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Thursday 20 August 2015
Taiwan market: Taiwan Star Cellular opens online store
Taiwan Star Cellular, a 4G mobile telecom carrier in Taiwan, on August 20 announced the opening of its online store as an auxiliary retail channel to its retail chains.
Thursday 20 August 2015
Taiwan IP camera shipments top 2.33 million in 1H15, up 14.9% on year, says MIC
The global IP camera market is projected to grow in 2015, but two factors pushed down Taiwan IP camera makers' shipment performance in the first half of 2015. China players' aggressively...
Thursday 20 August 2015
China IC foundries, backend firms soliciting orders from Taiwan
China-based IC foundries including Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and Huali Microelectronics (HLMC), and backend firms such as Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology...
Thursday 20 August 2015
AUO spends NT$1.57 billion to acquire LCD display manufacturing equipment
AUO has spent NT$1.57 billion (US$48.39 million) to acquire equipment for manufacturing LCD displays from Screen Finetech Solutions and ULVAC, according to a company filing with the...
Thursday 20 August 2015
Taiwan market: InFocus to launches 3 new smartphones
The US-based smartphone vendor InFocus plans to launch three new models, the M812, M808 and M370, in the Taiwan market on August 25. The three models feature a 5-, 5.2- and 5.5-inch...
Thursday 20 August 2015
Touch Taiwan: Innolux to showcase 8K displays
Innolux will display 8K 65-inch TV panels that feature 3D technology in addition to a variety of new Ultra HD (4K) displays at Touch Taiwan 2015.
Thursday 20 August 2015
Taiwan market: Asia Pacific Telecom reaches 400,000 4G users
Asia Pacific Telecom has 400,000 subscribers of 4G mobile communication services, aiming to reach 700,000-800,000 by year-end 2015, according to company chairman Lu Fang-ming.
Thursday 20 August 2015
Taiwan to boost smart city application services
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has signed with four 4G mobile telecom carriers to subsidize their developments of 4G-based smart city application services.
Wednesday 19 August 2015
Samsung Taiwan appoints new general manager for Mobile Communication business
Following the recent resignation of Samsung Electronics Taiwan's Mobile Communication business general manager Andy Tu, Samsung Taiwan has appointed its general manager of Consumer...
Wednesday 19 August 2015
Taiwan solar cell makers striving to have US lower anti-dumping tariffs
Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers plan to apply to the US Department of Commerce (DOC) in 2016 to review anti-dumping tariffs it imposed in December 2014 in an attempt...
Wednesday 19 August 2015
MediaTek buys ISSI Taiwan subsidiary to enable acquisition of ISSI by Uphill
The acquisition of US-based Integrated Silicon Solution (ISSI) by China's Uphill Investment is expected to run more smoothly after ISSI's Taiwan subsidiary Chingis Technology is taken...
Wednesday 19 August 2015
HiSilicon, Spreadtrum head-hunting in Taiwan
China-based HiSilicon Technologies and Spreadtrum Communications have been aggressively hiring engineering talent at their local offices in Taiwan, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 19 August 2015
Digitimes Research: Sony CIS capacity ramp to affect Taiwan supply chain
Sony plans to ramp up its CIS production capacity by 31% in 2016 focusing on mid-range and entry-level models, which may result in unfavorable impact on the CIS supply chain in Taiwan,...
Tuesday 18 August 2015
Taiwan market: Samsung begins to sell Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 Edge+
Samsung Electronics has begun marketing its new flagship models, the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+, in the Taiwan market. The vendor aims to ship over 50,000 units of the Galaxy...
Tuesday 18 August 2015
Digitimes Research: Production value of Korea memory chip products stays flat in 2Q15
The production value of memory chips in Korea totaled KRW1.313 trillion (US$12 billion) in the second quarter of 2015, increasing 1% from the previous quarter, affected mainly by...