Overview: Through years of product enhancement and market cultivation, Transsion Holdings enjoys a dominant position in the Africa mobile handset market. Localization initiatives are the greatest asset of the company, which reported robust performances in 2...

Overview: India’s True Wireless Stereo (TWS) market posted an impressive 656% YoY growth in Q2 2020, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s ETO service. It is one of the few segments which actually grew during the COVID-19 pandemic...

Overview: Bike taxis have got a huge potential in India. However, the bike taxi market in the country has seen an uneven growth in the last few years. This report analyses the bike taxi market potential in India, current competitive scenario, key restraints...

Overview: Automotive subscription services are on a rise in India amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This report gives an overview of the subscription services market in the country, analysing the current competitive landscape, market drivers and challenges, and f...

Overview: It was fun to talk about the intersection of 5G, IoT, and Edge at the KNect365#IoTWorld2020 this week and the different applications it unlocks. 5G & IoT both are in the nascent stages, many of these applications are not available immedi...

Overview:  India and China are the two biggest smartphone markets in the world. Together they account for 37% of all the smartphones sold in the world. They have enjoyed good relations in recent years as far as smartphones are concerned. Chinese smartp...

Overview: Online smartphone retail channels are likely to account for a 45% share of sales in 2020, according to the latest research from Counterpoint Research. This will be the highest ever share for online channels in the Indian smartphone market. The COV...

Overview: The next phase of mobile device development will be characterized by the combination of 5G, new form-factors, and rich content consumption and creation. 5G will bring more complexity where each mobile device is expected to generate as well as...

Overview: According to the latest research from Counterpoint’s ODM/IDH/EMS tracker, shipments from ODM/IDH companies grew by 4% y/y (year-on-year) in 2019 against the declining trend in the overall smartphone market (-2% y/y). We had anticipated the ...

Overview: Huawei group announced its CY2019 annual result on 31 Mar 2020. Despite the restrictions imposed by the Entity list from the U.S. government since 16 May 2019, total revenue of Huawei group grew by over 19% YoY to near US$123 billion, and its net ...

Overview: According to a Consumer Lens study conducted by Counterpoint Research, a better camera is among the top three most important features for future smartphone purchases. Longer battery life and better processor are the other two most desired features...

Overview:  Apple results in their largest quarter of the year were above expectations. The big driver was iPhone sales. Many believed this would be a challenging quarter (and year) for Apple as the company is without a 5G flagship. This was not the cas...

Overview: The annual mobile tech show, Mobile World Congress (MWC), is less than a month away. It will take place in Barcelona, Spain; between February 24 and February 27. Like every year, this year too, we are expecting smartphone manufacturers to introduc...

Overview: realme, the fastest growing smartphone brand globally entered the top five brands in Spain in November 2019. The brand was able to achieve this within one month of its launch in the country, making it one of the fastest ramp-ups in the Spanish sma...

Overview: The overall revenue of Maroc reached 9.5 MAD billion (nearly 1.0 USD billion) with 2.9% YoY growth in Q3 2019. The increase in global market subscribers, data consumption and mobile money services were the reasons for growth. Maroc is operational ...

Overview: The “Smartphone Industry Chain Summit 2019 – Growth Opportunity and Technical Challenges in the 5G Era”, jointly held by Counterpoint Research and Reed Expo, concluded in Shenzhen on Nov 22, 2019. During the summit, analysts from...

Overview: This report highlights the ISRO navigation system with Indian Constellation (NavIC) with seven IRNSS satellites as a regional navigation system offering Positioning, Navigation and Timing services to users in its service area. It further talks abo...

Overview: Counterpoint analysts were one of the select few analysts invited for Qualcomm 5G Summit in Barcelona in October 2019. It’s one of the premier mobile industry event and we gathered first-hand insights from Qualcomm and from our interactions ...

Overview: Smartphone shipments in the online channel reached their highest ever share of 46% during Q3 2019, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service. Online channel shipments grew 55% year-on-year (YoY) in Q3 2...

Overview:  Over 30 operators have launched 5G services in six months as initial 5G rollout has been faster than 4G. Over 150 smartphones will be commercially available with 5G by end of 2019. Release 16 and 17 will bring in 5G specification for use-ca...