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Tuesday 7 July 2015
Inspection firm Sporton reports record revenues for 2Q15
Taiwan-based Sporton International, which provides mobile device testing and certification services, saw its second-quarter revenues climb to a quarterly high of NT$820 million (US$26.5...
Tuesday 7 July 2015
Taiwan market: Oppo to launch Mirro 5s, R7 smartphones
China-based smartphone vendor Oppo will start marketing its Mirro 5s in the Taiwan market on July 9, with plans to unveil its new R7 smartphone in the local market one week later.
Tuesday 7 July 2015
Samsung slashes handset panel pricing to bump up orders
As shipments of Samsung Electronics smartphones have been lower-than-expected in the market, Samsung Display has suffered in handset panel shipments and therefore has reduced pricing...
Tuesday 7 July 2015
Omnichannel retail delivery solution from Unisys enables Taiwanese banks to offer consistent, personalised service across all banking channels
Unisys Corporation (NYSE:UIS) has enhanced its Unisys Retail Core Banking System with the addition of an omnichannel retail delivery system capability that enables Taiwanese banks...
Tuesday 7 July 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan 2Q15 handset shipments up 18.6% on quarter
Taiwan-based brand handset vendors and handset ODMs shipped a total of 20.82 million handsets in the second quarter of 2015, increasing 18.6% on quarter but decreasing 1.6% on year,...
Tuesday 7 July 2015
China market: Meizu ships 8.9 million smartphones in 1H15
China-based smartphone vendor Meizu has reported that it shipped 8.9 million smartphones in the first half of 2015, increasing 540% from a year earlier period.
Monday 6 July 2015
Foxconn Electronics to produce Xiaomi, Asustek smartphones for sale in Brazil
China-based vendor Xiaomi Technology will soon its launch entry-level Hong Mi (Red Rice) 2 smartphone in the Brazil market and Taiwan-based vendor Asustek Computer will also launch...
Monday 6 July 2015
HTC posts net losses of over NT$8 billion in 2Q15
HTC has posted revenues of NT$33.01 billion (US$1.076 billion) for the second quarter of 2015, meeting the low-end target of its revised guidance of NT$33-36 billion.
Monday 6 July 2015
Digitimes Research: Shipments of white-box phablets suffer first on-year decline in 2Q15
Shipments of phablets by China-based white-box suppliers suffered their first year-on-year decline in the second quarter of 2015, affected by unfavorable global market conditions...
Monday 6 July 2015
Intel to push IoT business partnerships with China supply chain
Intel, in a move to tighten its partnerships with the China-based supply chain, is planning to host a summit prior to its Intel Developer Forum (IDF) San Francisco starting August...
Monday 6 July 2015
Acer cooperates with Hope Bay Technologies to launch OfficeBox
Acer has cooperated with Hope Bay Technologies to launch OfficeBox, an enterprise-use cloud storage solution, in the Taiwan market through Acer's sales channels for business-use IT...
Monday 6 July 2015
Pegatron China subsidiary recruiting workers for new iPhone, says report
Protek (Shanghai), a Pegatron subsidiary in eastern China, began to recruit workers at the end of June in preparation for starting OEM production for new iPhone devices in August,...
Friday 3 July 2015
Smartphones to represent 80% of total handset shipments in 4Q15, says IC Insights
Smartphones first accounted for more than 50% of total quarterly cellphone shipments in the first quarter of 2013. In fourth-quarter 2015, smartphones are forecast to reach 435 million...
Friday 3 July 2015
Taiwan market: iPhone 6 sales slowing down, say channels
Sales momentum of iPhone 6 and iPhone Plus in the Taiwan market seems to have slowed down due to a waning enthusiasm over for the large-size iPhone devices as well as market expectations...
Friday 3 July 2015
Promise Technology develops cloud computing-based surveillance solution for Asahi Net
Hardware/software storage solution provider Promise Technology has cooperated with Denmark-based VMS (video management software) provider Milestone Systems A/S to develop a cloud...