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Monday 14 July 2014
Dell to improve distributor platform
Dell is looking to strengthen its Partner Direct platform in 2014, hoping to boost its distribution partners' competitiveness through professional training, better resource distribution...
Monday 14 July 2014
Taiwan touch panel makers see increased orders from handset vendors for 3Q14
Taiwan touch panel makers are seeing orders increase from handset vendors such as Sony Mobile, Nokia, Google, Asustek Computer, Acer, Oppo, which will aid in increasing the makers'...
Friday 11 July 2014
Digitimes Research: Korea to ramp PWM IC production value to US$10 billion by 2022
Korea plans to invest KRW323 billion (US$320 million) in R&D to ramp up the production value of its power management ICs (PWM ICs) to US$10 billion by 2022 with a 14% global market...
Friday 11 July 2014
Digitimes Research: Ultra HD TV demand grows in Japan in May
Japan's Ultra HD TV channel, Channel4K, started pilot broadcast on June 2, 2014 and Digitimes Research has found that sales of Ultra HD TV sets continue to enjoy stable growth despite...
Friday 11 July 2014
Taiwan IC design houses aim to land more tablet IC orders from brand vendors
Taiwan-based IC design houses are shifting their focus to win more IC orders from brand tablet vendors instead of white-box suppliers since shipment growth of white-box tablets has...
Thursday 10 July 2014
Taiwan market: Acer expands projector business
Acer has announced partnerships with local distributors and retail chains for selling its projectors in Taiwan and it is looking to become the third-largest projector vendor in Taiwan...
Wednesday 9 July 2014
60-inch plus Ultra HD TV panels in short supply as demand in North America increases
Ultra HD TV panels sized 60-inch and above are currently in short supply as vendors prepare for an increase in sales in the North America market during the second half of 2014.
Wednesday 9 July 2014
Taiwan components suppliers see decreased smartphone orders from Samsung, says paper
With Samsung Electronics' Galaxy smartphone sales having been seriously impacted recently, Taiwan component makers' orders for the Galaxy S5 have greatly reduced to only 15 million...
Wednesday 9 July 2014
Taiwan June CPI up, says DGBAS
Taiwan's June 2014 consumer price index (CPI) of 104.44 (2011 as base year) increased by 0.52% on month and by 1.64% on year, while the corresponding wholesale price index (WPI) of...
Wednesday 9 July 2014
EU to probe China PV makers, say Taiwan makers
The European Union (EU), in response to Germany-based SolarWorld AG's complaint that some China-based PV module makers have stealthily offered Europe-based importers prices below...
Tuesday 8 July 2014
Japan, South Korea makers talking with Taiwan solar cell makers for cooperation
Japan- and South Korea-based PV makers, in an attempt to export in-house-made PV modules to the US market following US imposition of preliminary anti-dumping tariff rates on PV products...
Monday 7 July 2014
Taiwan June export value slightly up on month, year, says MOF
Taiwan recorded total export value of US$26.80 billion for June 2014, increasing by 0.5% on month and by 1.2% on year, while the corresponding total import value of US$24.91 billion...
Monday 7 July 2014
Japan solar makers to look for investment partners as Japan plans to cancel certain FIT certifications for solar plant facilities, says EnergyTrend
The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) announced on June 17 the withdrawal of FIT certifications for 144 solar plant facilities with capacities totaling 290MW...
Monday 7 July 2014
Japan PV market demand may drastically fall in 2015, say Taiwan makers
The Japan government is likely to reduce in feed-in tariff rates for PV systems with installation capacities over 1MWp in fiscal year 2015 (April 2015-March 2016) and consequently,...
Friday 4 July 2014
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom aims at add 600,000 over 100Mbps Internet-access users in 2014
Chunghwa Telecom has continued to upgrade its broadband Internet-access services in the Taiwan market and aims to add 600,000 over 100Mbps download speed subscribers in 2014, with...