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Monday 17 October 2016
Microsoft retrieving component purchasing rights to maintain server quality
Microsoft has recently become more involved in choosing specific hardware component suppliers for its datacenter servers. Microsoft used to let its ODM partners choose the component...
Monday 17 October 2016
Taiwan market: MSO Taiwan Optical Platform to acquire 65% stake in EBC
Taiwan Optical Platform (TOP), a MSO (multi-system operator) of cable TV, has said it will acquire a 61% stake in Eastern Broadcasting Co. (EBC), a cable TV channel operator, from...
Monday 17 October 2016
China market: SoftBank to launch Pepper robots
SoftBank has announced that it plans to sell the Pepper, the humanoid robot, in the China market through Alibaba Robot Corporation, a joint venture set up with Alibaba, according...
Monday 17 October 2016
China market: Foxconn, HTC participate in Alibaba city brain project
China-based e-commerce operator Alibaba Group has announced that it cooperates with 13 enterprises, including Taiwan-based Foxconn Electronics and smartphone vendor HTC, to participate...
Friday 14 October 2016
Ennoconn invests EUR152 million in S&T for IPC expansion
Foxconn Group's industrial PC (IPC) affiliate Ennoconn has announced its will invest EUR152 million (US$168.89 million) via subsidiaries to acquire a 29.4% stake in Germany-based...
Friday 14 October 2016
Asia Pacific Telecom sees sales up slightly in September
Mobile telecom carrier Asia Pacific Telecom has reported revenues of NT$1.194 billion (US$37.6 million) for September, increasing 2.87% on month and 2.26% on year.
Thursday 13 October 2016
Apple to set up 2nd R&D center in China, says CEO
Apple plans to set up a research and development center in Shenzhen, China, according to a China-based Shenzhen Economic Daily report, citing comments from Tim Cook...
Thursday 13 October 2016
Taiwan Mobile appoints new chairman
Taiwan Mobile has announced the appointment of Daniel Tsai to serve as its new chairman, replacing incumbent Richard Tsai, who will assume the chairmanship left by Daniel Tsai at...
Thursday 13 October 2016
Taiwan market: Samsung Note 7 problems increase demand for S7 Edge, says paper
Samsung Electronics Taiwan is offering a refund or an exchange for other Samsung smartphones for the Galaxy Note 7. Channel retailers report that 90% of customers returning the Note...
Thursday 13 October 2016
Taiwan market: Xiaomi aims to ship 600,000 Mi Band devices in 2016
Xiaomi Technology is expected to ship a total of 600,000 units of its Mi Band wearable devices in the Taiwan market in 2016, according to sources from local retail channels.
Thursday 13 October 2016
Samsung slashes earnings guidance for 3Q16
Samsung Electronics has slashed its profit guidance for the third quarter of 2016 by 33%. The announcement was made one day after the company disclosed it had halted production of...
Wednesday 12 October 2016
Foxconn reports strong performance for September
Foxconn Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$468.362 billion (US$14.817 billion) for September, up 49.78% on month and 1.62% on year.
Wednesday 12 October 2016
Digitimes Research: Global smartphone shipments to grow 7% in 2016 and 2017
Global smartphone shipments are expected to grow 7.2% on year to 1.42 billion in 2016 and another 7% to 1.52 billion units in 2017, according to the latest estimate by Digitimes Re...
Tuesday 11 October 2016
Digitimes Research: Samsung Note 7 issues may help Apple to regain number-1 crown in 4Q16
With a series of battery fires reported with Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 and its latest announcement telling customers to turn off the smartphones immediately to prevent further incidents,...
Tuesday 11 October 2016
Synnex September revenues hit 2016 high
IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International on October 11 reported consolidated revenues of NT$32.34 billion (US$1.03 billion) for September, the...