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Friday 27 May 2016
ZTE plans to set up 23 flagship retail stores globally in 2016
China-based telecom equipment vendor ZTE plans to set up 23 flagship retail stores around the world by the end of 2016, 20 in major cities of China and one each in Germany, Russia...
Friday 27 May 2016
Computex 2016: Quanta, Wiwynn to showcase OCP- and RSA-based rack servers
Quanta Computer and Wiwynn will exhibit 19-inch rack servers compatible with OCP (Open Compute Project) standards, as well as other server models based on Intel's Rack Scale Architecture...
Thursday 26 May 2016
Taiwan handsets – 1Q 2016
Taiwan's handset brand vendors and ODMs both saw sharp declines in their shipments in the first quarter of 2016. The brand vendors' shipments will improve in the second quarter due...
Thursday 26 May 2016
Taiwan market: Samsung launches new Galaxy J7 and J5 smartphones
Samsung Electronics has launched its new mid-range smartphones, the Galaxy J7 (2016) and Galaxy J5 (2016) in the Taiwan market targeting the NT$5,000-10,000 (US$154-308) segment.
Wednesday 25 May 2016
Taiwan market: Smartphone sales slow down in April
Sales of handsets, mostly smartphones, in the Taiwan market totaled 650,000 units in April, decreasing 2.9% from the previous month, according to data compiled by local retail chan...
Wednesday 25 May 2016
Server management SoC provider Aspeed to see revenues grow 25-30% in 2016
Taiwan-based remote server management SoC provider Aspeed Technology is expected to see its revenues grow 25-30% on year in 2016 after it completes the acquisition of Broadcom's Emulex...
Wednesday 25 May 2016
China smartphone market and industry - 1Q 2016
Total smartphone shipments by China-based vendors reached 128.6 million units in the first quarter of 2016, down 20.2% on quarter but up 33.3% on year.
Wednesday 25 May 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan smartphone shipments set to decline in 2Q16
Shipments of smartphones by Taiwan-based handset brands and ODMs are expected to reach 12.6 million units in the second quarter of 2016, down 9.7% sequentially and 42.9% on year,...
Wednesday 25 May 2016
Foxconn receiving more short lead-time orders, performance to be even better in 3Q16, says chairman
Foxconn Electronics has been receiving more short lead-time orders recently amid structural changes of global economy, and this has resulted in an increase in overtime hours at its...
Tuesday 24 May 2016
China market: Oppo to ship 80 million smartphones in 2016, says paper
China-based smartphone Oppo is expected to ship over 80 million smartphones in 2016, an increase of 60% from a year earlier, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News...
Monday 23 May 2016
Court requires TWM immediately to return band unit C4
The Taipei District Court, for the legal proceedings brought by Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) against Taiwan Mobile (TWM) about disputes over 4G-operating frequency band units...
Monday 23 May 2016
Chip suppliers cautious about unit production for upcoming iPhone
Chip suppliers are looking to enter production starting mid-June for the upcoming new iPhone series slated for launch in September 2016, but are generally less optimistic on their...
Monday 23 May 2016
Huawei to launch Daydream-based smartphones, HMDs
Huawei plans to integrate its Kirin CPU products with Qualcomm's processors to roll out smartphones and head-mounted devices (HMD) supporting Google's Daydream VR (virtual reality)...
Monday 23 May 2016
China market: Lenovo to use Samsung Exynos CPUs
ZUK, a handset subsidiary of Lenovo, is to roll out a new smartphone powered by a Samsung Electronics Exynos 8890 processor, according to company CEO Chang Cheng.
Monday 23 May 2016
FIH Mobile building handset production lines in Guizhou for Huawei
FIH Mobile, an OEM handset arm of the Foxconn Group, is building new production lines in Guizhou, China in order to produce handsets for Huawei, according to Japan-based Nikkei...