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Monday 1 February 2016
TWM forecasts 2016 net EPS of NT$5.15
Mobile telecom carrier Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has forecast consolidated revenues of NT$120.601 billion (US$3.60 billion), operating profit of NT$18.515 billion, net profit of NT$13.505...
Monday 1 February 2016
Oppo ships 50 million smartphones in 2015
China-based vendor Oppo has announced that it shipped 50 million smartphones globally in 2015, increasing 67% from a year earlier. The sales made Oppo the world's eighth-largest vendor...
Monday 1 February 2016
China Mobile takes up over 80% of 4G users in China at end of 2015
There were 386 million 4G mobile communication subscribers in China as of the end of 2015 and China Mobile had 312 million, accounting for 80.83%, according to China's Ministry of...
Friday 29 January 2016
Global smartphone shipments up 5.7% on year in 4Q15, says IDC
Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 399.5 million units during the fourth quarter of 2015, up 5.7% from a year earlier, according to the latest data released by IDC.
Friday 29 January 2016
Prospects for virtual reality, deep learning, autonomous cars: Q&A with Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang
Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has been outspoken with his predictions about future technologies and products, and developing industry trends. Huang recently sat down with DIGITIMES to...
Friday 29 January 2016
Enterprise demand for flash storage to pick up and help chip prices to drop, says NetApp executive
Commenting on demand for flash-based storage, NetApp's vice president of Product, Solution & Services Marketing, Lee Caswell believes the adoption of flash-based storage by large...
Friday 29 January 2016
Commentary: Apple expected to see decreasing profits from hardware
Apple is expected to see difficulties maintaining strong hardware sales, as sales of iPhone, iPad and Mac-series products during its fiscal first quarter of 2016 were all weaker than...
Friday 29 January 2016
Chunghwa Telecom sets 2016 capex at NT$30.63 billion
Telecom carrier Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has set a budget of NT$30.63 billion (US$914 million) for capital expenditure in 2016, increasing 22.1% on year, company president Shih Mu-piao...
Friday 29 January 2016
Inventec Appliances hikes efficiency, cuts labor via automation
Smartphone and smart hand-held device ODM Inventec Appliances has increased overall production efficiency by over 20% and reduced the workforce at its factories in eastern China from...
Thursday 28 January 2016
Production of new 4K iPad Air to begin in 2Q16, say Taiwan makers
Apple is expected to unveil new models of its iPad Air in March 2016 and production will start in the second quarter, with General Interface Solution and TPK Holding to supply touch...
Thursday 28 January 2016
NCC conditionally approves NHPEA taking over MBK stake in CNS
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on January 27 approved an investment proposed by Netherlands-based NHPEA Chrome Holding B.V. to acquire a majority stake in China...
Thursday 28 January 2016
Digitimes Research: More fashion, sports gear, medical vendors step into smartwatch sector
New smartwatches displayed at CES 2016 indicate that more vendors of fashion products, sports gear, medicare devices and traditional watches have stepped into the smartwatch segment,...
Thursday 28 January 2016
Chunghwa Telecom forecasts profit decline for 2016
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has released its financial forecast for 2016 business operations, with net EPS expected at NT$5.15, declining 6.7% on year.
Thursday 28 January 2016
Digitimes Research: China vendors ship over 150 million smartphones in 4Q15
Total shipments of smartphones by China-based vendors grew 8.8% on quarter and 18.3% on year to 154.2 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to the latest data released...
Wednesday 27 January 2016
Taiwan Star Cellular aims at over 1 million 4G users by end of 2016
Mobile telecom carrier Taiwan Star Cellular has set a goal of exceeding one million subscribers by the end of 2016, 3.5 times the number at present, according to company president...