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Monday 10 August 2015
TCL looks to expand cooperation with Taiwan-based handset ODMs
China-based handset vendor TCL has approached a number of Taiwan-based ODMs for possible cooperation in handset production, according to sources in Taiwan's handset supply chain.
Monday 10 August 2015
Automation component maker Chelic reports decreased revenues for July
Taiwan Chelic, a maker of pneumatic automation components, has reported revenues of NT$156 million (US$4.988 million) for July, compared to NT$160 million of a month ago and NT$158...
Friday 7 August 2015
Taiwan market: Xiaomi opens 1st retail store
China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi Technology has opened its first retail store in Taipei, according to Xiaomi Taiwan. The vendor has established a total of 21 retail stores in...
Friday 7 August 2015
Taiwan opens 4G+ experimental network
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on August 6 started trails of a 4G+ (4G, 4.5G, 5G) experimental network for Taiwan-based makers to test interoperability between their...
Friday 7 August 2015
SmartCity China 2015 to be hosted in Shenzhen at the end of August
The SmartCity China 2015 conference will be hosted from August 31 to September 3 in Shenzhen, China and several IT players and organizations including Alibaba, Tencent, Uber as well...
Friday 7 August 2015
HTC loses NT$9.70 per share for 2Q15
Smartphone vendor HTC suffered net loss per share of NT$9.70 (US$0.308) for the second quarter of 2015 mainly due to lower than expected demand for high-end Android smartphones, and...
Friday 7 August 2015
Huawei, Xiaomi to hike adoption of in-house-developed smartphone APs
Huawei Technologies and Xiaomi Technology are expected to increase adoption of in-house-developed ARM-architecture application processors (APs) in their own-brand smartphones. Huawei's...
Thursday 6 August 2015
Smartphone, tablet component suppliers unable to clear inventories until 4Q15
The current high levels of inventory held by upstream component and part suppliers for smartphones and tablets are unlikely to ease until the fourth quarter of 2015 due to sluggish...
Thursday 6 August 2015
Foxconn denies signing pact with India-based Gautam Adani
Foxconn Electronics has denied a Taiwan media report indicating that it plans to team up with India-based Gautam Adani to jointly set up production lines for the manufacture of Apple...
Thursday 6 August 2015
Largan Precision reports revenues for July 2015
Largan Precision has reported consolidated revenues of NT$5.255 billion (US$166.43 million) for July 2015, representing a 2.9% increase on month and 49.54% increase on year.
Thursday 6 August 2015
Sony Mobile likely to outsource wearables to Taiwan ODMs
Sony Mobile Communications is reportedly in talks with Taiwan-based ODMs for possible production of its smart wearable devices, including smartwatches and smart bands, in addition...
Wednesday 5 August 2015
Acer reportedly lands server orders from TSMC
Acer has reportedly obtained orders for servers used in data centers from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which could affect TSMC's orders to its original supplier...
Wednesday 5 August 2015
Xiaomi reportedly developing ARM solutions, paper says
Xiaomi is engaged in the development of mobile processors based on the ARM chip architecture, and is expected to have the first in-house developed chips for handsets in early 2016,...
Wednesday 5 August 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan handset shipments to remain flat in 2H15
Combined handset shipments by Taiwan-based handset vendors and ODMs in the third and fourth quarters are likely to be lower than the amount they shipped in the second quarter, reflecting...
Tuesday 4 August 2015
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels - 2Q 2015
Handset applications have been the main output for Taiwan makers' small- to medium-size panel production. But the makers are shifting their focus from feature phone panels to smartphone...