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sian. Again drop to 0.057 on Friday again

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very optimistic...

Belteshazzar ( Date: 11-Nov-2011 09:29) Posted:

5.8 to 6 very challenging angle of inclination 70 deg

6.1 - 8.5 challenging angle of inclination 45 deg

8.6 to 11.5 less challenging angle of inclination 30 deg

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if today still dont give out some news i chop off my balls

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5.8 to 6 very challenging angle of inclination 70 deg

6.1 - 8.5 challenging angle of inclination 45 deg

8.6 to 11.5 less challenging angle of inclination 30 deg

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seems like a quiet day last day trading b4 results

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Today 9th day going 6 again? chances quite high, US +ve + no surprises

Q2 results end today/sat/sun?

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HTC’s Anti-Apple Strategy Wins in U.S.

By Sarah Frier and Tim Culpan - Nov 10, 2011 1:01 PM GMT+0800

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HTC CEO Forges Anti-Apple Strategy

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A visitor tries the HTC Corp.'s new HTC Evo 3D mobile handset while on display at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin.

A visitor tries the HTC Corp.'s new HTC Evo 3D mobile handset while on display at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin. Photographer: Tim Fadek/Bloomberg

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HTC Corp. CEO Peter Chou

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Peter Chou, president and chief executive officer of HTC Corp.

Peter Chou, president and chief executive officer of HTC Corp. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

HTC Corp. (2498) Chief Executive Officer Peter Chou got the call when Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) wanted to develop the first smartphone for a higher-speed wireless network last year.

Sprint needed the phone fast, with a design that would stand out in the market. No problem, Chou told the executives. HTC’s engineers spent about seven months building the device with Sprint and launched the Evo last June. The debut gave Sprint bragging rights for the first fourth-generation phone in the U.S., and won Taiwanese manufacturer HTC strong support at a major carrier.

“Peter personally makes a commitment and gets the team to rally around it,” Steve Elfman, Sprint’s president of network operations, said in an interview. “They were able to design with us. Peter himself would be there describing products at a technical level.”

HTC has become the top seller of smartphones in the U.S. with a strategy that’s precisely the opposite of Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s. Where Apple is secretive, HTC is open. Where Apple is exclusive, HTC works with all carriers. Where Apple is proprietary, HTC is collaborative. Where Apple customizes for no one, HTC customizes for everyone. It’s the anti-Apple and, so far, it has worked.

“HTC will make products for you,” said Elfman. “We certainly don’t do design work on Apple products.”

The question is whether HTC can stay on top. Chou has benefited as people trade in traditional phones, used primarily for voice calls and texting, for smartphones, which can download apps and surf the Web. Carriers scrambling to keep up with demand such as Verizon Wireless and Sprint turned to HTC for smartphones that use Google Inc. (GOOG)’s Android software during the almost four years AT& T had exclusive U.S. rights to the iPhone.

Brand Weakness

Yet as the market matures, HTC may be vulnerable. All three of the top U.S. carriers can now offer the iPhone, and HTC lacks the brand cache of Apple and rivals that use Android, such as Samsung Electronics Co. and Sony Corp. (6758) It also has to compete with new Microsoft Corp.-powered phones from Nokia and a revamped lineup from Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM)

The result is that, after claiming the top position in the third quarter for the first time, according to researcher Canalys, HTC will likely lose ground in the U.S., said Matt Thornton, an analyst for Avian Securities LLC.

“HTC will never be No. 1 again,” said Thornton, who is based in Boston and rates HTC’s stock “neutral.” “Now they’re butting heads against others who so far have been immovable.”

HTC Founding

Chou said he understands the challenges. Still, he said HTC will stick with the strategy that has helped it forge strong ties to carriers in the U.S. and globally, helping the company almost double revenue last year and post five consecutive quarters of record profit.

“Developing a good brand is really hard,” Chou said in an interview in New York. “We come from a company with no experience, no resources for developing a global brand. We have to be friendly. We have great relationships.”

HTC was founded in 1997 by Chou, Cher Wang and HT Cho. Wang, chairwoman of HTC, is Taiwan’s richest woman and daughter of Formosa Plastics Corp. founder Wang Yung-ching, who was Taiwan’s richest man before he died in 2008.

The company began as a contract manufacturer, one of many Asian companies that made gadgets for Western technology companies at low margins without a trace of their own brand. It manufactured notebook computers and personal digital assistants for Compaq Computer Corp.

In 2002, Chou won a contract with Microsoft to make Windows-based phones and quickly became their top producer globally. HTC also made the first Android phone in 2008, and now makes both kinds of phones.

‘Lives on Planes’

By quickly incorporating the latest technologies and customizing phones for customers, Chou has forged ties to more than 100 wireless operators on six continents. The company has climbed to the No. 4 position in smartphones globally, behind Samsung, Apple and Nokia.

“He lives on planes,” said Anurag Gupta, president of Europe, the Middle East and Asia for Brightpoint Inc., which distributes mobile phones and other products. “He’s a huge force behind HTC and he has a great team.”

HTC has benefited from the rising popularity of Android, which is catching on faster than Apple devices. Android grabbed 44 percent of the market in the quarter ended in August, compared with 38 percent three months earlier, according to ComScore. Apple kept its 27 percent share.

‘Long History’

“Their long history with operators has helped them build a market, dating back to when phone companies spent lots of money on 3G networks and wanted to promote their own brands and services,” said Lu Chia-lin, a Hong Kong-based analyst at Samsung Securities Asia Ltd, who rates the stock “buy.” “HTC realized that this model couldn’t last forever, so they made the move into branding and innovation to build customer awareness.”

Chou, an engineer by training, worked at Digital Equipment Corp. before starting HTC. Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program instilled in Chou the importance of presentation and style, helping transform him from engineering geek to chic CEO. To build an international mindset, Chou set the company’s working language to English, with memos and meetings conducted in that language rather than Chinese.

The company operates “almost like a startup,” quickly and intimately, said Elfman, who is meeting this week with Chou in Taiwan -- a trip he makes annually.

Chou is pushing beyond simply making hardware. HTC acquired five software and content-related companies in the past two years to add features. The company is betting that content, software and services will set it apart, Chou said.

Lady Gaga Party

A $300 million controlling stake in Beats Electronics LLC, the headphones maker backed by rapper Dr. Dre, was part of a strategy to lure music enthusiasts with a marketing plan that included bringing singer Lady Gaga to an Oct. 6 audio party in London to release the HTC Sensation XL, its first handset featuring Beats audio technology and headphones.

Chou said he cares more about making unique products than making good profit margins. He listens and acts quickly. Often, when Beats co-founder and music producer Jimmy Iovine calls with an idea, Chou will have sent off an e-mail about it before the conversation is over, Iovine said. Chou said he tests the music himself.

“We are investing in an emotional and cultural experience,” he said.

Steep Climb

The investments may not be enough to keep HTC ahead in the U.S. With Apple’s iPhone now being sold by Verizon Wireless and Sprint, demand for other handsets may slow. Sales associates in wireless retail stores unanimously recommended the iPhone for the average smartphone buyer, according to a Wells Fargo & Co. survey in 20 U.S. cities last month.

Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone maker, unveiled the Galaxy Nexus in October to become the only vendor globally with Google’s latest operating system, called Ice Cream Sandwich, on its phones. HTC said in a Facebook post Nov. 7 that eight of its handsets will be upgradable to the operating system in early 2012 -- not in time for holiday shopping.

The competition is expected to weigh on sales in what is typically a busy quarter. HTC expects handset shipments to be 12 million to 13 million this quarter. The company may post its slowest profit and sales growth in almost two years, according to analysts’ estimates.

Chou said maintaining the leading position in the U.S. is not his top priority. He’s focused on creating cutting-edge products and making sure HTC continues to grow globally.

“If you have a great product, business will come,” he said.

To contact the reporters on this story: Sarah Frier in New York at sfrier1@bloomberg.net Tim Culpan in Taipei at tculpan1@bloomberg.net.

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Africa Offers Mobile Opportunities as Fastest-Growing Market

By Kendra Srivastava | Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:34 pm

Africa is the fastest growing mobile market in the world, suggesting companies like RIM and Nokia may have an opportunity to serve the continent's growing base of customers.

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Groupe Speciale Mobile Association's research indicates Africa is now the second-largest mobile market after Asia. The continent topped 649 million connections in the fourth quarter this year and is set to claim 735 million connections by the end of 2012.

Africans also increased their cell phone use by twenty percent per year during the last five years, with Nigeria boasting 93 million network users to date.

" That is equivalent to a 65 percent penetration rate. Out of every 100 people, 65 have some form of mobile connectivity," said Peter Lyons, a GSMA director.

Tax cuts on handsets have helped Kenyans purchase 200 percent more phones, which 8.5 million citizens use for increasingly popular mobile money transfers. South Africa has the strongest broadband connection, which supports music, videos, e-books and other online services.

This progress is not ubiquitous, however, as one-third of Africans in functioning mobile markets do not yet have network connections. That gap leaves space for companies like RIM, Nokia and other lower-end handset makers to claim more customers in these emerging markets.

RIM's investment in Africa has returned 50 percent more sales than last year, thanks to the " continued popularity" of its BlackBerry Messenger service. The Canadian company struggles elsewhere in the world, where it grapples with profits, products and leadership issues, but RIM may have a chance to entice more African subscribers to its fold.

RIM may face troubles, however, as South Africa wants the keys to its encrypted BBM service and the company's recent outages have not endeared it to frustrated consumers worldwide.

Nokia, too, may have an opportunity to grow in Africa, if the company can overcome several obstacles. The Finnish company said it will undercut Android pricing with its new Windows Phones, suggesting it may manufacture cheaper handsets for developing countries in Africa.

But after failing to compete with Apple and Android, ditching its Symbian platform and laying off thousands of workers, Nokia has decided to embrace smartphones over feature phones. This tactic may work in western markets but Africa's networks are not always capable of handling smartphone speeds, suggesting Nokia may not want to ditch feature phones just yet if it hopes to gain traction in emerging markets.

Both RIM and Nokia may be able to capitalize on Africa's growing mobile market if they plan carefully and target their audience appropriately. Should they do so, Africa's handset and network adoption may soon grow to surpass even Asia's.

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Huawei Aims for the Big Three in Android Market

BY APRILLIA IKA

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JAKARTA (IFT) – PT Huawei Tech Investment, a subsidiary of Chinese-based Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, aims for the big three position of Android smartphones in Indonesia in the next three years. The company plans to raise brand awareness and sales by expanding the android portfolio.

The company will add three to five new products for each quarter next year. By the third quarter of 2011, Indonesia has shipped 1.97 million smartphones.

Riadi Sugihtani, Marketing Director of Huawei Device at PT Huawei Tech Investment, said Indonesia is an important market. According to a corporate research done last year, Indonesia ranks the highest in Huawei brand awareness out of 40 countries listed in the research.

Furthermore, Riadi said Indonesia has an enormous market potential with population of 230 million and big dominance of young people who are into the latest devices.

“In Indonesia, we come in with an end to end solution, starting from the network market to telecommunication infrastructure to devices like modems, smartphones and table computers,” Riadi told IFT, Thursday.

Huawei chose to market the Android smartphone because Android users in Indonesia had seen significant growth. The company estimates that Android smartphones has a share of more than 10 percent of the whole smartphone market in Indonesia.

In the third quarter of the year, most of Huawei Indonesia’s earnings come from its Code Division Multiples Access (CDMA) handsets and modems. The sales of smartphones and tablets have yet to show significant growth.

In global market, the company aims to penetrate the handset market. In 2011, handset contributes about 18 percent of its earnings. The company aims to increase this to 30 percent by 2016. As of August 2011, Huawei’s earnings rose by 11 percent to US$ 15.3 billion.

To increase the country’s brand awareness for Huawei products, the company plans to ship the latest smartphones and tablets at affordable prices. On Thursday, Huawei marketed its Breakthrough Series in Indonesia.

The product will be available in the next two weeks. This series is made up of two Android smartphones and one 7 inch Android tablet. All three are sold below Rp 5 million per unit.

To support the sales, the company established 100 service centers in major cities in Indonesia. Huawei is also working with several retailers such as Erafone. Riadi refused to divulge next year’s target growth.

Yang Shu, Huawei President and Chief Executive Officer for Southeast Asia, as quoted by telecomasia.net, said the region bears large potential of growth for the communication market due to its massive population and its positive economic outlook.

In the Southeast Asia market, Huawei aims to earn US$ 1.39 billion in 2011, which is a double digit growth. Last year, Huawei’s earnings in Southeast Asia rose by 17.7 percent to US$ 1.34 billion. It is between 8 and 10 percent contribution to Huawei’s global earnings.

Meanwhile, Samsung Mobile Display Co Ltd, a South Korean based handset vendor, claimed that they are the number one smartphone vendor in Indonesia, a statement supported by April 2011 data from the Growth from Knowledge (GFK). GFK data on May 2011 also suggest that Samsung android smartphone has 65 percent of the Indonesian market. Market demand for Samsung smartphone has also been deemed as healthy, considering that Samsung managed to penetrate all consumer segments.

Fabian Kayatmo, Product Marketing Manager of Samsung Mobile said the average sales of Samsung smartphone in Indonesia rose by 2 percent per month. “We are still setting optimistic target with regard to the Android smartphone competition in Indonesia. In terms of quantity, Samsung takes the number one position in value and in market share,” he said.

Indonesian Smartphone Market

International Data Corporation (IDC) Indonesia has reported the shipment of 1.97 million units of smartphones to Indonesia. Meanwhile, in the January-June 2011 period, as many as 2.6 million smartphones, or up to 13.8 percent of the total shipment of handsets, has arrived in Indonesia.

This institution projects an 84 percent increase in the shipment of smartphones this year against last year. In general, the quantity of handset shipped to Indonesia is expected to increase by 13.5 percent to 36.32 million units. In the third quarter of 2011, Blackberry and Android smartphones dominated the sales of smartphones in Indonesia. According to several distributors, namely Trikomsel Oke Tbk (TRIO), PT Global Teleshop and PT Telesindo Shop, these smartphones remained the favorite of consumers due to attractive features and their abilities to penetrate all market segments.

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10-Nov-2011 09:44

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results good or no good , nobody knows but why the vol surge ???

8 Nov 2011	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	58,906,000	0.06
4 Nov 2011	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	40,624,000	0.06
3 Nov 2011	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	23,470,000	0.06
2 Nov 2011	0.05	0.06	0.05	0.06	20,550,000	0.06
1 Nov 2011	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.05	31,974,000	0.05
31 Oct 2011	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	69,562,000	0.06
28 Oct 2011	0.05	0.06	0.05	0.06	35,133,000	0.06
27 Oct 2011	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	8,473,000	0.05

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10-Nov-2011 09:35

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q2 result going to be good ???????

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10-Nov-2011 09:25

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all the small scary cat...

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10-Nov-2011 09:20

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triple 6 top formed (devil formation) , going down again. if scared, sell. today as per overall mkt condition, still waiting for q2 results

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10-Nov-2011 09:05

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sian...0.57 again!!!

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09-Nov-2011 16:19

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16:09:24 0.059 3,000,000 B

super sell down today

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Spice Mobility listed on BSE owns 20% of Mediatek few month ago, believe still own it.

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09-Nov-2011 10:26

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is that that case? I'm not sure if i should invest more in this.

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is that that case? I'm not sure if i should invest more in this.

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I see the more time it takes to break 6, the better as the coming up trend will be firmer

stocksburntme ( Date: 09-Nov-2011 09:38) Posted:

Everytime i see the q at 0.06, i am sian already. Dont think can break again today

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It was halted and traded @11 before the 2nd right issue announcement and on 26 jan 83.9m volume, it went down to 8.

So to back to 10 is easy, I say

23 Feb 2011	0.06	0.07	0.06	0.07	8,822,000	0.07
22 Feb 2011	0.07	0.07	0.06	0.06	5,762,000	0.06
21 Feb 2011	0.07	0.08	0.07	0.07	3,750,000	0.07
18 Feb 2011	0.08	0.08	0.07	0.07	1,681,000	0.07
17 Feb 2011	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	572,000	0.08
16 Feb 2011	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	5,022,000	0.08
15 Feb 2011	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	6,057,000	0.08
14 Feb 2011	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	304,000	0.08
11 Feb 2011	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	2,428,000	0.08
10 Feb 2011	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	495,000	0.08
9 Feb 2011	0.08	0.09	0.08	0.08	3,473,000	0.08
8 Feb 2011	0.08	0.09	0.08	0.08	8,132,000	0.08
7 Feb 2011	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.08	5,436,000	0.08
2 Feb 2011	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.08	3,173,000	0.08
1 Feb 2011	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.08	2,177,000	0.08
31 Jan 2011	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.08	3,108,000	0.08
28 Jan 2011	0.08	0.09	0.08	0.09	32,403,000	0.09
27 Jan 2011	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.08	6,970,000	0.08
26 Jan 2011	0.10	0.10	0.08	0.09	83,955,000	0.09
25 Jan 2011	0.13	0.12	0.13	0.13	0	0.13
24 Jan 2011	0.13	0.12	0.13	0.13	0	0.13
21 Jan 2011	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	2,673,000	0.12

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