Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications announced that it was going to invest m40m to set up a holding company and a research and development centre in China. The statement was made at the official launch of the China operations of the joint venture, which has taken over Ericsson's mobile phone manufacturing operations. Sony Ericsson also said […]
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Motorola has consolidated its position as the leading supplier of mobile phone handsets in China, according to a report by Beijing-based Norson Telecom Consulting. It held a 31 per cent share of sales in the first half of the year, the same as at the end of 2001, while secondplaced Nokia's share fell from 30 […]
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Locals up share of expanding market
China produced 38.92m mobile phone handsets in the first five months of this year, up 36 per cent on the previous year, while 38.96m handsets were sold in the period, an increase of 40 per cent, according to the Ministry of Information Industry. Subscriber numbers increased by 27 per cent over the five-month period, to […]
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Legend shipments up 10 per cent
Legend Group, China's largest computer maker, announced that personal computer shipments in the first six months of this year were 10 per cent higher than in the same period of 2001, without giving a precise figure for the number shipped. The company also reported an actual profit of US$34m for the second quarter of 2002, […]
China aims to boost its share of the world software market from the current 1.2 per cent to 3 per cent by 2005, Xinhua reported. Chen Chong, president of the China Software Industry Association, was quoted as saying that the value of China's software market was expected to grow to Yn250bn by 2005, including annual […]