Handset Sale
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M1 prepares for OpCo position
News In anticipation of Singapore's National Broadband Network, MobileOne is moving from a single-play operator role to multi-play, it said.
Tags: Financial statements, Sales/revenue, Service Revenue, IP Television, Mobile TV, Dip, Sales, chief marketing officer, handset sale, M1
Windows Mobile still in the game
News Microsoft needs to bring innovation faster to its mobile platform to best the smartphone competition and regain market share, according to analysts.
Tags: Windows Mobile, Smart phones, Phone, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., mobile, Smart Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
Mobile phone sales figures not pretty
News Manufacturers shipped between 245 million and 282 million units in the first quarter, compared with 282 to 290 million a year earlier. Only bright spot was smartphone sales.
Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Apple Inc., Mobile, Quarter, Motorola Inc., Smart Phone, International Data Corp., Cell Phone, Sales
Thai airport closures may leave AIS short of revenue goal
News Advanced Info Service will not reach its revenue growth target of 7 percent due to a deepening downturn in the final quarter as a result of the shutdown, says company's president.
Tags: Handhelds, Sales/revenue, Budgeting/cost control, Earning reports/forecasts, Politics, Mobile, Thailand, Cell Phone, Sales, handset sale
Is Sony Ericsson heading for divorce?
News The joint venture in mobile phones is dragging on both parents and needs a lot of cash. Can Ericsson let it go? Could Sony afford control?
Tags: Handhelds, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Mobile, Smart Phone, Cell Phone, Nomura International, Sales, handset sale, handset, analyst
Smartphone boom defies wider handset slump
News The past year has seen a 27 percent increase in smartphone sales--while the term "smartphone" will soon become meaningless, according to analyst Gartner.
Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Apple Inc., Smart Phone, Research In Motion Ltd., Europe, Gartner Inc., Sales, Smartphone, Apple iPhone
Cheap chips to thwart sales dip?
News Qualcomm has introduced some cheaper cell phone chips in the midst of a handset sales dip.
RIM profit and BlackBerry sales disappoint
News Quarterly sales of Research In Motion's BlackBerry smartphones came in lower than analysts had expected. And earnings were low due a legal charge.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, RIM BlackBerry, Smart Phone, Research In Motion Ltd., Stock, Sales, Apple iPhone, strategy, analyst
Motorola announces further job cuts
News Struggling handset maker plans to cut another 4,000 jobs and warns that weaker-than-expected handset sales would lead to a fourth-quarter loss.
Tags: Layoffs, Forecasting, Earning reports/forecasts, Qualcomm Inc., Mobile, Motorola Inc., Mobile Device, Sales, Forecasting, phone
Android sales to outstrip iPhone's by 2012
News Android smartphone sales will outstrip iPhone sales by 2012, a report has predicted.
Tags: Smart phones, Smart Phone, Android, Google Inc., Sales, smartphone sale, Symbian Inc., Linux, Apple iPhone, handset
Motorola's fourth-quarter loss hits US$3.6B
News Trouble in the company's Mobile Devices segment was a significant factor in the loss. Overall revenue of US$7.1 billion was down 26 percent year-on-year.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Forecasting, Handhelds, Smart phones, Mobile, Motorola Inc., Mobile Device, Sales, Forecasting, financial
Thailand's I-Mobile focuses on network services
News Samart I-Mobile will provide mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) services in provincial markets instead of overseas under its strategy to create a new domestic fixed-revenue stream.
Tags: Network infrastructure, 3G (Third Generation), Wireless LANs, Business broadband, Personal broadband, Mobile, Thailand, Sales, I-Mobile, Samart I-Mobile
Nokia further reduces forecast
News For the second time in a month, the company revises its forecast and tells investors that a slumping economy will hurt sales in the fourth quarter.
Tags: PDA phones, BlackBerry, Smart phones, Apple Inc., Mobile, Smart Phone, Cell Phone, Europe, Gartner Inc., Sales
Nokia CEO touts N97 smartphone
News Speaking at D: All Things Digital, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo shows off the company's latest smartphone. The good news is that it is coming to the United States. The bad: it costs US$699.
Tags: Smart phones, Smart Phone, Video, N97, phone, AT&T Corp., CEO, U.S., Nokia Corp., built-In
Philippine carriers eye various growth areas
News As analysts expect phone sales in the country to fall this year, mobile operators mull revenue sources such as data traffic services, to overcome any handset sale slump.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile, Philippines, International Data Corp., Cell Phone, Wireless, phone, 3G
