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Thursday 25 September 2014
Digitimes Research: Korea touch panel makers see revenue declines in 1H14 as Samsung reduces purchases
Korea-based touch panel makers Iljin Display, Melfas, Smart Mobile Application Company (SMAC) and Taeyang Electronics all saw revenue declines in the first half of 2014 as Korea-based...
Thursday 25 September 2014
Acer expected to take over Chromebook demand left by Samsung in Europe, says paper
Samsung Electronics exiting Europe's notebook market is expected to benefit its competitors Hewlett-Packard (HP), Acer and Asustek Computer, especially Acer as the vendor will have...
Thursday 25 September 2014
Taiwan IT firms diversifying into contact lens sector
Taiwan's IT players are investing in facilities to further enter the medical segment, with production of materials for contact lens expected to be a major focus.
Thursday 25 September 2014
Acer enjoys strong on-year growth in enterprise PC shipments in North America
Acer enjoyed a 51.4% on-year shipment growth in the second quarter in North America's enterprise PC market, registering the biggest growth among all vendors, according to Acer citing...
Thursday 25 September 2014
Taiwan market: NCC offers 5700-6400MHz unlicensed band for 4G Small Cell
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has decided to assign 5700-6400MHz as an unlicensed frequency band for 4G mobile communication operators to deploy outdoor Small...
Wednesday 24 September 2014
Digitimes Research: South Korea sets larger than global average goals for IoT development
The South Korea government aims to increase the South Korea market value for the Internet of Things (IoT) from KRW2.3 trillion in 2013 to KRW30 trillion (US$28.9 billion) in 2020,...
Wednesday 24 September 2014
Taiwan market: HTC leads in August smartphone sale
HTC was the largest smartphone vendor in the Taiwan market in August, accounting for 22% in terms of unit sales and 25% in terms of sales value, according to Taiwan-based Central...
Wednesday 24 September 2014
Japan PV module vendors mulling OEM partnerships with Taiwan cell makers
In view of increasing competition from China-based firms, Japan-based PV module vendors have been in talks with Taiwan-based solar cell makers about OEM production for 2015, according...
Wednesday 24 September 2014
Taiwan August manufacturing production index down on month, says MOEA
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 110.56 for August 2014, decreasing by 1.54% on month and but increasing by 7.20% on year, according to the Ministry...
Tuesday 23 September 2014
Taiwan market: Microsoft launches Xbox One
Microsoft launched Xbox One in the Taiwan market on September 23 and will launch at least 50 new games by the end of 2014, with 20 titles specifically based on the Xbox platform and...
Tuesday 23 September 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers continue to focus on a-Si panels for high-end smartphones
Taiwan panel makers will continue to focus on production of a-Si panels for use in handsets to compete in the high-end smartphone panel segment, according to Digitimes Research.
Tuesday 23 September 2014
LG to announce new smartphone with in-house AP, says report
LG Electronics reportedly will release a 5.9-inch smartphone using its in-house developed application processor (AP) in October at the earliest or by the end of 2014 at the latest,...
Tuesday 23 September 2014
Orbotech advances into the IC packaging industry together with SPTS in SEMICON Taiwan 2014
Orbotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: ORBK) announced that it has successfully closed the previously-announced acquisition of SPTS Technologies Group Limited ("SPTS"), in a strategic move...
Tuesday 23 September 2014
Taiwan August export order value slightly up on month, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders totaling US$38.21 billion in August 2014, increasing 0.1% on month and 5.2% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).
Monday 22 September 2014
Sony Mobile to focus on high-end smartphones, will decrease ODM orders, say Taiwan makers
Sony Mobile Communications, in view of its unsatisfactory smartphone sales performance, has cut its smartphone business personnel by 15% and adjusted operational strategies by focusing...