CONNECT WITH US
Global supply chain: Mobile, telecom, computing
Mobile, telecom, computing trends
IN THE NEWS
Tuesday 25 April 2017
Taiwan market: CHT expects significant revenues from IoT platform
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) is to promote its in-house developed IoT platform to the business sector and aims to generate revenues of over NT$10 billion (US$33.04 million) a year from...
Tuesday 25 April 2017
Android smartphones to continue to expand market share in 2017
Competition for market share between Apple's iOS system and Android OS will remain keen in 2017, particularly in the China market, due to new models introduced by Apple and vendors...
Monday 24 April 2017
Galaxy S8 materials costs highest by far compared to previous versions, IHS teardown reveals
The new Samsung Galaxy S8 equipped with 64 gigabytes (GB) of NAND flash memory carries a bill of materials (BOM) cost that comes out to US$301.60, much higher than for previous versions...
Monday 24 April 2017
Advantech joins e-F@ctory Alliance to promote Industry 4.0
Industrial computing device maker Advantech has joined e-F@ctory Alliance established by Japan-based Mitsubishi Electric, in a bid to boost Industry 4.0-based automation of production...
Monday 24 April 2017
Taiwan market: Smartphone shipments down in March
Shipments of smartphones in the Taiwan market totaled 599,000 units in March, down 5.82% on month and 10.86% on year, according to data compiled by local retail channels.
Friday 21 April 2017
Sharp aims to ship one million smartphones in fiscal 2017, says paper
Sharp has revamped its strategy for smartphones and aims to ship over one million smartphones in fiscal 2017 (April 2017-March 2018), according to a Chinese-language Economic...
Friday 21 April 2017
HTC to unveil new smartphone on May 16
HTC has sent out invitations for a product event to be held in Taipei on May 16. The Taiwan-based vendor is expected to launch a new model of its HTC U family flagship products, according...
Friday 21 April 2017
Storage maker Promise pushes hyperconverged server solutions
Taiwan-based storage product maker Promise Technology has been pushing its in-house developed Vskycube hyperconverged server solutions which it will focus on promoting to the industrial...
Friday 21 April 2017
Taiwan market: LG launches new flagship smartphone, smartwatches
LG Electronics has unveiled its new flagship smartphone, the LG G6, in the Taiwan market with the availability to begin on May 1. It is priced at NT$24,900 (US$816) unlocked.
Thursday 20 April 2017
Foxconn increases investment for robot development
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has increased its investment in its robot-development subsidiary in Shenzhen, China by CNY10.39 billion (US$1.51 billion), according...
Thursday 20 April 2017
APT to install 300 large-scale base stations for 2600MHz frequency band
Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) plans to set up 300 large-scale base stations as well as over 11,000 Small Cell base stations to enable services through its 2600MHz frequency band, according...
Thursday 20 April 2017
Taiwan market: NCC to release more 4G band units
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has indicated that it will for the third time release 2100MHz and 1800MHz frequency band units with total bandwidth of 150MHz for...
Wednesday 19 April 2017
China market: Huawei suspected of using different memory cards for P10 smartphones
Huawei is suspected of using different types of memory cards for its Huawei P10 devices which is not consistent with its statement saying that the Kirin 960 CPUs used in these mobile...
Wednesday 19 April 2017
Quanta Storage to showcase TM5 robot at Hannover Messe 2017
Quanta Storage will exhibit the TM5, a 6-axis collaborative robot equipped with built-in ability to recognize bearings to adjust coordinate values at Hannover Messe 2017. The robot...
Tuesday 18 April 2017
Gigabyte to deal out NT$2.60 dividend for 2016
Gigabyte Technology plans to deal out dividends of NT$2.60 in cash for 2016 based on its earnings of NT$3.64 per share for the year, according to the company.