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Tuesday 28 March 2017
Lida expects rising demand for eco-friendly air compressors from China
Taiwan-based air compressor maker Lida Holding expects China's growing adoption of automated production lines and increased demand for eco-friendly production to raise manufacturers'...
Tuesday 28 March 2017
Digitimes Research: China robot industry developing fast, but risks oversupply in low-end segment
China has strong demand for robots, but locally produced robots took up only 26.7% of its demand in 2015. Too meet the demand, China firms have geared up development of robots with...
Tuesday 28 March 2017
IPC maker IEI Integration reports increased earnings for 2016
Industrial PC (IPC) supplier IEI Integration saw its net profits grow 17% on year to NT$1.367 billion (US$45.19 million) in 2016. EPS for 2016 stood at NT$4.15 compared to NT$3.55...
Monday 27 March 2017
Advantech modularizes manufacturing process at China factory
Industrial computing solution provider Advantech has modularized manufacturing process at its factory in Kunshan, eastern China, to cope with frequent changes in production for small-volume...
Monday 27 March 2017
Taiwan market: CHT, MSOs upgrading fixed-line Internet-access services to 1Gbps, says paper
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) is upgrading and expanding its fiber-optic networks to increase the proportion of fixed-line broadband Internet-access subscribers using maximum download speed...
Monday 27 March 2017
Digitimes Research: 3G/4G to become mainstream technology in India in 2016-2017
India, with the number of its mobile users already exceeding one billion in 2015, the number of its broadband users accounting for 44.9% of Internet-access subscribers in the first...
Friday 24 March 2017
Lenovo to push smartphone sales in Asia Pacific
Lenovo expects sales of Motorola-brand smartphones to gain momentum in a number of markets in 2017, particularly in Asia-Pacific, according to William Tsai, sales director for Asia...
Friday 24 March 2017
Oppo actively tapping overseas markets
China-based smartphone vendor Oppo, after becoming one of the top two vendors in the domestic market, has been actively tapping overseas markets, especially in North Africa and the...
Friday 24 March 2017
Adlink partners with MVTec on machine vision products
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Adlink Technology has announced a strategic alliance with Germany-based software designer MVTec Software to jointly develop new industrial-level...
Friday 24 March 2017
Lenovo plans to offer 3-5 Mods smartphone accessories a quarter
Lenovo plans to launch 3-5 devices of its Mods family products a quarter to promote sales of its Moto Z series smartphones as well as the ecosystem built on the Mods modularized accessories,...
Friday 24 March 2017
China Mobile 2016 net profit up 0.2% on year
The largest China-based mobile telecom carrier China Mobile on March 23 released its financial report for 2016, recording consolidated revenues of CNY708.421 billion (US$106.7 billion),...
Thursday 23 March 2017
Apple iPhone 6s tops list of best-selling smartphones for 2016, says IHS
In terms of shipments, the iPhone 6s from Apple bested all competitors for sales in 2016, according to new analysis from IHS Markit.
Thursday 23 March 2017
Microsoft announces IP licensing program for connected cars
The automotive industry is undergoing a digital transformation. The technology in automobiles that's connected to the Internet and capable of receiving services from the cloud is...
Thursday 23 March 2017
VIA eyes panoramic photography business opportunity
VIA Technologies has been shifting its focus from the PC processor market to the embedded sector and has recently announced its new Vpai 720 degree panoramic photography solution...
Thursday 23 March 2017
Digitimes Research: MVNOs growing in Japan due to government easing unlocking rules
The Japan government relaxed regulations on unlocking SIM of handsets in early 2017 and consequently MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) business has been in booming development...