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Friday 17 March 2017
China Unicom 2016 net profit slump 94.1%
China Unicom on March 15 released its financial report for 2016, posting consolidated revenues of CNY240.98 billion (US$36.29 billion), growing 2.4% on year, EBITDA (earnings before...
Friday 17 March 2017
China market: ZTE names new chairman
China-based telecom equipment maker ZTE has named Yin Yimin as its new chairman with immediate effect. ZTE said outgoing chairman Zhao Xianming has resigned from the chairmanship...
Thursday 16 March 2017
Taipei looking to transform city into test ground for IoT applications
The city government of Taipei, Taiwan is looking to cooperate with enterprises to test various kinds of IoT applications in the city, according to vice mayor Charles Lin. Lin said...
Thursday 16 March 2017
China market: Oppo to build new R&D center, says report
China-based smartphone vendor Oppo is expected to begin construction of a new R&D center in Dongguan, China at the end of 2017 with a capital input of CNY2 billion (US$289.29...
Thursday 16 March 2017
Advantech offers WISE-PaaS Marketplace
Industrial computing device maker Advantech has announced at the ongoing Embedded World 2017 in Nuremberg, Germany the offering of WISE-PaaS Marketplace, an online store of various...
Thursday 16 March 2017
Huawei to face AMOLED panel shortage for smartphones in 2017
China-based vendor Huawei reportedly will have only 8% of its total production of smartphones featuring AMOLED panels in 2017 due to an insufficient supply of the panels.
Wednesday 15 March 2017
Taiwan market: Huawei launches black Mate 9, Porsche Design Mate 9
Huawei has launched a black-colored Mate 9 in the Taiwan market, priced at NT$22,900 (US$740) unlocked. Additionally, it also introduced a limited edition Porsche Design Mate 9 priced...
Wednesday 15 March 2017
China market: Xiaomi invests in 77 firms to form smart hardware ecosystem
Xiaomi Technology has committed equity investments in a total of 77 hardware companies to form an ecosystem for the production of smart household devices, according a China-based...
Wednesday 15 March 2017
Taiwan startups creating platforms via Microsoft Visual Studio and cloud services
Taiwan-based startups Pyramius, Wishing-Soft and Biomdcare are releasing software products designed using Microsoft's Visual Studio and services. To support such demand, Microsoft...
Tuesday 14 March 2017
EMEA server spending declines 12.9% on year, says IDC
IDC's EMEA Server Tracker shows that in the fourth quarter of 2016 the EMEA server market reported an on-year decline in vendor revenues of 12.9% to EUR$3.4 billion (US$3.62 billion)...
Tuesday 14 March 2017
LG will not launch G6 in China, says report
LG Electronics may not launch its latest flagship smartphone, the LG G6, in the China market, and eventually is likely to withdraw from the market due to heavy losses from its handset...
Tuesday 14 March 2017
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile unveils flagship Xperia XZ family products
Sony Mobile Communications has unveiled four new smartphones in the Taiwan market, including the flagship Xperia XZs and XZ Premium, and mid-range Xperia XA1 and XA1 Ultra.
Tuesday 14 March 2017
Global tablet shipments to dip below 40 million in 1Q17
For the first time in almost five years, global quarterly tablet shipments will dip below 40 million units in the first quarter of 2017, according to Digitimes Research.
Tuesday 14 March 2017
Pure Storage optimistic about all-flash storage solutions
Pure Storage Asia Pacific and Japan CTO Michael Cornwell believes the all-flash storage method will become the trend for the IT market and even grow to become a mainstream technology...
Tuesday 14 March 2017
Meizu to switch part of smartphone AP orders from MediaTek to Qualcomm in 3Q17, say sources
China-based smartphone vendor Meizu, which currently supplies over 90% of its smartphones with MediaTek application processor (AP) solutions, is expected to begin largely adopting...