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Tuesday 10 May 2016
Digitimes Research: Smartphone shipments by Taiwan brands and ODMs decline in 1Q16
Shipments of smartphones byTaiwan-based handset brands and ODMs totaled 13.95 million units in the first quarter of 2016, declining 22.2% on quarter and 20.5% on year, according to...
Tuesday 10 May 2016
Arima Communications revenues more than double sequentially in April
Arima Communications has reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.264 billion (US$69.9 million) for April, increasing 110.57% on month and 66.82% on year.
Tuesday 10 May 2016
HTC suffers heavy losses for 1Q16
HTC has reported net loss of NT$2.616 billion (US$80.59 million) for the first quarter of 2016, which were higher than market expectations and represented the company's fourth quarterly...
Tuesday 10 May 2016
Advantech revenues almost flat on year in April
Advantech Company Ltd. has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.301 billion (US$101.72 million) for April 2016, representing a 19.11% drop on month and 0.83% increase on year.
Monday 9 May 2016
Digitimes Research: Over 104 million smartphones shipped in China market in 1Q16
There were 104.7 million smartphones shipped in the China market during the first quarter of 2016, slipping 11.2% on quarter but growing 20.1% on year and accounting for 33.8% of...
Monday 9 May 2016
China market: Smartphone shipments fall in 1Q16, says Strategy Analytics
China's smartphone shipments declined 5% on year in the first quarter of 2016, according to Strategy Analytics.
Monday 9 May 2016
Acer to launch gaming smartphone in 4Q16, says paper
Acer plans to launch a gaming smartphone in the fourth quarter of 2016 at the latest, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report, citing ST Liew, president of...
Monday 9 May 2016
Cypress to acquire Broadcom IoT business for US$550 million
Cypress Semiconductor and Broadcom have announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which Cypress will acquire Broadcom's wireless Internet of Things (IoT) business and...
Monday 9 May 2016
Networking device maker Alpha Networks swings back to profitability in 1Q16
Network switch and router maker Alpha Networks has managed to post a net profit of NT$78 million (US$2.41 million) for the first quarter of 2016, ending two consecutive quarterly...
Friday 6 May 2016
Taiwan market: Huawei launches new flagship P9 smartphone
Huawei has introduced its new flagship smartphone, the Huawei P9, into Taiwan and aims to ship over 100,000 units of the device in the local market.
Friday 6 May 2016
FIH Mobile issues earnings warning on weak demand
FIH Mobile, an OEM handset unit of the Foxconn Group, has issued an earnings warning, expecting its net profits for the first half of 2016 to reach only US$10-20 million, a decline...
Thursday 5 May 2016
Digitimes Research: China vendors ship 128.6 million smartphones globally in 1Q16
China-based vendors shipped 128.6 million smartphones globally in the first quarter of 2016, decreasing 20.2% on quarter but increasing 33.3% on year and accounting for 41.5% of the...
Thursday 5 May 2016
HTC sets up new company; may spin off VR business unit
HTC has established a new company, renewing speculation that the smartphone vendor may spin off its virtual reality (VR) business, according to industry sources.
Thursday 5 May 2016
China market: Xiaomi delays Mi Band 2 launch
Xiaomi Technology will delay the launch of its second-generation Mi Band 2 to June, one month behind its original schedule, company CEO Lei Jun said in a statement posted on China-based...
Thursday 5 May 2016
Taiwan market: Smartphone shipments to grow in 2Q16
Shipments of smartphones in the Taiwan market are expected to stage a rebound in the second quarter of 2016, triggered by the adjustment of 4G service pricing by major telecom operators,...