SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics, South Korea’s top tech giant, saw its presence in the Southeast Asian smartphone market decline in the first quarter despite increased shipments, data showed Wednesday, as Chinese rivals took up more of the fast-growing region with budget models. Samsung’s smartphone sales in the region rose 28 percent on-year [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has suffered another setback in the fast-growing Chinese smartphone market this year in the face of heated competition, with its standing slipping by one notch to become the No. 4 smartphone seller in the first quarter of this year, data showed Thursday. China-based Huawei Technologies Co. [...]
ANADIGICS’ Compact, High Performance WiFi Front-End IC Helps Huawei Save Space and Maximize Battery Life in the Honor 4X Smartphone WARREN, N.J., Mar. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — ANADIGICS, Inc. (Nasdaq:ANAD) (the “Company”), a world leader in radio frequency (RF) solutions, today announced that the Company is shipping production volumes of its AWL9281 front-end integrated circuit [...]
WARREN, N.J., Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — ANADIGICS, Inc. (Nasdaq:ANAD) (the “Company”), a world leader in radio frequency (RF) solutions, today announced that the Company is shipping production volumes of its AWL9281 front-end integrated circuit (FEIC) to Huawei for the new Ascend Mate 7. With an expansive 6.0-inch display, 2.9 mm narrow bezel and 7.9 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Huawei’s 17th global R&D center will be established in Korea following the U.S., England, and India. This means that the Chinese electronic giant wants to take advantage of Korea’s high-tech prowess in mobile technology and wishes to penetrate into the Korean smart phone market as a long-term strategy. Kevin [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Since the government introduced on October 1 a new law intended to improve the mobile phone handset retail structure, it seems the new phone device demand has finally recovered the pre-October level. Market watchers said this is largely because of the effect of the new Apple iPhone 6 to debut [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics has entered an “emergency mode,” following the mediocre sales performance of the Galaxy. Some within the company are talking about the possibility of a downsizing or a major reshuffling. In a leader-less situation, Samsung’s state of panic is getting more serious. As expected, the second-quarter financial results released on July [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — When President Xi Jinping of China visited South Korea earlier this month, around 200 business delegates, including CEOs of major Chinese IT companies like Alibaba, Baidu, Huawei and China Telecom, accompanied him on the trip. All of the Chinese companies are reportedly, gearing up to push deeper into Korean market with [...]
LONDON, July 7, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–Samsung and Apple account for the majority of the top 20 smartphone models sold worldwide in Q1 2014. Heavily marketed flagship devices like the iPhone 5s 16GB and Samsung’s Galaxy S4 i9500 16GB top the rankings. “Samsung’s dominance is driven by its market leading 27% market share and despite Apple’s [...]