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Wednesday 27 February 2019
PCB makers bracing for opportunities from foldable smartphones
Foldable smartphones are gradually emerging as a new handset trend, promoting Taiwan PCB makers to make preparations for cashing in on the consequent market demand, according to industry...
Wednesday 27 February 2019
AUO gearing up flexible displays for foldable smartphones
AU Optronics (AUO) is moving at full throttle to build up its production capacity for flexible OLED displays and will see its flexible panels used in new foldable smartphones launched...
Wednesday 27 February 2019
Rakuten and Sercomm jointly announce virtualized small cell
Rakuten, an Internet services provider and soon-to-be the newest mobile network operator in Japan, and Taiwan-based Sercomm, a manufacturer and supplier of telecom equipment, have...
Wednesday 27 February 2019
HTC unveils 5G mobile smart hub
HTC has unveiled a dedicated 5G mobile smart hub at MWC 2019. The HTC 5G Hub, designed for use in both home and office environments, enables 4K video streaming, low-latency gaming,...
Tuesday 26 February 2019
Cooling specialist Auras reportedly enters Samsung, Huawei supply chains
Taiwan-based Auras Technology has Korea and China smartphone vendors among its clients for cooling modules and will move to expand production of heat spreaders seen to be increasingly...
Tuesday 26 February 2019
Taiwan opens self-driving car test field
Taiwan CAR Lab, a closed field for testing self-driving vehicles, was inaugurated on February 25 and will be available for use beginning March 2019, according to National Applied...
Tuesday 26 February 2019
Taiwan handsets – 4Q 2018
Taiwan's handset shipments rose 3.3% sequentially, but slid 8.6% on year to arrive at 22.53 million units in the fourth quarter of 2018.
Tuesday 26 February 2019
Taiwan handset shipments to fall over 30% in 1Q19, says Digitimes Research
Shipments of handsets by Taiwan's brand vendors and ODMs are expected to fall over 30% sequentially in the first quarter of 2019 after they managed to drive up sales by 3.3% on quarter...
Tuesday 26 February 2019
ATrack expects significant growth in 2019, says chairman
GPS car-use tracking device maker ATrack Technology expects significant growth in 2019 due to operational transformation bringing in orders from new clients, according to company...
Monday 25 February 2019
Quanta shipping 5G x86 servers to new Japan telecom operator
Taiwan DOM Quanta Computer has reportedly kicked off shipments of servers adopting Intel x86 processors to Japan's new telecom operator Rakuten Mobile Network (RMN), marking a successful...
Monday 25 February 2019
Development of foldable smartphones by non-Samsung players to benefit Taiwan supply chain
The planned launch of foldable smartphones by vendors other than Samsung Electronics such as Huawei and other Chinese brands, will benefit Taiwan's supply chain makers related to...
Monday 25 February 2019
Supply chain integration essential for ramping up foldable smartphones
While the release of high-priced foldable smartphones is still in the initial stage of testing market reaction, handset brands will need to overcome issues including securing steady...
Monday 25 February 2019
Taiwan to launch Formosat-7/Cosmic-2 satellite constellation
Taiwan's National Space Organization (NSPO) is poised to launch Formosat-7/Cosmic-2 satellite constellation using Falcon Heavy, a launch vehicle developed by Space Exploration Technologies,...
Monday 25 February 2019
Data quantity and quality crucial for smart healthcare development
The quantity and quality of big data will play a crucial role in the development of smart healthcare industry, according to Stefan Stantejsky, deputy director of Austrian Commercial...
Friday 22 February 2019
Wiwynn expects slow cloud computing market in 2019, but fast growth to resume in 2020
After experiencing a rapidly growing 2018, the cloud computing market is expected to slow down in 2019 for some correction before fast growth resumes in 2020, according to Wiwynn...