02/08/2010
DigiTimes
Domestic shipments of 3G handsets in China are expected to amount to 42.97 million units in 2010, up from 7.2 million in 2009, according to iSuppli. The research firm attributed the significant growth to aggressive subsidies from wireless carriers.
These subsidies, which make pricing of the 3G cell phones more attractive to consumers, are expected [...]
01/28/2010
Unstrung
The new Apple iPad will have a 3G connection, but U.S. consumers won’t necessarily get to shop carriers to pick the best deal on bandwidth.
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs made mention of the fact that the GSM-based device is “unlocked” at its launch in San Francisco Wednesday. In theory, this means that [...]
12/15/2009
SinoCast
SHENZHEN, Dec 15, 2009 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) — QCOM — Patterning sixteen Chinese partners such as Huawei Technologies and ZTE, Qualcomm staged a partner conference in China on December 4, during which Qualcomm president disclosed that the company derived 23% of its total sales from China last year, adding that with telecom [...]
12/04/2009
Netease
At the “Qualcomm China Partner Conference and Innovation Showcase” held this morning, Cristiano Amon, Senior Vice President of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, said, “With the development of the Chinese 3G industry, the global communications market has begun to take a favorable turn. Qualcomm predicts that the global 3G handset shipments will surpass 2G handset shipments in [...]
11/13/2009
Inquirer – Online, The
Qualcomm has started providing wireless chipsets that combine 3G and 4G wireless technology.
The cunning plan is to help carriers transition to the next generation of wireless technology. While many carriers around the world plan to upgrade their networks to 4G using LTE, 4G signals will not be available everywhere and punters [...]
