Although many companies expect the China government's subsidy program for rural areas to be an important sales growth driver, some IC distributors hold an opposing view.

China Mobile plans to increase is handset subsidy budget to 10 billion RMB (US$1.46 billion) in 2009 from 8 million RMB in 2008 to promote TD-SCDMA handsets, according to Jian-Zhou...

While solar energy panel sales have and will continue to grow at a rate of about 40% per year, market research firm The Information Network indicated that several key growth drivers,...

The Taiwan government is planning to lift the subsidy ceiling for solar equipment makers, aiming to grow self-sufficiency to 80%, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily...