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Tuesday 10 April 2012
China market: ISPs stepping into smartphone segment, to benefit Taiwan handset ODMs
China-based smartphone vendors and Internet service companies, including Xiaomi Technology, Alibaba.com and Shanda Interactive Entertainment, are rolling out smartphones supporting...
Tuesday 10 April 2012
SMIC raises guidance for 1Q12
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), China's top contract chipmaker, has announced upward revisions to its revenue and gross margin guidance for the first...
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Foxconn making smartphones for Xiaomi
Foxconn International Holdings (FIH) has begun ODM production of second-generation smartphones for China-based vendor Xiaomi, according to China-based website iMobile. FIH has become...
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Taiwan LED makers lose out in competition with China makers for LED street lamps in Thailand
Taiwan-based LED makers have lost in competition with fellow China-based makers for supplying LED street lamps for Thailand-based Kanthawichit Engineering, with China-based competitor...
Monday 9 April 2012
Large-size panel prices may turn sour again in 2H12 on weak demand
The market for large-size LCD panels would probably turn sour again in the second half of 2012 despite a recent rebound in panel prices that was pushed up by supply side bottlenecks...
Monday 9 April 2012
Digitimes Research: Suntech ranks number one in 4Q11 solar module shipments among China peers
Digitimes Research tallied fourth-quarter 2011 solar module shipments of major China-based solar module firms. The ranking of the top five solar module makers by shipments changed...
Monday 9 April 2012
Commentary: China solar firms in hunger game in domestic market
China-based solar firms have been beating peers around the world with its low product costs. However, competition among the China-based makers in the domestic market is a different...
Monday 9 April 2012
ZTE and Huawei dive into high-end smartphone market in 2012
For the smartphone market, China-based ZTE and Huawei Technologies previously mainly focused on the low-price segment and their presence in high-end segment was rare. But they have...
Monday 9 April 2012
China government announces new measures for renewable energy subsidies
China's Ministry of Finance announced new renewable energy subsidies on April 5, 2012. The subsidies will cover projects that use renewable energy sources to generate power. Renewable...
Friday 6 April 2012
Digitimes Research: Flat solar spot prices in Greater China due to long holiday
Due to long holidays in China, solar spot prices this week (April 2-6) has remained relatively flat.
Friday 6 April 2012
Ledlink expands production in China
Ledlink Optics recently had a plant completed in Yangzhou as part of subsidies given by China's government in order to promote the LED industry amongst increasingly diverse LED lighting...
Thursday 5 April 2012
Solar firms need green production processes, say reports
As an industry that produces renewable energy products, the solar industry in China is facing another problem: clean production. According to China-based media outlet, Solarzoom,...
Thursday 5 April 2012
Global solar PV installations to grow by up to 21% in 2012, says IMS Research
Global solar PV installations will grow by at least 3.5% and up to 21% in 2012, according to IMS Research. The market analyst firm forecasts that despite incentive cuts in most of...
Tuesday 3 April 2012
BIPV subsidy program in China to spur demand in domestic solar market, says report
The China government has been developing several solar PV system subsidy programs to help industry growth. In an interview with China-based Newenergy Tingxi Lu, chairman...
Tuesday 3 April 2012
Chipmore to benefit from more panels produced in China
With China adjusting upward its import tariffs for 32-inch and larger LCD panels, the country's self-sufficiency for panels targeted mainly at TVs is expected to rise significantly...