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Thursday 17 March 2016
China Unicom brings in 2015 revenues of over CNY277 billion
Telecom carrier China Unicom has released its 2015 financial report, recording consolidated revenues of CNY277.049 billion (US$44.09 billion), down 2.7% on year, net profit of CNY10.562...
Thursday 17 March 2016
PC, handset component suppliers worry about mounting inventories
Suppliers in the PC and handset supply chains have begun to worry about piling up inventories of parts and components as current demand for PC and handset products has been falling...
Wednesday 16 March 2016
IoT Development Enters the Open Innovation Craze
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a major trend, and one of the most popular industry models for IoT implementation today is to combine cloud computing and big data analytics technology...
Wednesday 16 March 2016
IC design houses set to land more orders from smartphone sector in 2016
Taiwan-based IC design houses are set to land more orders from the smartphone sector in 2016 as smartphones launched in the year are likely to come with dual-lens modules, fingerprint...
Wednesday 16 March 2016
Taiwan government to set aside budget of NT$2.4 billion for R&D of 5G technologies in 2017-2020
The Taiwan government has decided to set aside an annual budget of NT$600 million (US$18.2 million) for R&D of 5G technologies each year between 2017-2020, with recipients of...
Wednesday 16 March 2016
China market: Samsung smartphone share sinks to 7.7% in 2015, says Counterpoint
Samsung Electronics saw its smartphone shipments to China tumble 39% on year in 2015, reducing its share in the market to 7.7%, from 12.8% in 2014, according to Counterpoint.
Wednesday 16 March 2016
HTC reports net profits for February
HTC has reported net profits of NT$824 million (US$25.09 million) or NT$1 per share for February. However, EPS stood at negative NT$0.48 for the first two months of 2016.
Tuesday 15 March 2016
Quanta lands OEM orders for VxRail from EMC
Quanta Computer has obtained OEM orders for US-based EMC's VxRail storage equipment based on hyper-converged infrastructure, which integrates servers with storage devices to minimize...
Tuesday 15 March 2016
Digitimes Research: Telecom market enters post-4G mobile broadband generation
Worldwide TD/FD-LTE network standards and related supply chains are turning mature, and telecom carriers have been focusing on expanding their 4G network coverage. Despite the fact...
Tuesday 15 March 2016
Competition in smartphone chipset solutions market to heat up in 2H16
Competition in the smartphone chipset solution market is expected to heat up in the second half of 2016 when major players including Qualcomm, MediaTek, Spreadtrum Communications...
Tuesday 15 March 2016
Synnex nets NT$2.01 per share for 2015
IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has published its 2015 financial report, recording consolidated revenues of NT$322.133 billion (US$9.81...
Monday 14 March 2016
Taiwan to have difficulty starting 5G commercial operations by 2020, says NCC chairman
Chairman Howard Shyr for Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC), in response to whether Taiwan can begin commercial operations for 5G mobile communication services in 2020...
Monday 14 March 2016
HTC showcasing more VR contents at GDC 2016
HTC will team up with Valve to showcase VR (virtual reality) applications at the Game Developer Conference (GDC) 2016 to be held in San Francisco from May 14-18, according to HTC.
Monday 14 March 2016
Digitimes Research: Latin America sees slow 4G development
While commercial operations of 4G mobile communication services in Latin America, such as Brazil, Puerto Rico and Uruguay, began as early as 2011, 4G development has been progressing...
Monday 14 March 2016
Foxconn revenues down on month in February
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$280.648 billion (US$8.598 billion) for February 2016, representing a 16.87% drop on month...