Portelligent TechAlert Service:
Competitive Alert - Fourth Quarter 2004

Prior TechAlert Service Articles: 2001 - 2007 Archive

December 21, 2004

Inventec to Ship 3 million Handsets in 2005
Sony and Samsung Electronics Sign Cross Licensing Deal on Over 20,000 Patents
KDDI's Full Song Download Service Gets 360,000 Downloads in Three Weeks
NEC Falls Back to Third Place in Japan's Cellular Phone Market
DoCoMo's Wallet Handset Sale Exceeds Critical Mass
China Unicom's Dual Mode Card to Debut at 2004 End
Nanjing Panda's Share Plunges Affected by Bad Debt Report
Giga Telecom to Sell CDMA R&D Operation to UTStarcom

December 8, 2004

DoCoMo Develops Software Platform for FOMA
Sharp and Sony Ericsson Tie up in FOMA Handset Development
NEC to Develop 3G Wireless Components for International Markets
Amoisonic Markets Mega Pixel Camera Phone
Ericsson to Strengthen Base Station Development in China
LG Electronics to Mass Produce 71-inch PDP TV
LG Electronics Plans 6M Pixel Camera Phone
Samsung Electronics to Export EV-DO Phone to Israel

November 16, 2004

Half of Sony's PSP Components are Produced In-house
Qualcomm Aims at 50 percent Share in W-CDMA Chips
Olympus Forays into HDD Music Players
Motorola Korea to Introduce MP3 Handset
Kyocera Curtails Digital Still Camera Operation
Kyocera Announced Fashionable Digital Still Cameras
Nokia and Motorola Consider Setting up Handset Factories in India
KDDI Offers Full Song Download Service

October 13, 2004

NTT DoCoMo Prototypes Fuel Cell for FOMA Handsets
Ningbo Bird Exports 1.29M Handsets in 1H 2004
Talking Camera Handset
Symbian's Smartphone Strategy
Toshiba to Launch 0.85-inch HDD at 2004 End
Japanese Camera Manufacturers Shift Production to Overseas to Save Costs
7 in 1 MPEG4 DV Camera
BenQ Showcases World's Smallest MP3 Player at CEATEC