DigiTimes | July 13, 2011 | Monica Chen, Steve Shen
Pegatron Technology is expected to land orders for at least 10 million units of iPhone 5 (or iPhone 4S) but is unlikely to share iPad orders with Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry)...
A number of emerging nations are highlighted in analyst Chetan Sharma’s telecommunications predictions, released earlier this month. Brazil takes fifth place in total number of subscribers, while Mexico takes the 10th spot. China leads in the number of subscribers, but the U.S. dominates in...
Reuters | July 11, 2011 | Emi Emoto, Taro Fuse
Elpida Memory Inc plans to raise nearly 80 billion yen ($992 million) through new shares and convertible bonds as it shifts production away from DRAM memory to more profitable smartphone chips.
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Toshiba | July 12, 2011 | Press Release
Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan, July 12, 2011 — Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) and SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) today celebrated the opening of Fab 5, the third 300mm wafer NAND fabrication facility at Toshiba's Yokkaichi Operations...
Bloomberg Bussinessweek | July 12, 2011 | Susan Decker, Tim Culpan
HTC Corp., Asia’s second-largest maker of smartphones, was accused of infringing Apple Inc. patents in a case that may halt U.S. imports of the Taiwanese company’s phones and its new Flyer...
It may be the height of summer, but MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) is running back-to-school promotions on two new handsets as well as some of its existing models. The flat-rate operator is selling Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.'s M835 device for $79, and Samsung Electronics...
Let confusion reign!AT&T Mobility (T) announced today plans to begin selling “4G” devices compatible with the carrier's soon-to-launch LTE network alongside currently available “4G” devices compatible with the carrier's HSPA+ network. Sure, those “4G” LTE devices will be backwards compatible with “4G” HSPA+ services,...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.This week’s article deals with a hot topic – bandwidth buckets, or, as Craig Moffett from Sanford...
BBC News | July 7, 2011
Ofcom is considering using the airwaves freed up when FM radio goes digital to provide rural broadband.
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BBC News |
The BBC's Cindy Sui visits one very successful Taiwanese firm - HTC - and examines the challenges facing other Asian technology companies.
For more information visit BBC News here
BBC News |
The BBC's Cindy Sui visits one very successful Taiwanese firm - HTC - and examines the challenges facing other Asian technology companies.
For more information visit BBC News here
Times of India | July 7, 2011
Pros:Â Sharp and crisp display, fast performance, impeccable build quality, gorgeous and 'sensible' user interface in Sense 3.0
Cons:Â Barely audible speakers, not everyone will like weight & size
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Kyiv Post | July 7, 2011
TOKYO (AP) — Nokia Corp., battered by the popularity of smartphones, is abandoning the Japanese market, after a brief foray with luxury cell phones costing as much as 20 million yen ($250,000).
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Bloomberg Businessweek | July 11, 2011 | Saeromi Shin, Jun Yang
July 11 (Bloomberg) -- SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile-phone operator, and units of shipping magnate Kang Duk Soo’s STX Group fell in Seoul trading after they disclosed plans to bid...
DigiTimes | July 11, 2011 | Ninelu Tu, Adam Hwang
Taiwan-based EMS provider Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) had non-consolidated revenues of NT$228.401 billion (US$7.9 billion) for June growing by 13.88% on month and by 15.70% on year.
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DigiTimes | July 11, 2011 | Monica Chen, Adam Hwang
Taiwan-based vendor Asustek Computer generated non-consolidated revenues of NT$28.260 billion (US$978 million) for June, a 16-month high, while ODM Pegatron Technology's June consolidated revenues of NT$45.64 billion were a new monthly record,...
Cable.co.uk | July 11, 2011
The network operator will offer an Orange portal on Smart TVs sold across Europe.
Orange has signed a Europe-wide partnership agreement with Samsung that will see the network operator deliver content for the manufacturer's Smart TVs.
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Canon Global | July 11, 2011 | Press Release
TOKYO, July 11, 2011—Canon Inc. ("Canon"; President and COO: Tsuneji Uchida; Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan) announced today that it has entered into a partnership agreement with MEDIAN Technologies S.A. ("MEDIAN Technologies"; Chairman and CEO:...
DigiTimes | July 11, 2011 | Rebecca Kuo, Adam Hwang
Chimei Innolux (CMI) shipped 12.319 million large-size and 34.964 million small- to medium-size LCD panels in June, growing on month by 1.3% and by 14.2% respectively, according to the company.
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RIM | July 7, 2011 | Press Release
Jakarta, Indonesia - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced that the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet will be available in Indonesia from 16th July 2011. The BlackBerry PlayBook will come in three Wi-Fi® models, featuring...
Austin-based Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (FSL) announced a trio of new members to the company’s i.MX50 product family, placing a big bet on the thriving eReader device market while more powerful tablet computers threaten to unseat eReaders.
The family of i.MX50 chips launched in 2010 with...
It turns out there could be more to Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) boast last week about the 15 billionth app download via the App Store. If the latest prediction from Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster proves to be correct, Apple's massive catalog and user base...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
Verizon Wireless (VZ) didn't get Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iPhone 4 until eight months after AT&T Mobility (T), but it now has 32% of all iPhone 4s in the United States running on its network, according to a new report.Based on traffic and iPhone 4...
