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Friday, May 1, 2020

Global Smartphone Market Share in 2020 | COVID-19 Corona Virus Epidemic



The Global Smartphone production has been the lowest in the last 5 years. Due to the present Corona Virus COVID-19 Pandemic situation, global Smartphone production was the lowest in the first three months of this year, from January to March. According to market research firm Trend Force, smartphone production fell 10 percent this year where total number of unit is around 280 million units.

The Corona Virus epidemic cited factory closures, shortages of labor and equipment causes disruptions to Smartphone production, according to Trend Force research. The market research firm says the epidemic is now affecting demand in the Smartphone market, pushing major economies around the world.

According to a report, South Korean tech giant Samsung captured 23.3 percent of the whole market in the first quarter of this year. Samsung produced 65.3 million units of smartphones in the first quarter which is down 9.9 percent from the previous year. The company is under intense pressure from Chinese Smartphone brands and manufacturers. However, the first coronavirus exposure did not have much impact on them this quarter, as the company's addition factories were located in India and Vietnam.


China's Huawei is in the second place with 16.4 percent share of the smartphone market. The report said that demand for the brand in China's local market has begun to improve. Huawei has produced 48 million units of phones due to their local market demand.

According to Trend Force, the US Giant company Apple is in the third position in the present Smartphone market. Apple holds 13.5 percent of the smartphone market share. Apple has produced 37.9 million units of iPhones only due to a shortage of work forces and parts, which is 8.7 percent less than in the first quarter of last year.


Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo occupy the next three positions in the Smartphone market share. Xiaomi has a market share of 8.8 percent, Oppo has 8.6 percent and Vivo has 8.2 percent.

The Trend Force report says, Global smartphone production for 1Q20 fell by 10% YoY to around 280 million units, the lowest in five years. Global production for 2Q20 is now estimated to register another YoY drop of 16.5% to 287 million units, the largest decline on record for a given quarter. TrendForce forecasts total yearly production volume of 1.24 billion units, an 11.3% decrease YoY.

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Sunday, January 12, 2020

SEA ME WE 6 | Bangladesh will Connect with New Submarine Cable



Bangladesh is going to be connected with the third submarine cable for the development and to provide better Internet services in the country using 5G technology. The government expects that the connected submarine cable will be a milestone in economic development and growth in the age of communication technology. The government will sign an agreement to join the international SEA-ME-WE-6 consortium in April 2020.

Bangladesh will have access to the main cable of the submarine from June 2023. It will meet the demand of the Internet bandwidth up to 2030. Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited-BSCCL sources said that Bangladesh has become a member of the SEA-ME-WE-6 consortium which has been formed for the new submarine cable line. The cable will be connected to the SEA-ME-WE-6 consortium between Singapore and Sri Lanka.

Through the consortium, Bangladesh will get a total of 5 terabytes of bandwidth internet from Cox's Bazar to Singapore and 5 terabytes from Cox's Bazar to France. To get connected with it, the distance from the Cox's Bazar Landing Station to the main line beneath the deep sea will be 1850 km long. The connection will cost Tk 690 crore. Almost 89 percent of the amount will be spent on cable only. The final decision will be taken at a high level meeting soon. Bangladesh will sign the original agreement with the consortium in April. A memorandum of understanding was signed last September for this.



In this regard, Postal and Telecommunications Minister Mostafa Jabbar said, "We are now in the age of five-G technology. But still we are using low quality broadband facilities. In this reality, the third submarine cable will be a milestone in technology development and economic growth”. The final agreement to join the international consortium will be done in April. As a result, Bangladesh will connect to the main cable of the third submarine in 2023. This connection will meet our bandwidth demand for the next 10 years. The minister also added that Bangladesh has made huge technological progress. With it, the new submarine cable will meet our long-term demand.

The cable distance of the Singapore-France connection to the SEA-ME-WE-6 consortium is 20 thousand kilometers. Apart from Bangladesh, other 16 countries will be connected to this information super highway. Three companies will be connected from China. There will be 20 landing stations. Bangladesh joined the consortium on September last year. The main route between Singapore to France will be 1850 km away from Bangladesh. This distance is the route of Bangladesh itself. And Bangladesh will bear the full cost of installing its own route cable.

Members of the SEA-ME-WE 6 consortium will collectively pay for the main line, which is located between Singapore-France. Basically, Bangladesh's own station will be set up in the middle of the Bay of Bengal between Singapore and Sri Lanka. All the consortium work will be done by the company. The company that will get the job of SEA-ME-WE 6, the tender evaluation and finalization program of the consortium in Singapore, will be finalized after doing a pre-survey.

The cable would come from the branching station and connect to the landing station of Cox's Bazar. This present landing station is for SEA-ME-WE 4, which is the country's first submarine cable landing station. This will be extended and will be used for SEA-ME-WE 6. The meaning of SEA-ME-WE is Southeast Asia - Middle East and Western Europe. The cable is placed through this area and the name of each area is connected.

For the last time in the SEA-ME-WE 5 line connected countries of this area were Bangladesh, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, UAE, Djibouti, Egypt, Turkey, Italy, France, Myanmar and Yemen. These 19 countries are linked through 19 landing points.


Internet users and demand is increasing day by day in Bangladesh. To meet the future demand of internet bandwidth this SEA-ME-WE line 6 will definitely play an important role in the technology and communication industry of Bangladesh.

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