Category Archives: Nokia
HTC Picks ST-Ericsson TD-SCDMA Technology for
ST-Ericsson, a provider of wireless platforms and semiconductors, has announced that HTC Corp. is leveraging its TD-SCDMA technology in China for future smartphones. HTC and ST-Ericsson expect to give people in China a wide selection of high-speed broadband handsets by … Continue reading
Mobile World Congress 2010 – day one overview
Mobile World Congress, the cellphone industry’s annual confab in Barcelona, Spain, kicked off on Monday. Microsoft starts over in smartphones: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has used a stage at the Mobile World Congress to unveil Windows Mobile 7 Series, new … Continue reading
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3G poised to roar with new vigor
IT may be the Year of the Tiger for astrologers, but for the telecommunications industry, 2010 is shaping up as the year of 3G. After a lukewarm market response when 3G first appeared in China early last year, the next … Continue reading
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Nokia picks ST-Ericsson as chip supplier for China
Nokia, the world’s largest maker of mobile phones, picked ST-Ericsson, the wireless chip joint venture of ST-Micro and Ericsson, as a key supplier of chips for handsets destined to be used in China. Original here (Market Watch).
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Nokia – Quality Made in China
Go to this site for an informative look into the quality Nokia is able to produce out of China. Link has text, pictures, and video (from Nokia’s YouTube page). “Nokia made in China is as good as Nokia made in … Continue reading
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Nokia targets China for new platform
Nokia is trying to boost its fledgling services business with a joint venture in China that will be given the task of launching the handset maker’s Ovi services platform in the country next year. The move in the world’s largest … Continue reading
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Sales of Cheap, Fake Cellphones Expected to Double
The sale of cheap imitation brand-name mobile telephones is expected to double, hurting such cellphone giants as Nokia, Samsung and Motorola, and possibly threatening the safety of unwary consumers. A recent report by the market research firm Gartner estimated 2009 … Continue reading
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Nokia and New Alliance form China joint venture
Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia struck an agreement with New Alliance, part of Shanghai Alliance Investment, to form a 50/50 services venture in China. Nokia added the joint venture firm would be called Nokia Alliance Internet Services. Said in the … Continue reading
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Dumb Things Foreign Companies Do In China
Excerpts from original article. A month ago, Apple sold only 5,000 iPhones in its China debut, as against 65,000 in much smaller Korea. It is too early to declare the iPhone a failure in the country, but the launch missed … Continue reading
Lessons From the China Nokia Industrial Park
The Nokia China factory at the Xingwang high tech park in Beijing China is a good illustration of what a high-value industrial park should be and can bring to a country. Uganda is trying to achieve the same in the … Continue reading
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