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Tuesday 14 July 2015
Smart Taiwan Pavilion at MWC Shanghai: Exploring innovative Taiwan 4G mobile applications
The Smart Taiwan Pavilion centered on the theme "Exploring Taiwan, Endless Splendors" extends invitations to visitors of Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2015 taking place...
Monday 13 July 2015
Korea makers pushing AMOLED as China ramps up LCD production
Korea panel makers are continuing to push AMOLED development as China makers are expected to surpass Korea in LCD panel capacity in 2016 due to new and expanded production on 8G li...
Monday 13 July 2015
Taiwan market: Asia Pacific Telecom offers discounted inter-network voice call pricing for 4G users
Asia Pacific Telecom on July 13 started offering new pricing for its 4G mobile communication subscribers, with free voice communication to other mobile communication networks (inter-network)...
Monday 13 July 2015
Taiwan LED makers look to government procurement of street lamps
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers as well as LED packaging service providers are keeping their eyes on large business opportunities arising from government procurement...
Monday 13 July 2015
Taiwan touchscreen controller IC suppliers shift focus to large-size applications
Taiwan-based touchscreen controller IC suppliers have turned their attention to large-size appliations such as touch-enabled monitors and displays for industrial, advertising and...
Monday 13 July 2015
South Korea to raise minimum wage in 2016
South Korea will raise the nation's minimum wage in 2016 from KRW5,580 (US$4.90) to KRW6,030.
Thursday 9 July 2015
Taiwan market: NCC allows Global Mobile to set up TD-LTE small cells
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has approved modification of infrastructure construction proposed by WiMAX operator Global Mobile, allowing the company to deploy...
Thursday 9 July 2015
Mitac to see 20% shipment growth in camcorders for vehicles in 2015 thanks to rising demand in Europe
Mitac International launched a series of new car electronics products under the Mio brand on July 8 including camcorders for cars and scooters, and a PND. Company vice president and...
Wednesday 8 July 2015
Windows 10 unlikely to hike PC demand, say Taiwan ODMs
Many Taiwan-based ODMs hold the opinion that Windows 10 will not be able to boost large-scale PC replacements and upgrades because a large proportion of consumers mainly use PCs for...
Wednesday 8 July 2015
Taiwan market: Asia Pacific Telecom to deploy 2,600 4G base stations
Asia Pacific Telecom will complete deployment of 2,600 4G base stations around Taiwan at the end of August or the beginning of September and aims to increase the number of 4G mobile...
Wednesday 8 July 2015
PC, server demand in Russia rebounding, say Taiwan makers
Russia-based Internet service providers, along with growing demand for hardware used in data centers, have resumed placement of orders with Taiwan-based PC and server vendors/makers,...
Tuesday 7 July 2015
Taiwan June export value down on month, year, says MOF
Taiwan recorded total export value of US$23.07 billion for June 2015, decreasing 10.0% on month and 13.9% on year, while the corresponding total import value of US$20.89 billion grew...
Tuesday 7 July 2015
Taiwan market: Oppo to launch Mirro 5s, R7 smartphones
China-based smartphone vendor Oppo will start marketing its Mirro 5s in the Taiwan market on July 9, with plans to unveil its new R7 smartphone in the local market one week later.
Tuesday 7 July 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan 2Q15 handset shipments up 18.6% on quarter
Taiwan-based brand handset vendors and handset ODMs shipped a total of 20.82 million handsets in the second quarter of 2015, increasing 18.6% on quarter but decreasing 1.6% on year,...
Tuesday 7 July 2015
Taiwan June CPI down on year, says DGBAS
Taiwan's June 2015 consumer price index (CPI) of 103.84 (2011 as base year) increased 0.69% on month but decreased 0.56% on year, while the corresponding wholesale price index (WPI)...