BusinessMediaTek says China's non-Apple smartphone demand remains soft in Q3
Boom in voice-assistants and object tracking boost chip provider's margin
MediaTek's Co-Chief Executive Rick Tsai hosts his first earnings conference since he joined the chip design house in June. (Photo by Cheng Ting-Fang)
CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writer
TAIPEI -- Taiwan's MediaTek, the world's second largest mobile chip provider by revenue, on Monday said smartphone demand was likely to remain slow in the three months ending in September due to the lukewarm Chinese market and its own loss of market share to bigger rival Qualcomm.