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Samsung Continues to Fight Legal Battle with Huawei

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has asked a California federal judge to block Chinese smartphone maker, Huawei, from enforcing an injunction it won in China last month, ordering Samsung to stop making or selling devices that infringe two …

Tags:3G & 4G| Huawei| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Chinese OLED Makers Close to 10 Million in 2017

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell of China has reported that Chinese OLED makers produced 78,000 m² of OLEDs in 2017, with Visionox from Kunshan producing more than 30,000 m², a market share in China of 38.9% and with …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 25 - Issue 05

IDC: China Smartphone Market Declined by 4.9% in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

According to preliminary data from IDC, the China smartphone market declined 15.7% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2017 and 4.9% for the whole of 2017. Tay Xiaohan, Research Manager of IDC Asia Pacific’s …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 05

IDC: Detachable Tablets Return to Growth During the Holiday Season

by Andrew Fenn

The worldwide detachable tablet market grew to 6.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017, an increase of 10.3% from the previous holiday season, according to preliminary data from IDC. Growth for the …

Tags:Convertible PCs| IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Byton e-Car Launch Exploits Next Gen Displays

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, at the CES 2018 press day, new kid on the block, China car maker Future Mobility Corp. (FMC), launched its new electric car brand, Byton, that features a completely …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2018| Curved Displays| Vol 25 - Issue 05

NEC Acquires German LED Solution Provider S[quadrat]

by Andrew Fenn

NEC Display has announced its acquisition of S[quadrat], a provider of LED solutions, as the company looks to expand its display technology portfolio to include complete, fine-pitch LED systems for indoor, as well as …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| NEC| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Broadcom Makes “Best and Final” Offer in Qualcomm Takeover Bid

by Andrew Fenn

Broadcom has made what it has called its “final” offer in its bid to acquire Qualcomm, who rejected the company’s previous bid in November 2017, claiming that it “significantly undervalued” the company. (Qualcomm Rejects …

Tags:Broadcom| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Vodafone in Talks to Purchase European Cable Assets from Liberty Global

by Andrew Fenn

Vodafone has confirmed it is in talks to purchase a number of Liberty Global’s cable assets in countries where the two companies have overlapping assets, which includes the Czech Republic and Hungary. Vodafone previously …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vodafone| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Samsung Announces Cinema LED Partnership with Wanda Cinemas

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has announced a partnership with theatre operator Wanda Cinemas, to bring its Cinema LED Screen technology to Wanda’s Wujiaochang theatre, located in Shanghai’s Yangpu District. (My First Movie on an LED Cinema Screen) …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| LED Cinema| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 05