September 4, 2015
HTC: From Riches to Rags
HTC today announced its preliminary revenues for August 2015 and as expected it was not rosy and hit the lowest level ever, and this is far from…
September 2, 2015
Intel at IFA – evolving computing but quiet on smartphones
Intel held a characteristically demo-rich press conference at IFA on September 2nd. Intel formally announced the sixth generation of its Core series…
August 28, 2015
Why Messaging & E-Commerce Platforms are Converging in Strategies?
There is a parallel trend where the new wave of social networks which are gaining popularity (e.g. Whatsapp, Line, WeChat, Kakao Talk) share a common…
August 26, 2015
Why Microsoft still has (a lot of) work to do…
I want to like Microsoft I really do. It's gone from the 'evil empire' to plucky challenger (well, almost). But every now and then you run into a…
August 3, 2015
The Future is HERE & Brighter For The Location Industry
Nokia today announced the sale of its HERE location and mapping business unit to a Consortium formed by German Automaker BMW-Audi-Daimler for EUR 2.8…
July 22, 2015
TSMC: Apple Ramps But Revenue Growth Still Slows Down
We have been following the performance of t he world's leading foundry and previously highlighted its importance to track performance of the key…
July 21, 2015
Q2 2015: Apple :: China Revenues Double Annually
Apple reported its FYQ3 or CYQ2 results for 2015, some key highlights were: Apple generated almost US$ 50 Billion in revenues up 33% YoY. Operating…
July 21, 2015
Q2 2015: Verizon :: AOL Acquisition Timely As LTE Base Broadens
One of the top two US operators, Verizon announced its results today seeing some interesting growth in a what used to be a traditionally slow…
July 21, 2015
Is China’s economic slowdown Affecting Alibaba?
China’s economic growth is marginally slowing down, as per China’s National Bureau of Statistic accumulated GDP growth slowed down 9.4% growth rate…
July 16, 2015
Micromax scaling up its “Make in India” portfolio
At the beginning of July 2015, Counterpoint Research was invited for a visit to the Micromax local assembling operations in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand.…
July 16, 2015
Jolla & Intex Launches A ‘Snapdeal Phone’ in India
As we have highlighted previously in our insights two key trends which are disrupting the incumbent mobile value chain players from operators to…
July 8, 2015
Microsoft: writing down, but not writing-off
Microsoft announced on 8th July it is writing down the value of its Nokia Devices and Services acquisition by $7.6 billion and making a further 7,800…
July 1, 2015
China Mobile: 4G Leapfrogging 3G Growth By a Margin
China Mobile is the world's largest mobile operator with more than 816 million mobile subscribers almost bigger than all subscribers in…
June 30, 2015
Q2 2015: Chinese Brands Dominate As Huawei Becomes The Third Largest Mobile Phone Brand Globally For the First Time
Counterpoint Research team of Analysts have completed preliminary sizing of the global handset and smartphone market as few OEMs have already…
June 21, 2015
First Things First – Father’s day in Latin America
June 21st is Father’s day for all top LATAM (Latin America) markets, except Brazil which is in August. This day has traditionally been a big date…
June 19, 2015
Evolving Business Models – HaaD – Hardware As A Distribution Model
The mobile hardware industry has evolved from the then elephant in the room and vertically integrated Nokia's dominance in the 2000 decade to rise…
June 17, 2015
Elop: a canary in a coal mine?
Microsoft announced a reorganization on 17th June that will see Stephen Elop depart the company. The devices business that he was running will be…
May 11, 2015
On Sale Now: Tesco Mobile
Tesco is putting its share of MVNO Tesco Mobile up for sale. Tesco Mobile is the UK's largest Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) with around 4…