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Wednesday 26 April 2017
Taiwan server makers see reshuffle of orders from Microsoft, Facebook, Google
For Taiwan-based makers of servers for direct sale to clients, there has been a reshuffle of orders for servers used in cloud computing data centers from Microsoft, Facebook and Google...
Tuesday 25 April 2017
Micron, Microsoft announce collaboration
Micron Technology and Microsoft have announced a collaboration that aims to address the major challenge of providing trusted computing models for IoT deployments in industrial, automotive...
Tuesday 25 April 2017
China March mobile communication user base grows to 1.346 billion
There were 1.346 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of March 2017, increasing 0.59% on month and 4.07% on year, and 161.03 million (11.96%)...
Tuesday 25 April 2017
Taiwan 1Q17 international Internet bandwidth stands at 2.095Tbps, says TWNIC
Taiwan's direct Internet connection with 12 countries (including Hong Kong and Macao) reached total bandwidth of 2.095Tbps as of the end of the first quarter of 2017, increasing 1.38%...
Tuesday 25 April 2017
Taiwan market: CHT expects significant revenues from IoT platform
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) is to promote its in-house developed IoT platform to the business sector and aims to generate revenues of over NT$10 billion (US$33.04 million) a year from...
Tuesday 25 April 2017
Android smartphones to continue to expand market share in 2017
Competition for market share between Apple's iOS system and Android OS will remain keen in 2017, particularly in the China market, due to new models introduced by Apple and vendors...
Monday 24 April 2017
Galaxy S8 materials costs highest by far compared to previous versions, IHS teardown reveals
The new Samsung Galaxy S8 equipped with 64 gigabytes (GB) of NAND flash memory carries a bill of materials (BOM) cost that comes out to US$301.60, much higher than for previous versions...
Monday 24 April 2017
Advantech joins e-F@ctory Alliance to promote Industry 4.0
Industrial computing device maker Advantech has joined e-F@ctory Alliance established by Japan-based Mitsubishi Electric, in a bid to boost Industry 4.0-based automation of production...
Monday 24 April 2017
Taiwan market: Smartphone shipments down in March
Shipments of smartphones in the Taiwan market totaled 599,000 units in March, down 5.82% on month and 10.86% on year, according to data compiled by local retail channels.
Friday 21 April 2017
Sharp aims to ship one million smartphones in fiscal 2017, says paper
Sharp has revamped its strategy for smartphones and aims to ship over one million smartphones in fiscal 2017 (April 2017-March 2018), according to a Chinese-language Economic...
Friday 21 April 2017
HTC to unveil new smartphone on May 16
HTC has sent out invitations for a product event to be held in Taipei on May 16. The Taiwan-based vendor is expected to launch a new model of its HTC U family flagship products, according...
Friday 21 April 2017
Storage maker Promise pushes hyperconverged server solutions
Taiwan-based storage product maker Promise Technology has been pushing its in-house developed Vskycube hyperconverged server solutions which it will focus on promoting to the industrial...
Friday 21 April 2017
Taiwan market: LG launches new flagship smartphone, smartwatches
LG Electronics has unveiled its new flagship smartphone, the LG G6, in the Taiwan market with the availability to begin on May 1. It is priced at NT$24,900 (US$816) unlocked.
Thursday 20 April 2017
Foxconn increases investment for robot development
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has increased its investment in its robot-development subsidiary in Shenzhen, China by CNY10.39 billion (US$1.51 billion), according...
Thursday 20 April 2017
APT to install 300 large-scale base stations for 2600MHz frequency band
Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) plans to set up 300 large-scale base stations as well as over 11,000 Small Cell base stations to enable services through its 2600MHz frequency band, according...