Chinese Telecom Bi-Weekly news

May 1st 2008 to May 15th 2008

May 15
IC distributors confident over China white-box handsets sales in 3Q
Taiwan market: Motorola launches ROKR E8 music handset
Mobile operators to spend nearly US$850 million on fixed-mobile convergence and 4G equipment in 2013

May 14
HTC expects Touch Diamond sales to top two million units in 2008
Windows Mobile platforms expected to account for 40% of global smartphone market by fiscal 2012
GMT audio amplifier chips adopted by Motorola

May 13
Samsung beats out STMicroelectronics for Nokia 5-megapixel CMOS image sensor orders

May 12
FIH reportedly to forge partnership with China-based Longcheer
Chunghwa Telecom net EPS reaches NT$1.55 in January-April

May 9
More European telecom operators to buy HTC-branded handsets from HTC

May 8
Sprint and Clearwire to combine WiMAX businesses
Handsets with dual MEMS microphones to hit market in 1Q09

May 7
HTC unveils HTC Touch Diamond

May 6
TomTom says no plans to launch own-brand handsets

May 5
HTC lands orders for HTC Diamond 3G smartphones from telecom operators, says paper
Compal Communications revenues down almost 34% on year in April
Vibo in talks with ZTE and Gigabyte Communications for customized 3G handsets