Already, in October, Taiwan Mobile acquired 5% of the company's shares for $5.8 million $5.344 per American Depository share)– the first time a Taiwanese company invested in a wireless value added company in China.
As a way to combat this, the government started its M-Taiwan (Mobile) project which encourages Internet mobility, WiMax, 3G (third generation telecommunications) and other wireless technologies.
Waygo (Taiwan): a mobile app targeted to travelers that uses optical character recognition to translate Chinese phrases into English.
The Taiwan-based mobile device maker on Thursday reported (PDF) revenue of NT$65.1 billion ($2.2 billion), down from the NT$70.7 billion it generated during the same period last year.
HTC, the defendant in the case and a Taiwan-based mobile phone maker using the Android system, said in a statement after the ruling that it would adapt its features to comply with the court's decision.
Apple and the Taiwan-based mobile maker unexpectedly settled their remaining lawsuits on November 10 after two-and-a-half years of legal wrangling and accusations that each company had infringed on the others' patents.
Apple has looked to other suppliers to begin supplementing its mobile processor needs, including Taiwan-based TSMC, which is rumored to begin working on quad-core chips for both mobile devices and possibly future Macs according to a report from mid-October.
With nearly $18 billion to invest in Chinas 3G market in three years, China Mobile's chairman, Wang Jianzhou, has been extremely popular with all of Taiwans telecom and computer chip companies during his present 9-day tour to Taiwan.
In the first deal inked Monday, China Mobile allied with Taiwans HTC Corp. to produce Ophone, a Chinese mock-iPhone, to challenge Apple.
Apple is looking to shift production of its mobile device processors to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company sooner rather than later, according to Taiwan-based newspaper The Commercial Times (via AppAdvice).
