

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%, reports In-Stat. This trend is reflected in fourth quarter 2008 wireless infrastructure contract awards.  more

Related Tags: 3g, mobile-data, wimax, mobile-wimax, motorola, wcdma, cisco, huawei, clearwire, lte, zte, alcatel-lucent, hspa, in-stat, 802.16e, wimax,, ev-do, 4g


HTC Maple Phone Rumoured to Make Debut at CTIA Show

Taiwan's High Tech Computer (HTC) is reported to be planning to show off a BlackBerry style handset at the CTIA Wireless 2009 trade show this coming April. Citing a report by the Chinese language Economic Daily News (EDN), Digitimes said that the company is in talks with four US operators to sell the handset, codenamed "Maple".  more

Related Tags: windows-mobile, sim, motorola, wind, htc, blackberry, gsm, windows, ctia, navigation


Alvarion and Huawei Join WiMAX Patents Group

Alvarion and Huawei have joined the Open Patent Alliance (OPA) - which manages the WiMAX patent pool. Alvarion and Huawei join current OPA members Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Clearwire, Intel, and samsung Electronics. As a result, it is expected that licensing terms for patents pertaining to WiMAX, including the associated royalty rates will be more predictable, transparent, and at lower cost. Furthermore the WiMAX patent pool may act as a "one stop shop" where companies building WiMAX solutions can obtain use of the patents more simply, efficiently and cost effectively, under a more competitive royalty structure that charges only for the features required to develop WiMAX products.  more

Related Tags: sim, intel, wimax, cisco, cisco, ict, huawei, clearwire, alcatel-lucent, mimo, patents, alvarion, wimax,, open-patent-alliance, wireless-broadband, patent


Qualcomm Chips Powering the BlackBerry Storm Smartphone

It isn't a shock that the new BlackBerry Storm smart phone from Research in Motion (RIM) offers features comparable to Apple's iPhone 3G - including the use of a touchscreen - a first for a RIM product. However, the Storm brings some interesting developments on the inside, such as the inclusion of a Qualcomm baseband chip, according to a teardown conducted by iSuppli.  more

Related Tags: sandisk, iphone, intel, roaming, wcdma, apple, qualcomm, isuppli, ict, gps, verizon, blackberry, rim, blackberry-storm, touchscreen, touchscreens, memory, apple-iphone, smart, andrew, storm, display, radio-frequency, microsd, haptic, marvell-technology, touch-screen, marvell


China's Handset Market Market to Defy Economic Downturn

Defying an expected 10.7 percent decline in global mobile handset shipments, China's domestic wireless phone market is set to maintain its growth in 2009, with a 7.7 percent increase for the year, according to iSuppli.  more

Related Tags: nokia, isuppli, rural, huawei, 3g-license, zte, china-mobile, gsm, smart, 3g-licenses, global-mobile, China


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