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Wednesday 28 November 2018
Africa mobile phone shipments flatline as major markets experience differing fortunes, says IDC
Africa's mobile phone market declined 2.1% on quarter in the third quarter of 2018 according to the latest figures announced by IDC. Overall shipments for the quarter totaled 52.6...
Tuesday 2 October 2018
EMEA server spending increases 29% on year in 2Q18, says IDC
In the second quarter of 2018, the EMEA server market reported an on-year increase in vendor revenues of 29% to US$4.1 billion, with an on-year decline of 3.7% in units shipped to...
Wednesday 27 August 2014
Karbonn looks to in-house handset production in India: Q&A with executive director
Karbonn, the second-largest India-based handset vendor, is looking into in-house production. Digitimes recently sat down with company executive director Shashin Devsare to discuss...
Monday 17 February 2014
South Africa most attractive emerging country for solar energy, says firm
South Africa's target of building 8.4GW of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity by 2030, combined with the success of its large-scale tendering process in attracting investment to fulfill...
Friday 24 May 2013
ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
ABB, a Switzerland-based power and automation technology group, plans to start production of central PV inverters in South Africa to support the rapidly growing local solar market...
Thursday 1 December 2011
Philips announces LED lighting deal in South Africa
Royal Philips Electronics and South African state-owned utility company Eskom have announced an energy-saving LED lighting deal. Under the agreement, 200,000 Philips MasterLED lamps...
Thursday 29 September 2011
Increasing rare earths production likely to affect energy saving lighting devices
The supply-and-demand for rare earths is expected to shift from the current status of being in shortage to an oversupply in 2013 as many countries have stepped up their exploitation...
Thursday 6 August 2009
Lite-On LED lighting business expects to grow through 2011, says chairman
The Lite-On Group expects its LED products to contribute NT$4 billion (US$122.24 million) to its revenues in 2009 and NT$16 billion in 2011, according to company chairman David Lin...
Wednesday 8 October 2008
Taiwan companies assessing offer to set up handset joint venture in South Africa
Sunplus Technology, Inventec Appliances, Pegatron, and other Taiwan-based companies are assessing an offer from South African investors to set up a joint venture to make handsets...