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Tuesday 24 March 2015
Taiwan market: CHT signs smart city deals with 15 local governments
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has been promoting smart city solutions as a focus of its development of ICT (information and communication technology) applications and services and has signed...
Tuesday 24 March 2015
Foxconn teams up with Tencent, China Harmony Auto to tap into smart electric vehicle market
Foxconn Electronics has signed a strategic agreement with China-based Internet service provider Tencent Holdings and luxury auto dealer China Harmony Auto Holding for tapping the...
Tuesday 24 March 2015
Google, AOpen to release solutions for IPC products
Google and Taiwan-based AOpen have jointly developed solutions for digital signage and industrial PC applications, and they are expected to be released in the second quarter.
Monday 23 March 2015
As tablets slow and PCs face ongoing challenges, smartphones to grab ever-larger share of SCD market through 2019, says IDC
According to a new forecast from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Smart Connected Device Tracker, the combined market of smartphones, tablets plus 2-in-1s, and PCs is set to grow from...
Monday 23 March 2015
Motorola new production base to commence operations in mid-May, says report
The new production base of Motorola Mobility in Wuhan, China will commence commercial production on May 11, according to a Chinese-language tech.sina.com report.
Monday 23 March 2015
Foxconn denies iPhone 6 devices were stolen from plant
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has issued a statement denying that some 4,000 handsets which were stolen from its plant in Zhengzhou, China were iPhone 6 devices.
Monday 23 March 2015
HTC appoints Cher Wang as new CEO
The board of directors of HTC has named Cher Wang, chairperson and co-founder of HTC, as chief executive officer, effective immediately. Former CEO Peter Chou will transition to a...
Monday 23 March 2015
Acer Octon seeking cooperation with top-3 telecom carriers in North America
Acer Octon, a joint venture established in November 2014 by Taiwan-based IT vendor Acer and US-based multimedia application developer Octon, will soon announce the outcomes of talks...
Monday 23 March 2015
Taiwan market: LG launch curved LG G Flex 2
LG Electronics has unveiled its new flagship smartphone, the LG G Flex 2, in the Taiwan market, and it will be available starting April 1.
Monday 23 March 2015
Sony to reduce TV and smartphone orders to Taiwan production partners
In the wake of continued slow sales of its LCD and smartphone products, Sony is expected to lower the sales ratio of low-margin products and thus will adjust its outsourcing policy,...
Friday 20 March 2015
China Mobile to cut 2015 capex
China Mobile has set aside a capex budget of CNY199.7 billion (US$31.9 billion) for 2015, decreasing 6.46% from its actual expenditures in 2014, according to the company.
Friday 20 March 2015
FIH Mobile net profits up 118% in 2014
FIH Mobile has reported revenues of US$6.83 billion for 2014, increasing 36.7% from a year earlier. Net profits for 2014 reached US$169 million, up 118% from the previous year.
Friday 20 March 2015
Arima Communications may be hit by Sony Mobile decreasing orders
Taiwan-based handset ODM Arima Communications is expected to face mounting pressure on its operations as its major client Sony Mobile Communications is likely to further reduce its...
Friday 20 March 2015
Taiwan market: Server shipments in 2014 valued at NT$11.11 billion, says IDC
Servers shipped in the Taiwan market in 2014 were worth NT$11.11 billion (US$352 million), growing 18.3% on year. NT$8.88 billion or 79.9% was due to brand vendors and NT$2.23 billion...
Friday 20 March 2015
Join ThroughTek's upcoming IoT/M2M webinar!
ThroughTek Co., Ltd., a leading IoT (Internet of Things) & M2M (Machine to Machine) total solution provider, sincerely invites you to take part in our IoT Webinar, presented by...