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Tuesday 25 August 2015
Litemax to acquire WynMax
Taiwan-based Litemax Electronics, which makes high-brightness LCD modules for industrial, commercial, medical and transportation applications, on August 24 announced the acquisition...
Tuesday 25 August 2015
HTC to buy back treasury shares to save stock price
HTC has announced it will buy back 50 million treasury shares, which will account for 6% of the company's outstanding shares, and will complete the process in two months.
Monday 24 August 2015
Alibaba, Qihoo 360 set to enter China smartphone market
More China-based Internet service providers are looking to enter the local smartphone market later in the second half of 2015, according to sources at Taiwan's IC design houses.
Monday 24 August 2015
Asustek to focus on 5.5-inch smartphones in 2016, says CEO
Asustek Computer plans to launch 6-7 models of its ZenFone-series products in 2016 with 5.5-inch displays as the mainstream, according to company CEO Jerry Shen.
Monday 24 August 2015
Asustek aims to be top-10 smartphone vendor in 2016, says CEO
Asustek computer aims to ship 40 million smartphones globally in 2016, becoming one of the world's 10 largest vendors, according to company CEO Jerry Shen.
Friday 21 August 2015
Brazil market: Asustek aims to ship 3 million ZenFone 2 smartphones in 2016
Asustek Computer will be able to reach its goal of shipping up to one million units of the new ZenFone 2-series smartphone in Brazil in 2015 and aims to ramp up its shipments to three...
Friday 21 August 2015
China Mobile, China Telecom post mixed 1H15 revenues
China Mobile on August 20 released its financial report for the first half of 2015, with consolidated revenues reaching CNY340.727 billion (US$54.77 billion) up 4.94%, while China...
Friday 21 August 2015
Sony announces SmartBand 2 for September
Sony Mobile has unveiled its new smart bracelet, the SmartBand 2, which is set to become available worldwide starting September. The SmartBand 2 features the same form factor and...
Friday 21 August 2015
Acer to launch 1st gaming tablet
Acer has begun production of its first gaming tablet equipped with an Intel Atom Z8700 processor and 8-inch touch screen for launch in the third or fourth quarter of 2015, according...
Friday 21 August 2015
Global tablet market – 2Q 2015
Digitimes Research saw global tablet shipments fall to 45.76 million units in second-quarter 2015, showing a 10% decrease on quarter and representing more than a 15% decrease on ye...
Friday 21 August 2015
Global smartphone shipments record slowest growth in 2 years in 2Q15, says Gartner
Worldwide sales of smartphones totaled 330 million units in the second quarter of 2015, an increase of 13.5% on-year, which was the lowest quarterly growth rate since 2013, according...
Friday 21 August 2015
China Unicom, China Telecom setting up FDD LTE networks, say reports
China Unicom and China Telecom have been actively establishing FDD LTE networks in China since they obtained FDD LTE licenses in late February 2015, and aim to complete installing...
Thursday 20 August 2015
Portable PC sales to remain flat despite Windows 10 launch, says ABI Research
According to the latest market data findings from ABI Research, total system shipments for portable computing are predicted to reach 165 million units for full-year 2015, essentially...
Thursday 20 August 2015
India mobile services market to reach US$21.4 billion in 2015, says Gartner
Mobile connections in India will grow to 880 million in 2015, an increase of 5% from 837 million connections in 2014, according to Gartner. Spending on mobile services will grow 4%...
Thursday 20 August 2015
Taiwan market: Taiwan Star Cellular opens online store
Taiwan Star Cellular, a 4G mobile telecom carrier in Taiwan, on August 20 announced the opening of its online store as an auxiliary retail channel to its retail chains.