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Wednesday 8 June 2016
Apple completes sales of first bond issue in Taiwan, says paper
Apple has completed the sale of US$1.277 billion worth of bonds in Taiwan, with the yield for the 30-year bond issue set at 4.15%, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times...
Wednesday 8 June 2016
Digitimes Research: Tablet AP shipments in China to rise 6% in 2Q16
China's tablet-use application processor (AP) shipments will increase 6% sequentially to 20.4 million units in the second quarter of 2016, according to Digitimes Research.
Wednesday 8 June 2016
ASRock expects growing performance in 2016
ASRock had an unsatisfactory performance in 2015 due to decreased motherboard shipments in China and increased expenses on server and industrial PC (IPC) investments; however, the...
Wednesday 8 June 2016
Posiflex Technology expects highest sales-growth in Europe in 2016
Own-brand POS (point of sale) equipment maker Posiflex Technology expects sales in Europe in 2016 to increase the highest on year among its main markets, company president and CEO...
Tuesday 7 June 2016
PCB Drilling board maker Aurona reports strong sales in May
Aurona Industry, a leading provider of PCB drilling back-up boards, has reported revenues of NT$100 million (US$3.11 million) for May, up 7.25% on year. Year-to-date revenues totaled...
Tuesday 7 June 2016
Taiwan market: LG launches G5 Speed smartphone
LG Electronics has launched its LG G5 Speed smartphone in the Taiwan market in cooperation with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), priced at NT$23,900 (US$740) unlocked.
Tuesday 7 June 2016
Synnex sees increased May revenues
IT and consumer electronics distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$27.38 billion (US$840 million) for May, increasing 3.5% on month and...
Monday 6 June 2016
Internet services players eye digital signage opportunity
The competition in the consumer-level cloud computing application market is growing fierce and several players have turned to strengthening their digital signage products for the...
Monday 6 June 2016
HTC May sales performance remains weak
HTC has reported revenues of NT$6.75 billion (US$208.44 million) for May, increasing 17.3% sequentially but declining 37.4% from a year earlier.
Friday 3 June 2016
Embracing the Internet of Things
Enterprise organizations aren't just talking about the possibilities of the Internet of Things (IoT) anymore, many now see it as core to their strategy. With the potential to streamline...
Friday 3 June 2016
Huawei aims at revenues of US$150 billion by 2020, says CEO
Huawei Technologies aims to ramp up its annual revenues to US$150 billion by 2020 and will maintain a yearly R&D budget equal to about 10% of its annual sales, according to company...
Friday 3 June 2016
Worldwide smartphone growth to slow to 3.1% in 2016, says IDC
Smartphone shipments are expected to grow 3.1% in 2016, which is a substantial slowdown from the 10.5% growth in 2015 and 27.8% in 2014, according to IDC. The forecast is 2.6pp lower...
Friday 3 June 2016
Taiwan market: Huawei, Oppo, Xiaomi enhancing marketing efforts for smartphones
Huawei, Oppo and Xiaomi Technology have recently strengthened their marketing efforts in the Taiwan market, with each expecting to take a 5% share in the local smartphone market in...
Friday 3 June 2016
Asustek expected to focus on development of IoT, robots, AR/VR
Asustek Computer is expected to shift its development focus to Internet of Things (IoT), robot and virtual /argument reality (VR/AR) products, seeing the motherboard/graphics card...
Friday 3 June 2016
Worldwide server revenues declined 2.3% in 1Q16, while shipments increase 1.7%, says Gartner
In the first quarter of 2016, worldwide server revenues declined 2.3% on year, while shipments grew 1.7% from the first quarter of 2015, according to Gartner.