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Friday 1 April 2016
Compal aims to hike 2016 revenue proportion for non-notebook products to 30%
Compal Electronics aims to increase the revenue proportion for non-notebook product lines in 2016 to 30%, according to the company.
Friday 1 April 2016
China February mobile phone user base grows to 1.284 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.284 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of February 2016, increasing 0.29% on month but decreasing 0.44% on year, and 276.92 million...
Friday 1 April 2016
Taiwan market: FET starts running 4.5G networks on 2,600MHz band
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) on March 31 started operation of 4.5G networks on two 2,600MHz frequency bands in the Taiwan market, becoming a 3CA (3-carrier aggregation) 4G...
Thursday 31 March 2016
Global smartphone sales to grow 7% in 2016, says Gartner
Global smartphone sales will, for the first time, exhibit single-digit growth in 2016, according to Gartner.
Thursday 31 March 2016
Chip orders from Apple slow, say sources
Chip orders from Apple are relatively slow in the second quarter of 2016 compared to those in the same quarter in previous years, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 30 March 2016
Unitech Electronics announces revenues for 2015
Industrial PC (IPC) player Unitech Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$2.05 billion (US$62.85 million), net profits of NT$34.46 million and EPS of NT$0.73 for 201...
Wednesday 30 March 2016
Xiaomi unveils Mijia brand for non-smartphone products
Xiaomi Technology has unveiled a new brand, Mijia, for product lines other than smartphones, according to the company. Xiaomi has sold 18.5 million smart wrist bands, 89.6 million...
Tuesday 29 March 2016
Taiwan ODMs/OEMs take up 91% of 2015 global server shipments, says IDC
There were 9.68 million servers and server motherboards shipped globally in 2015 and Taiwan-based ODMs/OEMs accounted for 91% of the volume, according to IDC.
Tuesday 29 March 2016
Taiwan market: Samsung ranks top smartphone vendor in sales volume in February
Samsung Electronics ranked as the number one smartphone vendor in the Taiwan market in February with a 22% share, according to data compiled by local retail channels.
Monday 28 March 2016
Intel RSA to heat up competition in server industry
Seeing Intel and Microsoft's new platforms have been unable to boost demand for notebooks, ODMs are shifting their focuses to non-notebook product lines especially servers to maintain...
Monday 28 March 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan players have strong influence in server upstream supply chain
Server brand vendors and ODMs are mainly purchasing their components in three business styles: buy and sell, direct sourcing and direct buying and Taiwan-based component makers are...
Monday 28 March 2016
Fiber-optic networks unlikely to entirely replace copper wiring in 10 years, says Alpha Networks chairman
While fiber-optic networks are increasingly replacing copper-wired networks, they are unlikely to completely replace copper in 10 years, according to chairman John Lee for networking/communication...
Friday 25 March 2016
China market: Coolpad revenues down, but profits up in 2015
China-based smartphone vendor Coolpad has reported that revenues for the whole group reached HK$14.668 billion (US$1.89 billion) in 2015, decreasing 41.09% from a year earlier. However,...
Friday 25 March 2016
Avalue Technology to produce tablets used in retail operation
Embedded computing and industrial computer maker Avalue Technology has developed tablets for use in retail through cooperation with Compal Electronics and will begin production in...
Friday 25 March 2016
IEI workers probed for insider trading
Industrial PC player IEI Integration's headquarters in Taiwan were raided by Taiwan's Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau on March 24 for suspicion of having conducted insider...