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The First Female General Manager of Elcoteq in China
At a time when men still dominate as leaders in the manufacturing field, Elcoteq’s Cecilia Liu is breaking ground as general manager of Elcoteq’s Dongguan, China plant. In her role as general manager, Liu is responsible for ensuring that all operations run smoothly and that there is optimal utilization of resources to satisfy the needs […]
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WiMax - Communications Technology Infrastructure
WiMAX is one of the fastest-growing wireless broadband technologies. According to the data released by research firm Maravedis, the global Broadband Wireless Access/WiMAX subscriber base has reached nearly 1.8 million during Q4/2007. The findings reported that, WiMAX service revenues have reached USD 1 billion in 2007. WiMAX investments by operators are expected to rise, especially […]
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Elcoteq highlights Total Cost of Ownership in Next-Generation Mobile Technologies Seminar 2008 in Tokyo, Japan
Further to Elcoteq’s COO Jukka Jäämaa discussion on Total Cost of Ownership as CeBit Global Confrences Panelist, Elcoteq’s Business Development Director of Personal Communications Business Dr. Folkert Wierda presented a keynote speech on this topic again at above seminar on 17th April. The speech title was “IEMS: From ‘Quick Fix’ to Best Total Cost of […]
Manufacturing in Eastern Europe
According to a recent report by Frost & Sullivan, the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) market in Eastern Europe will grow from about $9 billion in 2006 to nearly $24 billion in 2013*. This is not a surprise. Eastern Europe has a culture and infrastructure conducive to volume manufacturing and EMS companies have been established there […]
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News from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
This year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona had a good start with a trend to record breaking visitor attendance.
Mobile advertising and commercial opportunities are the hot topics and many of the top players focusing on this. Nokia’s initiative has created a Carrier Grade Media network that scales mobile advertising for the operator community. This could […]
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Partnering with Wipro for Design Services in India
India offers many opportunities in the area of design and is still one of the most cost-competitive destinations for design and manufacturing. It has been shown that total cost of ownership can be reduced and the manufacturing process optimized if the design of a product takes place in conjunction with the team involved in its […]
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Elcoteq readiness to address immense opportunity for OEMs in India
India is one of the fastest growing markets with sizeable growth potential. Mobile phone production revenue is expected to reach $13.6 billion by 2011 from $4.9 billion in 2006, a CAGR of 26.6 percent. The growth in production will be driven mainly by the expanding mobile subscriber base in India and favorable local government policies […]
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Early involvement drives better quality
Product innovations need to be realized quickly before new technology renders them obsolete and the total product cycle - design to manufacture - must be improved to gain the required quality at reasonable cost. Early partnership between design and manufacturing is proving to be very effective in shortening the product development cycle. Continuous feedback and […]
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System Integration Services: A New Role for the EMS
The term “system integration” is widely used, but basically just means the process of integrating a group of interacting, interrelated, or independent elements into a complex whole. It means putting together the complete product, ready to be shipped to the end customer. Besides the physical assembly and testing of a product, it includes other value-added […]
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Why Focus Matters
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Electronic Manufacturing Services for Communications Technology
Communications technology changes demand additional services from electronic manufacturing services (EMS) companies. The EMS must master the technologies and invest in the equipment and capacity these changes demand. Their link with their customers and involvement in that customer�s technology and markets differentiates EMS companies.
Relying on outsourcing can help OEMs, but […]
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