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Tuesday 1 December 2015
Taiwan market: Gamania becomes 1st O2O mobile e-payment operator
GASH Pay has become the first O2O (online to offline) mobile e-payment service operator in Taiwan after obtaining a license from the Financial Supervisory Commission, according to...
Monday 30 November 2015
Open bids for 2,500-2,600MHz bands increase to NT$25.275 billion, says NCC
Open-bid competition for 2,500-2,600MHz frequency bands available for 4G mobile communications on November 30 resulted in total bidding prices of NT$25.275 billion (US$778 million),...
Monday 30 November 2015
Open bids for 2,500-2,600MHz bands increase to NT$23.820 billion, says NCC
Open-bids for 2,500-2,600MHz frequency bands available for 4G mobile communications on November 27 resulted in total bid prices of NT$23.820 billion (US$733 million), 65.42% over...
Monday 30 November 2015
Taiwan 4Q15 economic growth rate forecast at 0.49%, says DGBAS
Taiwan's economic growth rate, on-year growth in GDP, for the fourth quarter of 2015 is forecast at 0.49%, downward adjusted 1.41pp from the preceding forecast in August, according...
Monday 30 November 2015
GCL-Poly Energy to reduce solar wafer supply to Taiwan cell makers
GCL-Poly Energy Holdings, the largest China-based maker of solar-grade poly-Si wafers, will reduce supply to Taiwan-based solar cell makers by 10% in December, according to Taiwan-based...
Friday 27 November 2015
China-based Luxshare becoming threat to Taiwan connector makers, says paper
China-based connector maker Luxshare ICT has announced a private fund raiser to raise CNY4.6 billion (US$720.34 million) for capacity expansion for its USB Type-C, wearable and Internet...
Friday 27 November 2015
Digitimes Research: Korea makers to mass produce transparent OLED displays in 2016
Korea panel makers have plans to mass produce 55-inch and above size transparent OLED displays from 2016 into 2017, according to Digitimes Research.
Friday 27 November 2015
Taiwan market: Acer expects strong sales for Predator gaming notebooks during IT Month
Acer has launched the full series of its Predator gaming products in Taiwan and expects demand to grow strongly during the local IT Month events running from November 28-January 13...
Friday 27 November 2015
Taiwan notebook makers seeking lower chip quotes for 2016
Taiwan-based notebook makers are demanding their chip providers lower quotes for 2016 so that cost structures can be improved amid less-favorable market conditions.
Friday 27 November 2015
TSMC raises holdings in affiliate Xintec
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has hiked its holdings in affiliate Xintec to more than 51%, as a result of the addition of two new subsidiaries to TSMC, Xintec...
Thursday 26 November 2015
Intel unveils 2016 tablet processor road map, say Taiwan makers
Intel has revealed its 2016 road map for launching tablet-use processors to partnering vendors, with the Atom X3 for use in entry-level tablets to arrive in the first quarter, according...
Thursday 26 November 2015
Open bids for 2,500-2,600MHz bands increase to NT$23.1 billion, says NCC
Bids for 2,500-2,600MHz frequency bands for 4G mobile communications on November 26 resulted in total bids of NT$23.100 billion (US$711 million), 60.42% over the total floor price,...
Thursday 26 November 2015
Commentary: Taiwan IC backend firms facing challenge from fast expanding China competitors
A recent media report indicating that China-based Jiangsu Changjing Electronics Technology (JCET) has landed SiP (system-in-package) module orders from Apple could serve as a warning...
Thursday 26 November 2015
Sales of 40-inch TVs in Japan strong in October, says firm
TVs sized 40- to 49-inch accounted for 28.73% of Japan's overall TV sales in October while 30- to 39-inch units accounted for 28.66%. This is the first time when the 40-inch TV segment...
Thursday 26 November 2015
Korea government to invest US$110 million into wearables development, says report
The Korea government has announced from 2016 it will invest US$110 million over a five-year period into developing materials and components for wearable products, according to Korea-based...