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Tuesday 17 November 2015
Taiwan market: Mid-range segment becomes a new target for smartphone vendors
As competition in Taiwan's smartphone market has continued to stay fierce, some brand vendors have started adjusting their business strategy and are no longer flooding the market...
Tuesday 17 November 2015
Taiwan market: HTC launches One M9s
HTC has unveiled its new smartphone, the HTC One M9s, a revised model of its One M9, for the Taiwan market priced at NT$12,900 (US$397).
Tuesday 17 November 2015
Taiwan market: FET offers rental smartphones
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has announced the offering of rental smartphones bundled with a 2-year contract at monthly rents of NT$297-397 (US$9.10-12.20) in the Taiwan market,...
Monday 16 November 2015
6.4 billion connected "things" will be in use in 2016, up 30% from 2015, says Gartner
Gartner has said it forecasts that 6.4 billion connected things will be in use worldwide in 2016, up 30% from 2015, and will reach 20.8 billion by 2020. In 2016, 5.5 million new things...
Monday 16 November 2015
Worldwide PELS market continues to shrink in 3Q15, says IDC
Worldwide personal and entry-level storage (PELS) shipments declined 13.4% on year to 16.7 million units in the third quarter of 2015, but were up 10.3% compared to the previous quarter,...
Monday 16 November 2015
Digitimes Research: Global LTE users to grow to 945 million by year-end 2015
According to Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), there were 755 million LTE mobile communication subscribers around the world at the end of June 2015. Digitimes Research forecasts...
Monday 16 November 2015
Brand vendors gearing up to launch Surface-similar 2-in-1 devices in 1Q16
Seeing demand for Microsoft's Surface-series 2-in-1 devices having been rising, several notebook brand vendors have started adjusting their 2-in-1 projects for 2016 and plan to launch...
Monday 16 November 2015
Taiwan market: Smartphone shipments to stay flat in 2015, 2016
Smartphone shipments in the Taiwan market are expected to total 8-8.5 million units in 2015, equaling the amount shipped a year earlier, according to an estimate by sources from local...
Friday 13 November 2015
China smartphone market and industry – 3Q 2015
In September, Digitimes Research surveyed China's smartphone supply chain. After analyzing the industry as well as relative market data, it found that in the third quarter, there...
Friday 13 November 2015
Quanta reports strong performance for 3Q15
Quanta Computer has reported its financial results for the third quarter with consolidated revenues growing 9.9% sequentially and 12.9% on year to reach NT$275.9 billion (US$8.44...
Friday 13 November 2015
Acer, Asustek will not die in global PC market, says Acer founder
In response to IDC forecasts that two of the top-10 international PC vendors will withdraw from the global PC market over the next two years due to unbearable operating losses and...
Friday 13 November 2015
Inventec optimistic about its product lines in 2016
With a strong financial report for the third quarter, Inventec is optimistic about its performance in 2016 and expects its notebook and server shipments to both achieve on-year growth,...
Thursday 12 November 2015
Asustek files EPS of NT$5.67 for 3Q15
Asustek Computer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$119.31 billion (US$3.64 billion) for the third quarter, up 10.1% sequentially, while net profits were NT$4.22 billion, down...
Thursday 12 November 2015
Asustek smartphone shipments to reach 20.5 million in 2015, 30 million in 2016
Asustek Computer will be able to ship a total of 20.5 million smartphones in 2015, meeting its shipment target set for the year, according to company CEO Jerry Shen.
Thursday 12 November 2015
Production value of Taiwan telecommunication industry to grow 8.5% in 2016, says IEK
The production value of Taiwan's telecommunication industry is expected to grow 8.5% on year to NT$1.15 trillion (US$35.18 billion) in 2016, driven by strong sales of personal terminal-end...