In the fourth quarter of 2008, worldwide sales of smartphones to end users reached 38.1 million units, an increase of 3.7% on the fourth quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. Global...

China Telecom has recently launched its initial purchase of CDMA 3G handsets for 2009 with about 40 models coming from overseas and domestic vendors, including Samsung Electronics,...

Taiwan-based quartz component maker TXC is said to have won orders for Nokia's N series smartphones, with shipments expected to begin in the second half of this year, according a...

The Western European smartphone market experienced good performance in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker. Vendors shipped 9.3 million units,...

Due to its recent agreement with Nokia, Qualcomm is likely to solidify its lead in the global market for mobile-handset baseband semiconductors, according to iSuppli.

Nokia is currently in talks with Taiwan notebook makers and EMS companies for cooperation on its plans to possibly enter the netbook market, according to sources at Taiwan notebook...

Nokia has initiated a reshuffle of its top executives in the Asia Pacific region, promoting Tsung-kai Cheng, currently general manager of Nokia Taiwan, to head Nokia's...

Handset sales in the Taiwan market climbed 16.3% sequentially to 635,500 units in January, thanks to the buying spree ignited by Taiwan government's distribution of consumer coupons...

Nokia is expected to step into the 3.5G data card segment soon, a market which is expected to top 50 million units in 2009, according to market sources. Nokia's data cards will come...

Handset vendors Samsung Electronics and Sony Ericsson are introducing new product lines and both companies are confident they can wrestle the handset crown from Nokia in the local...

Shipments of Wi-Fi-enabled cellular handsets will double in volume by the end of 2010, compared to January 2008, and that growth curve is expected to continue through 2013, according...

VIA Telecom, a subsidiary of VIA Technologies, has received orders for baseband chips for use in CDMA2000 handsets from China vendors Beijing Tianyu Communications Equipment, Dopod...

MediaTek has announced that its consolidated sales for January totaled NT$6.2 billion (US$184.45 million), up 21.48% on month but representing a slight decline of 4.62% on year. The...

With global handset vendors including Nokia restocking their inventories by placing rush orders, Taiwan-based handset PCB makers are seeing increases in their shipments for Februar...

The worldwide mobile phone market experienced an unusual downturn in the normally robust fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q08). According to IDC, vendors shipped a total of 289 million units,...