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Wednesday 29 June 2016
HTC invests more capital into overseas subsidiary
HTC has invested an additional US$2 million into its overseas subsidiary HTC (BVI). The new capital is to finance future investment projects to be carried out by the subsidiary.
Wednesday 29 June 2016
China May mobile communication user base grows to 1.297 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.297 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of May 2016, increasing 0.14% on month and 0.33% on year, and 237.98 million (18.35%)...
Wednesday 29 June 2016
Qualcomm eyes future roll out of 5G SoC solutions
Qualcomm aims to roll out the world's first 5G SoC solution, as 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) is expected to finalize 5G technology standards sometime in 2018, according...
Wednesday 29 June 2016
LTE Cat-M1, LTE Cat-NB1 to become mainstream IoT technology, says Qualcomm
While 5G mobile communication technology is expected to play an essential role in IoT (Internet of Things) applications, two narrowband LTE technology standards - LTE Cat-M1 (machine...
Tuesday 28 June 2016
TCL sees smartphone shipments decline nearly 13% on year in May
TCL has reported that its smartphone shipments declined 12.7% on year to 3.219 million units in May, but shipments of LCD TVs grew 16.1% to 1.305 million units in the month.
Tuesday 28 June 2016
Taiwan market: Commtiva to market Sharp smartphones starting July
Taiwan-based Commtiva Technology, a smartphone marketing arm of Foxconn Electronics, will begin to market Sharp's smartphones in Taiwan in the first half of July, according to the...
Tuesday 28 June 2016
HTC to start marketing Vive via retail shops in Japan
HTC has announced that it will hold a press conference in Tokyo on July 7 to promote sales of its HTC Vive through physical retail shops in Japan.
Monday 27 June 2016
Healthcare providers in Middle East and North Africa to spend US$2.78 billion on IT in 2016, says Gartner
Healthcare providers in the Middle East and North Africa will spend US$2.78 billion on IT products and services in 2016, according to Gartner. This forecast includes spending by healthcare...
Monday 27 June 2016
Meaningful use cases help spur spending on IoT in CEE, says IDC
In a new update to the Worldwide Semiannual Internet of Things Spending Guide, IDC forecasts that organizations in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) will invest more than US$11.2 billion...
Monday 27 June 2016
Intel to initialize 3rd wave of layoffs that could affect Taiwan suppliers
Intel will start its third wave of layoffs at the end of June, targeting mainly its worldwide sales and marketing units. The move is expected to affect players in Taiwan's supply...
Monday 27 June 2016
CHT to purchase 4G equipment from Ericsson and Nokia, says paper
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has announced that it plans to purchase up to NT$2.49 billion (US$76.72 million) and NT$1.947billion of 4G equipment from Ericsson and Nokia, respectively,...
Monday 27 June 2016
Sony to ship 9 million PS VR headsets in 2016, says paper
Sony is expected to ship up to six million units of PlayStation VR (PS VR) headsets in 2016, accounting for 67% of the global VR HMD market, according to a Chinese-language Liberty...
Monday 27 June 2016
Quanta to launch 360-degree VR add-on camera
Quanta Computer has developed a 360-degree live VR (virtual reality) streaming add-on camera through cooperation with ImmerVision, a Canada-based developer of immersive optical and...
Monday 27 June 2016
Samsung, Huawei reportedly lowering smartphone shipment targets for 3Q16
Some leading Android smartphone vendors including Samsung Electronics and Huawei have lowered their shipment targets for the third quarter as well as for the entire year of 2016 due...
Monday 27 June 2016
Compal aims at revenue proportion of 35% for non-notebook products in 2016
Compal Electronics saw non-notebook revenue proportion rise from 23% in 2014 to 28% in 2015 and aims to increase it to 35% in 2016, company president Ray Chen said at a shareholders'...