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Wednesday 4 February 2015
Taiwan market: Samsung cuts 55-inch Ultra HD TV pricing below US$1,000
Samsung Electronics is holding sales events in Taiwan to promote Ultra HD TVs, with 55-inch units now being sold for just under NT$30,000 (US$1,000), according to local retailers.
Wednesday 4 February 2015
Taiwan market: Local brands to enhance presence in sub-NT$5,000 smartphone segment
Taiwan-based smartphone vendors, including HTC, Acer, Asustek Computer, BenQ and Gigabyte Communications, all plan to enhance their presence in the sub-NT$5,000 (US$158) smartphone...
Wednesday 4 February 2015
IoT generates demand for terminal devices, networking, cloud computing, storage equipment, say Taiwan embedded makers
The development of the Internet of Things (IoT) applications has generated demand for terminal devices, networking/communication equipment, cloud computing hardware/software and storage...
Wednesday 4 February 2015
Taiwan to release 190MHz frequency band in 2015, plans to release 150MHz in 2016-2017
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) will release frequency band units with total bandwidth of 190MHz for operating wireless communications in 2015 and plans to open...
Wednesday 4 February 2015
TSMC to offer InFO-WLP technology for 16nm chips, eyeing Apple orders
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will have its backend integrated fan-out (InFO) wafer-level packaging (WLP) technology ready for 16nm chips, eyeing orders for Apple's...
Wednesday 4 February 2015
Japan digital camera vendors see decreased shipments in 2014, says CIPA
Japan-based vendors shipped 43.43 million digital cameras worth JPY964.5 billion (US$8.20 billion) in 2014, slipping on year by 31.0% and 17.5% respectively, according to Japan-based...
Wednesday 4 February 2015
Apple PC shipments to grow 10-15% in 2015, say Taiwan makers
Apple's PC shipment performance will beat the industry's average in 2015 as it did in 2014, and total shipments of its Mac-series notebooks and desktops are likely to grow 10-15%...
Wednesday 4 February 2015
Taiwan solar cell makers under price-cut pressure due to EUR, JPY depreciation
Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers have been faced with pressure of lowering quotes from PV module firms in Europe and Japan who are asking for price reductions to...
Wednesday 4 February 2015
Taiwan handset ODMs to perform differently in 2015
Taiwan-based handset ODMs Compal Electronics and Inventec are set to ramp their shipments in 2015 after the consolidation of their associated companies Compal Communications and Inventec...
Tuesday 3 February 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan shipments of large-size panels expected to reach 60.87 million in 1Q15
Taiwan makers' shipments of large-size panels are expected to reach 60.87 million in the first quarter of 2015, down 9.2% on quarter and down 2.2% on year, according to Digitimes...
Tuesday 3 February 2015
Shipments of iPhone devices to top 50 million units in 1Q15, say Taiwan makers
Shipments of iPhone devices are expected to top 50 million units in the first quarter of 2015, increasing 14.4% from 43.7 million units shipped in the year earlier period, according...
Tuesday 3 February 2015
Taiwan market: CityPower offers rental e-Bike, e-Motorbike services
CityPower Taiwan has set up rental electric bicycles (e-Bike) and electric motorcycles (e-Motorbike) services with support of about 30 battery exchange stations in New Taipei City,...
Monday 2 February 2015
Taiwan makers warned not to export B-grade solar cells, PV modules to US
Considering that the US government in 2016 will review anti-dumping tariffs imposed on Taiwan-made crystalline silicon solar cells, experts in the PV industry in Taiwan are warning...
Monday 2 February 2015
Facebook planning to give network switch orders to Taiwan ODMs
Optimistic about software defined network (SDN) development, Facebook is planning to shift its network switch orders from existing brand partners to Taiwan's white-box suppliers in...
Friday 30 January 2015
Taiwan amid top-5 Google Play markets globally, says Google Play executive
Taiwan has ranked among the five largest Google Play markets around the world in terms of revenues, according to Google vice president of engineering and Google Play Asia Pacific...