China-based handset companies are expected to see their shipments of smartphones decline lightly in the first quarter of 2014, after combined shipments posted a 13% sequential growth in the previous quarter, according to Digitimes Research. ...
Tags: Smartphones, Handset, Electronics
The Android ecosystem and wearable technology will probably get a boost from the patent deal Google and Samsung have struck, but the agreement is unlikely to have an influence on Samsung’s intellectual property disputes with Apple, ...
Makers in the handset supply chain are set to post flat performance in the first quarter of 2014 as pull-in orders from ODMs and brand vendors are unlikely to come until March, according to industry sources. Since the market is waiting ...
Tags: Handset, Mobile Phones, ZTE
Chinese smartphone maker ZTE plans to ship over 60 million smartphones globally this year, to grab more share in a highly competitive market dommunated by Samsung and Apple. Senior Vice President Zhang Renjun said that the company shipped ...
Tags: Smartphones, ZTE
Chinese cellphone maker ZTE is heading to next week’s International CES with a number of firsts for the company, including its first phablet, first voice-unlocking smartphone, first smart watch, and first phone to display two apps ...
Tags: ZTE, International CES, phablet, voice-unlocking smartphone, smart watch
The year ends with China on the precipice of big challenges. Growth is widely expected to slow again in 2014, as the country's economy matures and old standbys like exports and infrastructure spending lose some of their punch. Beijing has ...
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The U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled against InterDigital in a complaint that alleged Huawei, Nokia and ZTE had infringed the company’s patents. On Thursday, the ITC upheld a previous ruling in June that found ...
Tags: Huawei, ZTE, Nokia, Patent Dispute
Sales of smartphones in China are expected to grow 137% on year to 189 million units in 2012, buoyed mostly by a take-off in demand for EDGE and TD-SCDMA models in the second half of the year, according to Digitimes Research. Local brands ...
Tags: Smartphone, Smartphone in China, Chinese Smartphone Market
Chinese handset maker ZTE is planning to launch a smartwatch next year, making it the latest company to throw its hat into the emerging gadget segment. ZTE said on Monday that it was preparing the device, and pointed to the first quarter ...
Tags: ZTE, launch, smartwatch
Lenovo, ZTE, Huawei and Yulong/Coolpad have taken advantage of the surging low-end smartphone market. According to IC Insights, the four major China-based handset companies are forecast to ship 168 million smartphones in 2013 and together ...
Tags: Smartphone, Lenovo, Huawei
The worldwide smartphone market grew 38.8% on year in the third quarter of 2013, according to IDC. Vendors shipped a total of 258.4 million smartphones in the third quarter, establishing a new record for units shipped in a single quarter by ...
Tags: Smartphone, Huawei, Lenvo
Online auctions site eBay is to acquire the 'speedy delivery' company Shutl, signalling a bid to bring delivery times down to just one hour in the UK. With same-day delivery services now becoming increasingly common in the US for ...
Tags: eBay, Delivery Firm
Top Chinese telecom equipment and network solution provider Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. is fueling expansion in the Southeastern Asian market. It signed a cooperation agreement with Khazanah, a strategic investment fund controlled by ...
Tags: Huawei, Computer Products
Chinese top telecom equipment supplier ZTE Corporation (SEHK: 0763 and SZSE: 000063) planned to become the biggest smart phone supplier in Philippines within three years. A top executive from ZTE in charge of Southeast Asia revealed a ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, ZTE, Smart Phone
LED chip maker Genesis Photonics expects to obtain certification from Japan-based smartphone vendors for flip chip (FC) LED chips used to make smartphone flashes in the fourth quarter of 2013 and begin shipments in the first quarter of ...