Chinese Telecom Bi-Weekly news

April 3rd 2008 to April 17th 2008

Apr 17
Taiwan market: xDSL users continue to fall in 4Q07
Skype hardware vendor Ipevo seeks additional investments from angel investors

Apr 16
Vibo slashes capital; prepares to draw overseas investors
Taiwan licensed WiMAX operators form consortium
Acer and Kyocera join Nortel WiMAX ecosystem
UMC to fabricate 3G iPhone baseband chip, says paper
Ecosystem challenges limit NFC prospects in 2008, says Strategy Analytics
Samsung reportedly lands TD-SCDMA handset orders from China Mobile

Apr 15
Taiwan market: Revenues from telecom services at over NT$370 billion in 2007
Taiwan market: Samsung to launch Giorgio Armani-Samsung dual-brand handset in April
E-Ten announces Glofiish M810 and M750 handsets

Apr 14
Intel kicks off WiMAX investment plans in Taiwan, says paper
Mobile browser market to grow to 1.5 billion units in 2013, says ABI Research

Apr 11
Chunghwa Telecom 1Q revenues total NT$47 billion
Dopod plans to launch its first TD-SCDMA smartphone in June-July
Amoi lands Windows Mobile-based smartphone orders from Vodafone

Apr 10
Taiwan branded handset vendors retreat from mainstream segment in China handset market
Taiwan market: BenQ aims to ship 180,000 handsets in 2008
HTC new product launch scheduled on May 6 in London, says paper

Apr 9
Compal Communications to make low-cost GSM handsets for Nokia, says paper
Synnex Technology hits record consolidated revenues in 1Q08
BenQ steps up handset outsourcing

Apr 8
HTC revenues meet higher end of market expectations in 1Q
Quanta Computer suffers drain on handset personnel
Taiwan market: Mobile TV trial broadcasters would prefer joint operations

Apr 7
Mobile location based services revenues to top US$13 billion worldwide by 2013, says ABI Research
Qisda to begin shipping 3G handsets to Motorola in 3Q08, say sources
Cell phone usage continues to increase in US, says research firm
Inventec strikes smartphone deals with Velocity Mobile, say sources