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Friday 5 May 2017
Taiwan market: Price competition for mobile telecom services expected to ease
Price competition in Taiwan's mobile telecom service market is expected to ease shortly as the prevailing low rates for unlimited 4G services have significantly cut into the profits...
Friday 5 May 2017
Acer expanding digital signage business
Acer has extended its business to providing total digital signage solutions covering hardware, content, operation and maintenance, and has expanded marketing from Europe initially...
Friday 5 May 2017
China market: Local vendors ramp up smartphone shipments at the expense of iPhone in 1Q17
Apple suffered a serious setback in shipments of iPhone devices in the China market in the first quarter of 2017 as China-based brands including Huawei, Oppo and Vivo managed to continue...
Friday 5 May 2017
China smartphone AP shipments – 1Q 2017
In terms of the shipments of smartphone application processors (AP) in China, downstream vendors started early inventory preparation in the fourth quarter of 2016 resulting in higher...
Thursday 4 May 2017
HTC to release new Vive audio solution on June 6
HTC has announced that it will release its integrated headphone solution, the Vive Deluxe Audio Strap, for the Vive globally on June 6 for NT$3,499 (US$116).
Thursday 4 May 2017
Quanta Storage nets NT$0.25 per share for 1Q17
Quanta Storage has reported first-quarter 2017 consolidated revenues of NT$1.91 billion (US$63 million), growing 3.65% on year, net operating profit of NT$203.3 million, up 184.34%,...
Thursday 4 May 2017
Taiwan market: Android Pay service to be available in June, says paper
Android Pay, a mobile payment service developed by Google, will be available in the Taiwan market starting June 1 with support from three local banks, according to a Chinese-language...
Thursday 4 May 2017
China market: Huami launches new fitness bracelet
Huami Information Technology, the exclusive provider of wearable technology for Xiaomi and maker of the Mi Band, has launched a new Amazfit fitness tracker, which features built-in...
Thursday 4 May 2017
Advantech reports decreased earnings for 1Q17
Industrial computing device and solution supplier Advantech has reported net profits of NT$1.205 billion (US$40.11 million) for the first quarter of 2017, down 15.2% on quarter and...
Thursday 4 May 2017
Apple revenues, earnings increase in fiscal 2Q17
Apple has reported on-year increases in both revenues and earnings for its fiscal 2017 second quarter ended April 1, 2017. Revnues for the quarter came to US$52.9 billion and earnings...
Wednesday 3 May 2017
Inventec to produce AI-based smart home products for Apple, says paper
Taiwan-based OEM Inventec reportedly has landed orders from Apple to produce a connected speaker device, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.
Wednesday 3 May 2017
Advantech offers iFactory SRP to boost industrial IoT application
Industrial computing device maker Advantech has offered iFactory (smart factory) SRP (solution-ready platform) to promote industrial IoT (Internet of Things) application via an ecosystem...
Wednesday 3 May 2017
QSAN launches XD5300 series DAS storage systems for SMB/Enterprise market
QSAN, enterprise data storage manufacturer, today announced the launch of the XCubeDAS 5300 series, the product range that meets SMB and Enterprise needs. The XD5300 series is the...
Tuesday 2 May 2017
Advantech offers SRP to enable Industry 4.0-based production
Flexibly adjusting production for a variety of models at small volumes can be achieved via Industry 4.0. However, manufacturers have no idea how to introduce Industry 4.0. In order...
Tuesday 2 May 2017
Global smartphone shipments grow 4.3% on year in 1Q17, says IDC
Global smartphone shipments totaled 347.4 million units in the first quarter of 2017, up 4.3% from the same period of a year earlier, according to IDC. The first-quarter growth was...