MediaTek Losing Market Share in Smartphones

EETimes , May. 01, 2017 – 

TAIPEI - MediaTek, the second-ranked smartphone chip supplier after Qualcomm, said it's been losing market share after nearly four years of strong gains in the 4G segment.

MediaTek has slowed the pace in product upgrades for its flagship Helio product line, offering nothing better than an LTE Cateogry 6 modem, while rival Qualcomm early this year raised the bar with the world's first 10nm processor, the 835 Snapdragon, including a Category 16 modem.

"We have been losing market share for the Helio X and P series products," said MediaTek Senior Vice President David Ku on a conference call to announce the company's first-quarter results. "Based on our design wins, we expect to gain back some market share by the second half."

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