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Wednesday 11 February 2015
Japan vendors to ship 34.7 million digital cameras in 2015, says CIPA
Japan-based vendors are expected to ship 34.7 million digital cameras in 2015, decreasing 20% on year, according to Japan's Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA).
Wednesday 11 February 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan 4Q14 small- to medium-size panel shipments up sequentially
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel makers shipped 356.472 million small- to medium-size panels in the fourth quarter of 2014, growing 8.1% on quarter but dipping 3.3% on year, according to...
Wednesday 11 February 2015
TSMC posts record revenues for January 2015
Consolidated revenues at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) increased 25.3% sequentially and 69.4% from a year ago to NT$87.12 billion (US$2.76 billion) in January...
Tuesday 10 February 2015
Taiwan market: NCC to release 2600MHz band units for 4G in 3Q15
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) will release 2600MHz frequency band units for operating 4G mobile communication services through open-bid competition in the third...
Tuesday 10 February 2015
Taiwan market: Samsung, HTC release 4G smartphones
Samsung Electronics and HTC have both launched new smartphones targeting the entry-level to mid-range segments in the Taiwan market. The new models will compete with comparable models...
Tuesday 10 February 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan handset shipments to drop nearly 30% on quarter in 1Q15
Taiwan-based brand vendors and ODMs will ship a total of 18.05 million handsets in the first quarter of 2015, down 29.4% on quarter but up 11.2% on year, according to Digitimes Res...
Tuesday 10 February 2015
Digitimes Research: Japan aims at robot market value of JPY2.4 trillion in FY2020
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in January 2015 announced new five-year strategies for robot development, with a goal of attaining a domestic market value of...
Tuesday 10 February 2015
Taiwan January export value down on month, up on year, says MOF
Taiwan recorded export value of US$25.12 billion for January 2015, decreasing 2.1% on month but increasing 3.4% on year, while import value totaled US$20.32 billion, slipping 4.2%...
Monday 9 February 2015
TSMC set to step up investment in central Taiwan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has disclosed plans to invest more than NT$500 billion (US$16 billion) in its manufacturing site at the Central Taiwan Science Park...
Monday 9 February 2015
China to offer new subsidies for energy-efficient LCD TVs, say Taiwan makers
The China government is preparing a new program to subsidize purchases of energy-efficient home-use electric appliances of which a large portion will be LCD TVs, and is expected to...
Monday 9 February 2015
Taiwan market: Sampo aims to ship 250,000 LCD TVs to keep largest market share
Taiwan-based home-use electric appliance vendor Sampo recorded the largest shipment volume among all LCD TV vendors in the Taiwan market in 2014 and aims to ship 250,000 LCD TVs to...
Monday 9 February 2015
Google to cultivate digital advertising talent in Taiwan
Google will begin to implement its Digital Mars Initiative, a plan to cultivate young digital marketing professionals in Taiwan, in March 2015, according to Google Taiwan managing...
Friday 6 February 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD TV shipments in 4Q14 highest since 1Q12
Taiwan makers' LCD TV shipments reached 10.86 million in the fourth quarter of 2014, the first time they broke the 10 million mark since the first quarter of 2012, according to Digitimes...
Friday 6 February 2015
Taiwan market: CHT may start 4G Small Cell deployment in 2015
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) is likely to begin to deploy 4G Small Cells in a small volume in Taiwan in 2015, according to the company.
Thursday 5 February 2015
0.4mm thermal pipes may be used in smartphones in 2015, say Taiwan makers
Notebook thermal pipe makers have further reduced diameters from 0.6mm to 0.4mm and thereby are likely to see 0.4mm pipes adopted by smartphone vendors in 2015, according to Taiwan-based...