Articles tagged with: WCDMA and Wi Fi
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, 3g, nokia, mobile-tv, motorola, qualcomm, ict, itu, gps, driving, td-scdma, cdma, memory-chips, memory, gsm, smart, ccid-consulting, mp3, freescale, China
Global Mobile Market to Exceed US$900 Billion in 2008
A report from IDATE says that the world telecom services market is estimated at US$1,365 billion in 2008 - a 4.2% increase over the year before - and is expected to be worth over US$1,416 billion in 2009. With a total turnover estimated at US$742.2 billion in 2008, mobile services account for 54% of the telecom services market and single handedly deliver all of the sector's growth. But the annual growth rate has dropped from more than 12% in 2007 to 8% in 2008. more
Related Tags: nokia, base-station, wimax, arpu, edge, huawei, zte, alcatel-lucent, mts, cdma, ericsson, compete, base-stations, gsm, idate, umts, wlan, chipset
New Multimedia Smartphone from HTC
Smartphone vendor, HTC has unveiled its latest handset, the HTC Touch HD, an entertainment focused mobile handset. Integrating a large 3.8 inch wide-screen VGA display (WVGA), a standard 3.5mm audio jack and a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, the HTC Touch HD is aimed at multimedia fans. more
Related Tags: windows-mobile, smartphone, wind, hspa, htc, windows, hsdpa
Asia-Pacific leads high-speed Internet connectivity, but wide divide prevails
The International Telecoms Union (ITU) has reported that while some Asia-Pacific economies are world leaders in information and communication technologies (ICT) where broadband access is ultra-high speed, affordable and close to ubiquitous, in most of the region's poorer countries Internet access remains limited and predominantly low-speed. A new report finds evidence that ICTs and broadband uptake foster growth and development, but the question remains as to the optimal speed that should be targeted in view of limited resources. more
Related Tags: sms, mobile-data, text-messaging, rsa, rcom, mobile-broadband, itu, wimax, text-messages, hotspots, fibre-optic, union, catalyst
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: mobile-tv, texas-instruments, nfc, qualcomm, bluetooth, gps, driving, texas, mp3, mediaflo
HTC Unveils its New Windows Mobile TouchScreen Phone
Taiwan based HTC has unveiled its new Windows Mobile based flagship phone, the HTC Touch Diamond, which includes a 3D touch interface called TouchFLO 3D. The handset supports both HSDPA as well as the high speed uplink, HSUPA as well as Wi-Fi connectivity. more
Related Tags: google, orange, windows-mobile, qualcomm, bluetooth, gps, hspa, hsupa, htc, hsdpa, web-browser, maps
Antenova Launches New Range of Multi-Band Phone Antennas
Antenova has announced the availability of two new high performing multi-band High Dielectric Antenna (HDA) embedded antennas for mobile handset and portable device applications; a 4mm low profile penta-band antenna and a six-band antenna. Antenova's 4mm low profile penta-band HDA antenna, the industry's thinnest five-band antenna, is aimed at ultra-thin mobile handsets, and the new six-band HDA antenna is suited for mid-level mobile phones. more
Related Tags: radiation, samsung, bluetooth, smartphones, motorola

