Fierce price competition in the global handset market has caused handset vendors such as Nokia and Sony Ericsson to see a drop in average selling prices (ASPs) and profits. Market...
Last week Nokia unveiled its much anticipated Comes with Music (CwM) proposition, whereby Nokia will bundle a phone with unlimited music downloads for a year. While Nokia also unveiled...
The production value of digital music is likely to grow sharply, to account for half of the world's entire music market in 2010 if Nokia's recently launched 'Comes With Music' business...
The impact of a slowing global economy has been stronger on the mid-range handset segments, as compared with the high- and low-end segments, indicated Tsung-kai Cheng, general manager...
Nokia Taiwan on September 8 launched its new flagship handset, the N96, in the Taiwan market with a suggested retail price of NT$29,700 (US$877). The company also plans to bring in...
David Tang, vice president of Nokia China, has said the company is very optimistic about handset sales during the week-long holidays in China that start from October 1. Despite seeing...
China-based handset maker BYD Electronics began to ship CDMA handsets, made using chipsets from VIA Telecom, to Nokia in the middle of this year, making VIA Telecom a member company...
Nokia has set the capability of AMOLED development as a condition for the selection of its panel suppliers, as the handset vendor expects AMOLED to play a major role in the market...
In the second quarter of 2008, tier one handset vendors enjoyed year-over-year unit shipment growth of between 15-22%. ABI Research estimates that 301 million units were shipped during...
Demand for small- to medium-size LCD panels from the handset market is warming up, with major vendor Nokia increasing orders at AU Optronics (AUO) and TPO Displays, according to industry...
Taiwan ODM/OEM handset makers are positive about the new licensing agreement reached between Nokia and Qualcomm, stating that the new deal may result in more handset orders from Nokia,...
Sony Ericsson outperformed Nokia and was ranked as the largest handset vendor in terms of sales value with a 31.6% share of the Taiwan handset market in June, compared to Nokia's...
Taiwan-based handset component suppliers remain optimistic about demand in the third quarter although international handset vendors have given mixed outlooks for the period.
Slowing handset shipment growth at the end of the second quarter from major handset vendors including Nokia, Samsung Electronics, and LG Electronics does not bode well for the global...
Shipments of handsets from Motorola in the second quarter of this year might lag behind those from LG Electronics and Sony Ericsson, which will push down the global ranking of the...
