Author: Joseph Waring

Chunghwa Telecom, the largest mobile player in Taiwan, attributed brisk growth in mobile service revenue in the opening quarter of 2024 to continued uptake of 5G plans and an increase in international roaming.

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A Huawei unit was again targeted by US authorities over national security concerns, with the Federal Communications Commission moving to restrict the company's lab from certifying wireless devices for use in the country.

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South Korea-based Stage X lined up Rakuten Mobile and the Japanese company’s software unit as strategic partners to support the rollout of its greenfield 5G network, with the fourth operator targeting launching service in the first half of 2025. 

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Huawei aims to make its smartphone OS, which will completely split from Android, the third global platform after first launching in China. Joseph Waring explores the challenges ahead.

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Samsung Electronics forecast a turnaround in the global smartphone market in the second half of 2024, driven by stabilising consumer sentiment and growth in emerging markets, with a similar rebound expected in tablets and wearables.

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Chinese vendor ZTE booked modest profit and revenue gains in the opening quarter of 2024, highlighting a shift beyond its core telecoms business as domestic operators encounter pressure from a downbeat investment environment.

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ByteDance, owner of short-form video platform TikTok, insisted it would close the platform in the US before moving to divest its interest, as the algorithms supporting the app are vital to it, Reuters reported.

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South Korea-based SK Hynix returned to profit in the opening quarter of 2024 after a string of quarterly losses, highlighting the memory market is entering into a full recovery cycle driven by demand for AI server products.

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IDC pegged Q1 smartphone shipment growth in China at 6.5 per cent, marking a second consecutive quarter of gains.

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China Unicom continued to add 5G users at a brisk pace in the opening quarter and registered another quarter of profit and revenue growth.

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