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Tuesday 22 March 2016
Taiwan market: FET aims at 500,000 OTT users at end of 2016
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) will enrich its OTT (over the top) content by procuring more drama series, movies and songs at a budget of up to NT$20 million (US$606,000) in...
Monday 21 March 2016
Digitimes Research: IBM, Cisco, ARM adopt other IoT protocols instead of LTE-MTC
Since LTE-MTC (machine type communications) standards in 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) R12 ( release 12) do not completely meet demands for IoT (the Internet of Things)...
Monday 21 March 2016
China vendors to ship 200-300 million fingerprint-recognition-enabled smartphones in 2016
China-based smartphone vendors have been mostly inclined to adopt fingerprint recognition for their mid-range and high-end models and consequently they will ship an estimated 200-300...
Monday 21 March 2016
EMEA external storage market continues to decline in 4Q15 but all-flash adoption soars, says IDC
The total EMEA external storage systems value fell 7.5% on year to US$2.08 billion in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to IDC's EMEA Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker. For...
Monday 21 March 2016
Oppo, Vivo strong smartphone shipments to benefit supply chain makers
China-based smartphone vendors Oppo and Vivo have managed to continue ramping their shipments to the domestic and overseas markets, which will assure steady orders for makers in the...
Friday 18 March 2016
Advantech posts EPS NT$8.08 for 2015
Industrial computing device and solution provider Advantech has reported net profits of NT$5.127 billion (US$158.53 million) for 2015, which translated into an EPS of NT$8.08 for...
Friday 18 March 2016
Japan Display reforms highlight competitive nature of LTPS panel market
The announcement that Japan Display (JDI) is undertaking structural reforms is no surprise considering the competitive state of the LTPS display market for small- to medium-size pa...
Friday 18 March 2016
FET expects 2016 revenues from enterprises to exceed NT$16 billion
Telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) generated revenues of NT$15.5 billion (US$472 million) from enterprise clients in the Taiwan market for an enterprise telecom...
Friday 18 March 2016
Worldwide shipments of wearables to reach 110 million in 2016, surpass 200 Million in 2019, says IDC
Worldwide shipments of wearable devices are expected to reach 110 million by the end of 2016, up 38.2% on year, according to IDC.
Friday 18 March 2016
Ibase Technology nets NT$4.45 per share for 2015
Industrial computing device maker Ibase Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$4.27 billion (US$130 million), gross margin of 32.05%, net operating profit of NT$528.8...
Friday 18 March 2016
Digitimes Research: Smartphone vendors adding VR or modularized parts into flagship models
Observing smartphone brand vendors' exhibitions at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016, Digitimes Research found that the smartphone market is moving toward a new development direction...
Friday 18 March 2016
Adlink to see revenues grow at double-digit rate in 2016
IPC vendor Adlink Technology remains optimistic about the business prospects for 2016 and looks to see sales grow by a double-digit rate to over NT$10 billion in the year, according...
Thursday 17 March 2016
Samsung Galaxy S7 teardown reveals ho-hum refresh, says IHS
A preliminary estimate by IHS shows that the Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphone costs about US$255 to build. The US version of the Galaxy S7 with 32GB of NAND memory carries a bill of materials...
Thursday 17 March 2016
FIH Mobile nets US$229 million in earnings for 2015
Handset ODM FIH Mobile, a member of the Foxconn Group, has reported 2015 revenues of US$7.451 billion, up 9.09% on year, as net profits surged 35.06% to US$229 million.
Thursday 17 March 2016
China Mobile reports CNY668.3 billion in 2015 operating revenues
China Mobile has released its 2015 financial report, recording operating revenues of CNY668.3 billion (US$102.98 billion), up 2.6% on year.