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Thursday 1 October 2015
IC suppliers concerned about new iPhone orders
Despite the record first-week sales for the newest iPhones, suppliers of related ICs have been concerned about the possibility of Apple downward adjusting its chip orders for the...
Thursday 1 October 2015
Digitimes Research: Startup UPQ, Sony, Kyocera highlights of Japan portable CE market in 3Q15
Japan's portable consumer electronics market in the third quarter of 2015 was highlighted by the rise of innovative startup UPQ, Sony's introduction of H.ear headsets, and Kyocera's...
Thursday 1 October 2015
Taiwan market: iPhone 6s/6s Plus to hit local shelves on October 9
The iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus will be available in the Taiwan market on October 9, and most telecom operators have begun taking pre-orders online or at retail outlets.
Thursday 1 October 2015
Upgraded components in iPhone 6S Plus costs Apple an extra US$16 per device, says IHS
Upgraded components in the new iPhone 6S Plus cost US$16 more than the components in the earlier iPhone 6 Plus. The bill of materials (BOM) for an iPhone 6S Plus equipped with 16GB...
Wednesday 30 September 2015
Paving the Way to Flexible, Customer-centric Telco Services with SDN and NFV
Traditional network frameworks have been built over decades, which is hard to change overnight. Luckily, with SDN and NFV, the flexible and cost-saving framework simplifies deployment,...
Wednesday 30 September 2015
Digitimes Research: China boosting economic transformation via developing IoT, big data, cloud
In March 2015, China's Premier Li Keqiang announced the Internet of Things (IoT) plus concept, looking to accelerate industry transformation and will treat the concept as a new core...
Wednesday 30 September 2015
Governments in Middle East and North Africa to spend US$11.4 billion on IT in 2015, says Gartner
Governments in the Middle East and North Africa will spend US$11.4 billion on IT products and services in 2015, according to Gartner. This forecast includes spending on internal services,...
Wednesday 30 September 2015
China August mobile phone users reach 1.296 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.296 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of August 2015, growing 0.12% on month and 2.30% on year, according to China's Ministry...
Wednesday 30 September 2015
Taiwan market: 8.66 million 4G users in August, says NCC
The total number of 4G mobile communication subscribers in the Taiwan market increased by 730,000 to 8.664 million in August, according to the National Communications Commission (N...
Wednesday 30 September 2015
Targeting niche markets: Q&A with ST Liu, president of Acer handset unit
Notebook vendor Acer aims to ship at least five million smartphones in 2015 and plans to hike the shipments to 10 million units in 2016. But Acer will not spend a lot of money for...
Wednesday 30 September 2015
HTC unveils flagship smartphones
HTC on September 29 unveiled two flagship smartphones, HTC One M9+ and Butterfly 3, in Japan, with the two models to be launched in the Taiwan market on October 5 at contract-free...
Tuesday 29 September 2015
Acer encouraging staff to transfer to BYOC business
Acer has been encouraging its staff to transfer to the Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC) business and is planning to adjust its performance evaluation program to boost workers' willingness...
Tuesday 29 September 2015
iPhone 6s supply chain makers bracing for strong sales in 4Q15, say sources
Taiwan-based makers in Apple's iPhone 6s device supply chain, including Foxconn Electronics, Pegatron Technology, Largan Precision and Catcher Technology, are set for strong performance...
Tuesday 29 September 2015
Commentary: The implications of Google-Huawei tie-up for Nexus phones
Google is rolling out two new Nexus phones: the Nexus 6P in cooperation with Huawei and the Nexus 5X with LG Electronics. While the market position of the Nexus phones has ebbed,...
Friday 25 September 2015
Taiwan market: NCC to auction 2,600MHz spectrum in 4Q15
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has delayed the auction of the 2,600MHz spectrum from the third quarter to the fourth. The bidding will be conducted online.