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Thursday 13 June 2019
Trade war to impose 3 major challenges for production relocation
The US-China trade war is disrupting IT supply chains and presenting three major challenges to makers trying to move production lines from China - difficulty in building complete...
Thursday 13 June 2019
Samsung expands mid-tier portfolio with the Galaxy A Series in US
Samsung Electronics America is bringing its upgraded line of Galaxy A Series smartphones to the US this summer, beginning with the Galaxy A50, which will be available starting June...
Thursday 13 June 2019
Already detrimental to Huawei's smartphone business, the US ban will impact the telecom and enterprise equipment market in the long run
With Huawei already stocking up on crucial components, the US Commerce Department's ban will not stop Huawei from providing its products and services in the short term. However, the...
Wednesday 12 June 2019
EMEA smartphone market stable in 1Q19 but Middle East slump pulls down value, says IDC
The EMEA smartphone market reached 83.7 million units in the first quarter of 2019, a 3.3% drop on the same quarter last year, confirming recent trends of a slowing market, according...
Wednesday 12 June 2019
Foxconn has enough global capacity to support clients amid trade war, says executive
Foxconn will leverage its global capacity deployments to fully support clients if they need to adjust production to counter market uncertainties arising from the protracted US-China...
Wednesday 12 June 2019
Foxconn revving up development of IIoT, IoV, IoHT
Foxconn will leverage its core technologies such as industrial IoT (IIoT) to strengthen digital transformation and manage to become a provider of technology solutions associated with...
Wednesday 12 June 2019
Foxconn unveils new operations committee in leadership overhaul
Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision) has unveiled a leadership overhaul, creating a new operations committee with nine senior executives to manage its operations and make...
Wednesday 12 June 2019
HTC launches U19e, Desire 19+
In response to its weak smartphone sales in the previous months due to a lack of new models, HTC has rolled out two new smartphones targeting the mid-range segment - the U19e and...
Wednesday 12 June 2019
Intel to acquire Barefoot Networks
Intel has disclosed it has signed an agreement to acquire Barefoot Networks, a supplier of Ethernet switch silicon and software for use in the data center.
Wednesday 12 June 2019
Already detrimental to Huawei's smartphone business, the US ban will impact the telecom and enterprise equipment market in the long run
With Huawei already stocking up on crucial components, the US Commerce Department's ban will not stop Huawei from providing its products and services in the short term. However, the...
Tuesday 11 June 2019
Highlights of the day: Huawei continues 5G deployments
The US trade ban may have halted Huawei's expansions overseas, but has prompted China to accelerate the pace of 5G deplopyments domestically. Huawei reportedly is redesigning its...
Tuesday 11 June 2019
Huawei demand for 5G infrastructure materials may drop slightly due to redesign
Huawei may slow slightly down its pace of pulling in shipments of PCBs and related materials for 5G base stations in the short term as the company is redesigning circuit layouts to...
Tuesday 11 June 2019
New IC supply chain may loom in Asia for China tech sector
A new supply chain for China IT firms may gradually take shape in Asia in the future as they are seeking to wean themselves off US suppliers of crucial components and facilitate their...
Tuesday 11 June 2019
Taiwan ODMs expect server demand to pick up in 2H19
Taiwan-based ODMs, such as Quanta Computer, Wiwynn and Inventec, all expect demand for datacenter servers to pick up in the second half of 2019.
Tuesday 11 June 2019
Foxconn gearing up to promote IIoT applications to diverse industries
Foxconn Technology Group is moving at full throttle to develop industrial IoT (IIoT) applications, setting up 13 cloud affiliates to join forces with its Foxconn Industrial Internet...