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Friday 25 December 2015
Taiwan market: Asia Pacific Telecom aims at 1.4 million 4G users by end of 2016
4G operator Asia Pacific Telecom has 700,000 subscribers currently and has set a goal of reaching 1.4 million by the end of 2016, according to company chairman Lu Fang-ming.
Thursday 24 December 2015
Unity Opto LED light bulb shipments to Europe to reach US$3-4 million in 4Q15, says paper
LED packaging service provider Unity Opto Technology is expected to ship US$3-4 million worth of LED light bulbs to Europe in the fourth quarter of 2015 and eyes to ship a total of...
Wednesday 23 December 2015
Taiwan November manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
Taiwan recorded a manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 102.1 for November 2015, decreasing 2.74% on month and 5.03% on year, according to statistics released by the...
Wednesday 23 December 2015
Taiwan market: Netflix plans to enter in 1Q16
Netflix plans to enter the Taiwan market in the first quarter of 2016 and has reportedly held cooperation talks with Chunghwa Telecom specifically for securing sufficient mobile and...
Wednesday 23 December 2015
Taiwan market: HP offers inkjet printers for rent
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has begun offering inkjet printers for rent in the Taiwan market targeting small- to medium-size businesses.
Wednesday 23 December 2015
Taiwan November unemployment rate up, says DGBAS
Taiwan had 457,000 jobless citizens in November 2015, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.91% and rising 0.01pp on month and 0.02pp on year, according to statistics released by...
Wednesday 23 December 2015
Taiwan market: Taiwan Secom provides retail management services via cooperation with Microsoft
Taiwan Secom, the largest residential/commercial security service provider in Taiwan, on December announced cooperation with Microsoft to provide cloud-based management services to...
Wednesday 23 December 2015
ASE seeking to buy another 25% stake in SPIL
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), which has already purchased 25% shares of Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), has announced new plans to acquire another 25% stake in...
Tuesday 22 December 2015
Digitimes Research: South Korea expected to develop large-size flexible displays based on AMOLED, PI substrates and roll-to-roll process in 2016
South Korea is expected to adopt AMOLED display technology, PI (polyimide) plastic substrates, organic TFT driving technology and roll-to-roll process to develop large-size flexible...
Tuesday 22 December 2015
Asustek, Gigabyte plan to launch VR devices, say Taiwan makers
Asustek Computer plans to launch wearable virtual reality (VR) devices to be used with its gaming notebooks, while with Gigabyte Technology is also doing so by working with VR technology...
Tuesday 22 December 2015
Solartech PV power station in Japan on gird
Solar cell maker Solartech Energy has announced a 2.45MWp PV power-generating station it has built in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, has been connected to a local grid,...
Tuesday 22 December 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan IC foundry capacity utilization rate to fall in 4Q15
Utilization rates at Taiwan's top-three IC foundries will fall further to 85.8% in the fourth quarter of 2015 - the lowest level in 13 quarters, according to Digitimes Research.
Tuesday 22 December 2015
Samsung to mass produce 18nm DRAM in 2Q16, says Korea media
According to South Korea's Digital Times, Samsung Electronics will start mass production of DRAM chips built using 18nm (1x) process technology in the second quarter of 20...
Monday 21 December 2015
Taiwan November export order value down on month, year, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$40.76 billion in total in November 2015, decreasing 4.2% on month and 6.3% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic...
Monday 21 December 2015
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$4.1 billion in January-November, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 3,412 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$4.128 billion in January-November 2015,...