Sales of handsets in the China market grew 11.6% sequentially to 13.04 million units in March, according to data released recently by China-based market research firm CCID Consulti...
Branded handset vendors, including Nokia, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, are shifting more orders for small-size panels to Taiwan from Japan and Korea, as Taiwanese suppliers...
Production of GSM and CDMA handsets in China in first-quarter 2009 dropped back to first-quarter 2007 levels at 102.3 million units, according to EJL Wireless Research. Shipments...
With the structure of the mobile handset supply chain upended by the global economic crisis, the old rules for the contract manufacturing of wireless devices have been overturned,...
Both Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics saw their shares in the Taiwan market strengthen further in March 2009 although total handsets sold dropped 17% sequentially to about 540,000...
Shipments of handset-use capacitive touch panels are expected to see significant grow in the second half of 2009 as Apple plans to introduce the latest iPhone in June, High Tech Computer...
Nokia plans to replace the resistive touch panel currently used in its 5800 handset with a capacitive touch panel in order to compete effectively with rival models from Apple, Samsung...
Taiwan-based Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has recently gained orders from Taiwan-based telecom provider Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) to manufacture FET's own-brand netbooks,...
Apple has reportedly placed orders for 100 million 8Gb NAND flash chips mostly with Samsung Electronics, which is likely to cause a supply shortage, according to sources at downstream...
Foxconn International Holdings (FIH) and BYD Electronics are expected to see their financial performance for 2009 affected significantly by Nokia's decision to stop using outside...
Nokia has stopped using outside contract manufacturers for the assembly of its phones, dealing yet another blow to the beleaguered electronics contract manufacturing business that...
Despite challenging economic conditions, smartphones continued to gain significant market share worldwide over the past six months, rising from 26% to 33% of demand in February 2009,...
Nokia has appointed Michael Hsu, currently vice president of Nokia Greater China, as general manager of Nokia Taiwan, succeeding Tsung-kai Cheng, who has been appointed to head Nokia's...
Compal Electronics' utilization rate for notebook manufacturing has a good chance of reaching 90% in the second quarter as current order visibility is clear, according to a Chinese-language...
