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Tuesday 3 October 2017
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile launches mid-tier Xperia XA1 Plus
Sony Mobile Communications has launched its new mid-tier model, Xperia XA1 Plus, in the Taiwan market, priced at NT$11,900 (US$392) unlocked.
Tuesday 3 October 2017
Xiaomi aims at monthly shipments of over 10 million smartphones in 4Q17
Xiaomi shipped over 10 million smartphones worldwide in September and will strive to also ship over 10 million units each month in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to company...
Friday 29 September 2017
HTC likely to launch HTC U11 Plus in 4Q17
HTC is expected to launch a new flagship smartphone in the fourth quarter of 2017 as it has vowed to continue to strive in the global smartphone market despite Google taking over...
Friday 29 September 2017
Partnerships that matter: Q&A with HMD Global CMO Pekka Rantala
HMD Global, which began to market Nokia-branded feature phones and smartphones through a license agreement with Nokia at the end of 2016, has further enriched its product portfolio...
Friday 29 September 2017
Ibase Gaming seeking to become system integrator
Taiwan gaming machine maker Ibase Gaming, an affiliate of industrial PC maker Ibase Technology, will take a road not taken by peer makers in its future business development, with...
Friday 29 September 2017
Taiwan market: Smartphone vendors also eyeing entry-level, mid-tier segments
A number of smartphone vendors are gearing up efforts to promote entry-level and mid-tier models in the Taiwan market despite mounting competition brought upon by the availability...
Thursday 28 September 2017
Shanghai lab rolls out first set of NB-IoT industrial application standards
The Shanghai Joint IoT Lab has worked out the first version of standards governing the NB-IoT industrial applications, which has won endorsements from 13 IoT industry associations...
Thursday 28 September 2017
Seeking to become major IoT brand: Q&A with Aaeon chairman YS Chuang
As one of Taiwan's major makers of industrial PCs, Aaeon Technology was back to the capital market in late August 2017, when it was relisted on the local bourse six years after it...
Wednesday 27 September 2017
AI and smart speaker firms keen for Computex 2018, says TCA
Taipei Computer Association (TCA) has started the online registration process for exhibiting at Computex 2018 and a few hundred Taiwan firms, including those from emerging industries...
Wednesday 27 September 2017
Baidu releases Apollo 1.5
China-based search engine Baidu has upgraded Apollo, its open-source autonomous driving platform, from the initial version 1.0 released on early July 2017 to version 1.5 by adding...
Wednesday 27 September 2017
Chunghwa Telecom signs cooperation pact with Cisco
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Cisco Systems calling for cooperation in the fields of new network technology, information security, data...
Tuesday 26 September 2017
China makes 820 million smartphones in January-July, says MIIT
China-based firms made 1,100.82 million handsets in January-July 2017, increasing 4.0% on year, and 820.75 million of them were smartphones, growing 3.4%, according to China's Ministry...
Tuesday 26 September 2017
Apple iPhone 8 Plus carries over US$280 BOM, IHS teardown reveals
The new Apple iPhone 8 Plus, equipped with 64GB of NAND flash memory, carries a bill of materials (BOM) cost that comes out to US$288.08, higher than any previous versions of the...
Tuesday 26 September 2017
IoT applications may take root in Indonesia in 5 years: Q&A with Advantech executive Ramdhani Gumilar
While the global development of smart manufacturing, smart medicine and smart cities is gaining momentum with the advent of the Industry 4.0 era, Indonesia is also quietly jumping...
Tuesday 26 September 2017
Smartphone sales in Taiwan remain sluggish in August
Shipments of smartphones in the Taiwan market reached 589,000 units in August, decreasing 2.48% from the previous month as consumers were waiting for the release of new models from...