http://taiwanbizz.com TAIWAN | Business | Finance | News | Opportunity | Technology | Telecom | Fri, 25 May 2012 03:11:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://taiwanbizz.com/telecom/taiwan-market-htc-recaptures-top-handset-vendor-ranking-in-april/ http://taiwanbizz.com/telecom/taiwan-market-htc-recaptures-top-handset-vendor-ranking-in-april/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 03:11:02 +0000 admin http://taiwanbizz.com/telecom/taiwan-market-htc-recaptures-top-handset-vendor-ranking-in-april/ HTC recaptured the top vendor ranking in the Taiwan handset market in terms of sales value in April with a 36% share, followed by Samsung Electronics with 25% and Apple with 18%, according to data compiled by retail channels. (read on…) Related items Taiwan market: Four operators to begin selling HTC WiMAX smartphones Taiwan market: Sub-NT$11,000 models to account for 40% of smartphone sales by year-end 2012 Taiwan market: CHT, TWM, FET set 2012 sales goals for tablet PCs, says report Chunghwa Telecom Reports Consolidated Operating Results for the First Quarter of 2012 Taiwan market: TWM launches sub-NT$4,000 own-brand smartphone]]>

HTC recaptured the top vendor ranking in the Taiwan handset market in terms of sales value in April with a 36% share, followed by Samsung Electronics with 25% and Apple with 18%, according to data compiled by retail channels.
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]]> http://taiwanbizz.com/telecom/taiwan-market-htc-recaptures-top-handset-vendor-ranking-in-april/feed/ 0 http://taiwanbizz.com/telecom/taiwan-market-four-operators-to-begin-selling-htc-wimax-smartphones/ http://taiwanbizz.com/telecom/taiwan-market-four-operators-to-begin-selling-htc-wimax-smartphones/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 03:10:09 +0000 admin http://taiwanbizz.com/telecom/taiwan-market-four-operators-to-begin-selling-htc-wimax-smartphones/ Taiwan-based WiMAX operators Vee TIME, Global Mobile, Vmax Telecom and Tatung InfoComm will begin contract-bundled sale of the WiMAX/WCDMA dual-mode HTC EVO Design smartphone in the Taiwan market in June 2012, according to Vee. (read on…) Related items Taiwan market: HTC recaptures top handset vendor ranking in April Taiwan market: Sub-NT$11,000 models to account for 40% of smartphone sales by year-end 2012 Vee TIME Corp Launches High Speed Railway Broadband Service with NewNet 4G WiMAX Solutions Taiwan market: CHT, TWM, FET set 2012 sales goals for tablet PCs, says report Taiwan market: TWM launches sub-NT$4,000 own-brand smartphone]]>

Taiwan-based WiMAX operators Vee TIME, Global Mobile, Vmax Telecom and Tatung InfoComm will begin contract-bundled sale of the WiMAX/WCDMA dual-mode HTC EVO Design smartphone in the Taiwan market in June 2012, according to Vee.
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