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Friday 25 March 2016
Acer splits into 2 major business groups
Acer has announced the division of its core and new businesses into two groups. The new structure will address the diverse development needs of IT hardware products versus cloud services,...
Friday 25 March 2016
Taiwan market: LG launches modular G5
LG Electronics has unveiled its G5, an Android 6.0 modular smartphone, in Taiwan at a contract-free retail price of NT$23,900 (US$724) with availability to begin in early April. The...
Friday 25 March 2016
Chunghwa Telecom starts operating 4G on 2,600MHz bands
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on March 24 began operating 4G on 2,600MHz frequency bands using 3-carrier aggregation (3CA) technology, becoming the first among Taiwan's four operators to...
Thursday 24 March 2016
IDC comments on Qualcomm server-chip venture in China
In a move that is likely to alleviate its strained relationship with Beijing and give new impetus to big data in one of China's poorer regions, Qualcomm has signed a strategic cooperation...
Thursday 24 March 2016
EMEA x86 server spending grows 5% on year in 4Q15, says IDC
As reported in IDC's EMEA Server Tracker, in the fourth quarter of 2015 the EMEA server market continued to show moderate growth, reporting US$3.9 billion in vendor revenues and 625,000...
Thursday 24 March 2016
Intel IDF Shenzhen to promote IoT
Intel will host Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in Shenzhen, China on April 13, focusing on Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Intel will also unveil its latest business strategies...
Thursday 24 March 2016
Google to establish new Cloud Platform Region
Google has announced it will expand its Cloud Platform Region and establish new centers in Oregon, the US and Tokyo, Japan with both to start operating at the end of 2016.
Thursday 24 March 2016
Inventec, Advantech set up joint venture
Inventec and Advantech on March 22 jointly announced the establishment of a joint venture, AIMobile, for R&D, production and marketing of industrial wireless mobile devices for...
Wednesday 23 March 2016
HTC to hold product presentation on April 12
HTC will hold product presentations in Taipei, New York and London on April 12. The vendor is expected to unveil its new flagship model for 2016, likely named HTC M10, during the...
Wednesday 23 March 2016
Quanta partners with Ericsson for cloud computing datacenter business
Quanta Computer has partnered with telecom equipment maker Ericsson to push the cloud computing datacenter market and the cooperation is expected to boost its telecom products' revenue...
Wednesday 23 March 2016
IoT business value to grow at CAGR of 17.5% over next 5 years, says Pegatron chairman
Internet of Things (IoT) has taken off, especially in smart city solutions that integrate IoT, cloud, and open data technologies. Overall IoT business value will grow at a CAGR of...
Wednesday 23 March 2016
15 million 4-inch iPhone SE to ship in 2016
Component makers in the iPhone supply chain in Taiwan are mostly conservative about the prospects of the new iPhone SE, expecting total shipments to reach 15 million units in 2016,...
Wednesday 23 March 2016
Innodisk to deal out cash dividend NT$5 for 2015
Industrial-class storage product vendor Innodisk plans to hand out a cash dividend NT$5 for 2015. The company saw its profits gain 10.48% on year to a record high of NT$560 million...
Tuesday 22 March 2016
Acer to undertake major restructuring; form holding company, say sources
Acer reportedly plans to implement a corporate restructuring project under which the company will divide its business into three major segments: PC, cloud and data center management,...
Tuesday 22 March 2016
Apple introduces iPhone SE with 4-inch display
Apple has introduced the iPhone SE with a 4-inch display, in a compact aluminum design that has been updated with matte-chamfered edges, a color-matched stainless steel Apple logo,...