Posted on 16 January 2013.
In a bid to change the public image of a nation that has until recently been considered a pariah, Myanmar is making a significant push to improve its status in the investment community, announcing today a tender for two national telecom licenses that will end in June. With a penetration rate of less than 9%…
Posted on 15 January 2013.
CES 2013 officially wrapped up last week, but the innovation and buzz from products seen on CES’s show floor is set to spur the next wave of technological innovation in the months to come. From Panasonic’s 4K 20-inch tablet to the Tobii REX sensor, allowing users to control their laptop using their eyes, to the…
Posted on 15 January 2013.
Chinese telecommunications behemoth Huawei announces the “World’s Biggest Smartphone” at the Consumer Electronics Show 2013 (#CES2013) with its Ascend Mate, sporting a 6.1″ screen, and its smaller sister the Ascend D2. The Ascend Mate is a clear challenge to Samsung and its recent success with the Galaxy Note II, which measures 5.5″. Samsung has powered ahead in global…
Posted on 30 November 2012.
Baidu is moving ahead into the cloud computing market with a new customized cloud solution for terminal manufacturers. In total, Baidu’s chief architect of the cloud project, Lin Shiding, said that they will be investing 4.7 billion yuan ($754.6 million USD) in a new cloud computing center. They are also forming a strategic platform partnership…
Posted on 26 October 2012.
As the world’s largest PC-maker (according to Gartner), Lenovo continues its expansion in the smartphone market this year as it makes its move into Southeast Asia. This morning, Lenovo made its plans clear that it will not be limiting itself to China, as it has done so far, and will instead look for growth in…
Posted on 30 August 2012.
In the aftermath of the watershed patent infringement case pitting Apple against Samsung, will Apple, Inc. overtake Samsung as China’s preferred smartphone of choice? Not Likely. While Apple’s win over Samsung seemed to most like a chance for Apple to finally, publically call Samsung out for its continual too-close-for-comfort-copycat products, it is unlikely that Apple…
Posted on 06 August 2012.
Confirming that competitors are looking to stir up some trouble for Apple, it has been revealed today that China Unicom will be cooperating with Samsung for its first tablet partnership ever targeting the broader Chinese public. The model of the tablet will most likely be the popular Galaxy P3100. According to reports, China Unicom will…
Posted on 20 June 2012.
Is Apple making a judgement error in China? This would appear to be the case for Shaun Rein, one of China’s foremost market experts. When recently interviewed by Hamish McKenzie over at PandoDaily, the author of The End of Cheap China had a bone to pick with Apple over what he perceives as a lack…
Posted on 11 May 2012.
Andreas Constantinou, Managing Director, VisionMobile (an analyst firm based in the UK) highlighted yesterday two trends for the 2012 mobile market: 1. Handset DELL-ification The mobile phone industry is complex, but mobile phone market share does not tell the full story. Android has become the dominant smartphone OS, and has split the market into beneficiaries…
Posted on 23 April 2012.
Competition for the mobile market continues to heat up as Samsung moves to introduce its new line-up for this year’s new smartphone generation. On May 3rd, Samsung’s widely anticipated update to its flagship model is scheduled to be displayed during a press conference in London. There are even rumors that Samsung will be launching its very…
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