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Friday 12 May 2017
China smartphone market and industry – 1Q 2017
Total shipments of China-based smartphone makers in first-quarter 2017 were 134.30 million units, representing flat growth compared to first-quarter 2016 and showing an on-quarter...
Thursday 11 May 2017
China smartphone vendors pushing into overseas markets
As China's smartphone market is seeing weakening growth, China-based smartphone vendors including Oppo, Xiaomi and Huawei, have been aggressively expanding their products into overseas...
Thursday 11 May 2017
Japan IT Week to focus on IoT and embedded applications
Japan IT Week will be hosted from May 10-12 in Tokyo, Japan, and 1,600 IT players worldwide including Intel, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Oracle, Bosch, Advantech, and...
Thursday 11 May 2017
Advantech to invest in Vietnam for Industry 4.0 business opportunity
Advantech hosted a forum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam focusing on Industry 4.0 topics on May 10 with local system integrator Techpro. Tran Van Tung, an official from Vietnam's Ministry...
Thursday 11 May 2017
Chunghwa Telecom sees slight revenue increase in April
Chunghwa Telecom saw its revenues grow 0.3% on year to NT$18.55 billion (US$613.11 million) in April, while net profits increased 0.7% to NT$3.8 billion. EPS for the month stood at...
Wednesday 10 May 2017
Intel developing new technologies and hardware for AI applications
Intel has been aggressively developing technologies and products for the artificial intelligence (AI) market and has acquired companies including Altera, which focuses on FPGA technology,...
Wednesday 10 May 2017
Acer reports mild on-year increase in April revenues
Acer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$14.432 billion (US$477.01 million) for April 2017, representing a 35.36% drop on month and 2.69% increase on year.
Wednesday 10 May 2017
Qualcomm ramping up shipments of mid-tier smartphone CPUs
Qualcomm is expected to ramp up shipments of its Snapdragon 660 and Snapdragon 630 CPUs for the mid-tier smartphone segment, putting more pressure on Taiwan-based smartphone AP provider...
Wednesday 10 May 2017
HTC reports eighth quarterly losses in 1Q17
HTC has reported net losses of NT$2 billion (US$66.12 million) on revenues of NT$14.5 billion for the first quarter of 2017. The company has booked losses for eight consecutive qua...
Tuesday 9 May 2017
Taiwan market: JPW to offer VR motion solutions for arcades
More than 10 VR arcade entertainment centers will be set up across Taiwan starting June using VR motion solutions developed by the newly established JPW International Technology,...
Tuesday 9 May 2017
China market: Xiaomi Mi 6 reportedly faces production issue
Xiaomi Technology reportedly is facing difficulties ramping up shipments of its newly released flagship smartphone, the Mi 6, due to low yield rates at the supply chain makers as...
Tuesday 9 May 2017
Taiwan market: Samsung launches new 9.7-inch tablet; Galaxy S8 in short supply
Sales of Samsung's Galaxy S8, particularly the Galaxy S8 Plus, in the Taiwan market have been better than expected resulting in a short supply of the smartphones in the local channels,...
Tuesday 9 May 2017
Digitimes Research: 5G commercial use to take off ahead of schedule
While 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) plans to decide on first-stage 5G standards in the second half of 2018, some mobile telecom carriers showcased field testing of 5G...
Monday 8 May 2017
New iPhone mass production on schedule, says report
There will be no delay for the launch of the next generation iPhone devices, with the new devices to be unveiled in September, and Apple will begin selling the products in October,...
Monday 8 May 2017
Apple is top wearables vendor in 1Q17, says Strategy Analytics
Global wearables shipments reached 22 million units in the first quarter of 2017, rising 21% on year from 18.2 million shipped a year earlier period, according to Strategy Analytic...