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Friday 12 August 2016
China market: Huawei adjusting strategy to protect domestic smartphone market
Huawei will launch more entry-level and mid-range smartphones for sale in the China market to fend off increasing competition from local rivals Oppo and Vivo in the two segments,...
Friday 12 August 2016
Sales of iOS smartphones up in US and EU, down in China in 2Q16, says Kantar
Sales of iOS-based smartphones returned to growth in the US and in the three major markets in the EU – the UK, Germany and France – but continued to suffer on-year declines...
Thursday 11 August 2016
Digitimes Research: China vendors ship over 145 million smartphones in 2Q16
China-based vendors shipped 145.9 million smartphones globally in total during the second quarter of 2016, rising 13% on quarter and 22.9% on year and accounting for 44.1% of the...
Thursday 11 August 2016
Taiwan market: Cable TV user base over 5.14 million at end of 2Q16, says NCC
There were 5.1438 million subscribers of cable TV services in Taiwan at the end of the second quarter of 2016, accounting for 60.52% of all households, according to statistics released...
Thursday 11 August 2016
Taiwan Mobile leads telecom operators with highest EPS for January-July period
Taiwan Mobile led the top-3 Taiwan-based telecom operators with an EPS of NT$0.50 in July, followed by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) with NT$0.41 and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET)...
Thursday 11 August 2016
Asustek sees decreased July revenues
Asustek Computer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$33.34 billion (US$1.04 billion) for July, decreasing 21.34% on month and 3.49% on year, and NT$255.94 billion for January-July,...
Thursday 11 August 2016
China-based Luxshare to take up 51% stake in Merry subsidiary
The board of directors of headset maker Merry Electronics has approved a capital expansion project for its subsidiary in Suzhou, under which ICT-Lanto, a subsidiary of China-based...
Tuesday 9 August 2016
Digitimes Research: White-box tablet players see weak shipments in 2Q16
White-box tablet shipments were down 15.3% from sequentially to reach only 13.8 million units in the second quarter because the quarter was a slow season for North America and Europe,...
Tuesday 9 August 2016
TSMC grabs chip orders for new Apple Watch, says report
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will replace Samsung as the sole supplier of chips for the new Apple Watch starting the second half of 2016, according to a report...
Tuesday 9 August 2016
Aliyun forms strategic cooperation with HTC to develop VR solutions based on cloud computing technology
Alibaba Cloud (Aliyun), a cloud service provider belonging to the Alibaba Group, on August 9 announced a strategic cooperation agreement with HTC to develop VR (virtual reality) solutions...
Tuesday 9 August 2016
Taiwan market: Samsung expected to ship 500,000 Galaxy Note 7s
Samsung Electronics has launched its new flagship model, the Galaxy Note 7, in the Taiwan market, and sources at the local retail channels expect the Korea-based vendor to ship over...
Tuesday 9 August 2016
Hiwin July sales affected by seasonal factors
Mechanical component and robot maker Hiwin Technologies has reported revenues of NT$1.487 billion (US$47.22 million) for July, down 4% on quarter but up 12.39% on year. The sequential...
Monday 8 August 2016
Advantech revenues rise on year in July
Advantech has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.287 billion (US$104.39 million) for July 2016, representing a 15.48% drop on month and 3.75% increase on year.
Monday 8 August 2016
IPC maker Ennoconn sees profits up sharply in 2Q16
Industry PC supplier Ennoconn saw its net profits increase 16% on quarter and 31% on year to NT$267 million (US$8.46 million) in the second quarter of 2016. The earnings translated...
Monday 8 August 2016
HTC sales remain flat in July
HTC has reported revenues of NT$6.32 billion (US$200.25 million) for July, down 0.6% on month and 14.69% on year.