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Thursday 26 February 2015
Smartphone vendors to showcase new models at pre-MWC events
Smartphone vendors including Samsung Electronics, HTC, LG Electronics and Sony Mobile Communications all plan to unveil new smartphones at pre-MWC 2015 events to be held on March...
Thursday 26 February 2015
Commentary: 14nm FinFET process, Galaxy S6 crucial to Samsung semiconductor business
The debut of Samsung Electronics's new flagship smartphone the Galaxy S6 at the upcoming MWC 2015 will mark the world's first smartphone powered by a 14nm 3D FinFET processor and...
Thursday 26 February 2015
Samsung to unveil Galaxy S6 at MWC; initial shipments to top 50 million units
Samsung Electronics is expected to unveil its new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6, at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC), according to suppliers in Taiwan's handset supply...
Thursday 26 February 2015
India handset market contracts in 4Q14, says IDC
India's mobile phone market stood at 64.3 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014, down 11% sequentially and 5% on year, according to IDC.
Wednesday 25 February 2015
Samsung Galaxy S6 to feature 5.1-inch 577ppi AMOLED display
Samsung Electronics' new flagship smartphone the Galaxy S6 is expected to feature a 5.1-inch 577ppi AMOLED display, 16-megapixel rear-facing camera and 5-megapixel front-facing camera...
Wednesday 25 February 2015
Android and iOS account for over 96% of smartphone OS market for both 4Q14 and 2014, says IDC
Android and iOS accounted for 96.3% of all smartphone shipments in the fourth quarter as well as for all of 2014, up slightly from 95.6% in the fourth quarter of 2013 and from 93.8%...
Wednesday 25 February 2015
Xilinx unveils 16nm UltraScale+ family of FPGAs
Xilinx has announced its 16nm UltraScale+ family of FPGAs, 3D ICs and MPSoCs, combining new memory, 3D-on-3D and multi-processing SoC (MPSoC) technologies. The UltraScale+ family...
Wednesday 25 February 2015
Smartphone shipments to China increase marginally in 4Q14 with Xiaomi taking top position, says IDC
Smartphone shipments in the China market were up 2% sequentially to 108 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014, bringing China's total smartphone shipments for the year to 420...
Wednesday 25 February 2015
Chunghwa Telecom expects profits from 4G to come ahead of schedule
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) started 4G commercial operations in Taiwan in late May 2014 and originally forecast that EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortization)...
Tuesday 24 February 2015
HP cooperation with Accton to benefit white-box server makers
Hewlett-Packard (HP) recently announced cooperation with Taiwan-based Accton Technology to sell switches matched with software developed by Silicon Valley-based Cumulus Networks....
Tuesday 24 February 2015
NEXCOM Fuses Digital & Physical Retail with Responsive Store Solutions
With eCommerce capturing a booming share of sales, physical retailers are challenged but not doomed because they provide irreplaceable touch-and-feel experience for brick-and-mortar...
Tuesday 24 February 2015
Apple to invest EUR1.7 billion in new data centers in Europe
Apple today announced a EUR1.7 billion (US$1.93 billion) plan to build and operate two data centers in Europe, each powered by 100% renewable energy. The facilities, located in County...
Tuesday 17 February 2015
Foxlink chairman optimistic about wearables and USB Type-C connectors
Commenting on the company's outlook for 2015, Foxlink chairman Guo Tai-qiang has said that wearable devices and USB Type-C connectors will become growth drivers for Foxlink.
Tuesday 17 February 2015
NCC to fine APT and TWM NT$300,000 for late reporting roaming cooperation
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on February 16 decided to fine Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) and Taiwan Mobile (TWM) NT$300,000 (US$9,509) each because APT signed to...
Tuesday 17 February 2015
Japan market: Smartphone shipments in 2014 down 5.3%, says report
Shipments of smartphones in the Japan market in 2014 declined for the second straight year by 5.3% to 27.7 million units, according to a Chinese-language QQ.com report citing...