Chinese Telecom Weekly news

January 19th 2007 to January 26th 2008

Jan 25
Taiwan Market: CHT-HTC jointly launch Touch Cruise
Handset shipments up nearly 16% to 1.15 billion in 2007, says ABI Research
Fight for second place among top-tier handset vendors to intensify
HTC to ship CDMA handset to Reliance directly, say sources

Jan 24
BandRich to begin volume production of 3.5G routers in April
Kyocera-Sanyo mobile phone consolidation to benefit Qisda
Asustek to ship V1520 PDA phone to Vodafone in 1Q08, says paper
Elan shipments of handset touch screen chips soar in January
Apple lowers iPhone shipment projection for fiscal 2Q08, says paper

Jan 23
HwaCom-Asustek team lands 270,000 STB orders from CHT
Aurora Systems announces entry into mobile projection market
Kinpo Group counts on printers, STBs, handsets and HD storage devices to drive revenues growth in 2008
Largan: 3-megapixel camera phones to be mainstream in 2009

Jan 22
Taiwan planned WiMAX equipment purchases could be delayed
Network-equipment makers experience pick-up in WiMAX orders in 1Q08
Taiwan market: Vastar to launch IPTV service
Taiwan-based handset LCM makers to see orders drop in 1Q, reports paper
Samsung and LG aim to up sales of US$200 handsets in 2008, says paper

Jan 21
Chunghwa Telecom reportedly favoring MSTV over OMP for MOD service