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Qualcomm Completes CSR Acquisition

by Helen Vince

Qualcomm has finally completed its acquisition of CSR, a fabless provider of end-to-end semiconductor and software solutions for the Internet of Everything and automotive segments. The company announced its offer for CSR in November …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 22 - Issue 33

Lenovo Result 18/08/2015

by Helen Vince

Lenovo Group reported a 51% drop in net profit in the first quarter of the year, falling to $105 million from $214 million in Q1 of the previous year. Turnover for the quarter was …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 33

Korean Makers Invest in Flexible OLED Technology

by Tom Allen

The glass-based AMOLED display market will be worth almost $23 billion in 2022. To adapt to new market conditions, both Samsung Display and LG Display are ramping production capacity of plastic-based OLED displays, writes …

Emagin Result 19/08/2015

by Helen Vince

Emagin Corporation has released its second quarter results, narrowing its net loss in Q2 to $66,000 from a net loss of $1 million in Q2 of the previous year, on turnover which was flat …

Tags:eMagin| Financial Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 33

Rising Touch Shipments for Mobile Devices

by Tom Allen

ET Mag says that Chinese touch panel makers will ship more than 179.5 million units in Q3’15: a 15.5% QoQ rise. Shipments will consist of 153 million units for smartphones (up 15.6%), 25.26 million …

Conversion of NYC’s Public Payphones to Begin Soon

by Tom Allen

The plan to convert New York City’s public payphones – now largely obsolete – into internet access centres (10,000 Touchscreens for New York) will begin this year. Each of the new kiosks will be …

Tags:Android| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 33

Samsung Beats Apple to Flagship Punch

by Tom Allen

Skipping its normal IFA unveiling, Samsung held its Galaxy Unpacked event in mid-August to show off its newest flagship smartphones. It is thought that the earlier announcement was to ‘steal a march’ on Apple’s …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 33

by Tom Allen

Xiaomi has shown a new 4G smartphone in China. The Hongmi Note 2 costs between CNY785 ($120) and CNY950 ($150). The product has an octa-core 64-bit processor from Mediatek, a 5.5″ display (1920 x …

Lenovo to Restructure Mobile Unit, Cut 3,200 Jobs

by Helen Vince

Lenovo says it is to restructure its mobile business group (MBG) and cut 3,200 jobs worldwide, after announcing a 51% drop in first quarter net profit (see Finance Results). Yuanqing Yang, chairman and CEO …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 22 - Issue 33

HTC to Cut 15% of Workforce

by Helen Vince

Having reported its biggest ever quarterly loss last week (LDM Vol 22 No 33), HTC has announced plans to streamline its business, resulting in a 15% reduction of its global workforce, estimated to be …

Tags:Employment and Redundancies| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 22 - Issue 33

Austrian Spectrum for Mobile Broadband

by Tom Allen

The Austrian government has said that it will make the 700MHz band available for mobile broadband services by 2020.

Tags:Austria| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Vol 22 - Issue 33

UltraHD Screen for Sony’s Z5 Plus

by Milos Pavlovic

A user-agent profile for Sony’s upcoming Xperia Z5 Plus has been uncovered, which suggests that the smartphone will feature an UltraHD display. The profile, for all variants of the phone, lists a resolution of …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 33