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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...
Tuesday 17 February 2015
Use of helium-filled HDDs in data centers to drastically rise in 2015, says HGST president
A large increase in the use of helium-filled hard disk drives (HDDs) in data centers is expected in 2015 mainly because more platters can be held in an HDD of the same volume than...
Monday 16 February 2015
Fingerprint recognition smartphones from China vendors expected to ramp up in 2H15
China handset supply chains expect to see orders for smartphones with fingerprint recognition from China vendors increase in the second half of 2015.
Monday 16 February 2015
Chunghwa Telecom aims at Taiwan 4G market share of 40% in 2015
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) recorded a market share of 38.6% of total 4G subscribers in Taiwan at the end of 2014 and aims to increase the market share to 40% and expand its 4G network...
Monday 16 February 2015
Supply chains adjusting strategies as tablet market expected to decline 30% in 1Q15
Tablet supply chains are evaluating their strategies for 2015 as overall shipments are expected to wither throughout the year, declining most heavily by an estimated 30% on quarter...
Monday 16 February 2015
China Mobile reaches 100 million TD-LTE users, says report
China Mobile attained 100 million TD-LTE subscribers as of the end of January 2015 and aims to increase the number to 250 million by the end of 2015 and sell 200 million TD-LTE-enabling...
Monday 16 February 2015
Asustek sees decreased 4Q14 profit
Asustek Computer saw net profit of NT$4.509 billion (US$143 million) for the fourth quarter of 2014 decrease by 22.41% on quarter and by 20.77% on year mainly due to loss of NT$713...
Monday 16 February 2015
FET to deal out 2014 dividend per share of NT$3.75
Far EasTone Telecommunications' (FET) board of directors on February 13 decided to distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$3.75 (US$0.12) for 2014, 6.53% in excess of the corresponding...
Friday 13 February 2015
China to release FDD-LTE licenses, says report
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) will soon release FDD-LTE licenses to China Telecom and China United Network Communications (China Unicom), according...
Friday 13 February 2015
Taiwan handsets – 4Q 2014
Smartphone shipments from Taiwan's brand vendors and manufacturers broke the 20-million mark in the fourth quarter of 2014, buoyed by strong demand from the end market and OEM clie...
Friday 13 February 2015
Taiwan market: Fixed-line Internet-access speeds in 2014 same as advertised levels, says NCC
Fixed-line broadband Internet-access speeds in Taiwan in 2014 were found to generally meet levels advertised by operators, with average download speeds reaching 93.3-110.3% of claimed...
Friday 13 February 2015
Digitimes Research: Google to finish 2-in-1 Chromebook development in 1Q15
Google is planning to push 2-in-1 devices in 2015, according Digitimes Research's inquiries within the upstream supply chain. Google's 2-in-1 Chromebook designed by Quanta Computer...
Friday 13 February 2015
Taiwan LCD monitors – 4Q 2014
The PC market woes could still be felt by LCD monitor makers, who continued to see demand undermined by that for other ICT products, particularly the smartphone, during the fourth...
Friday 13 February 2015
Pegatron subsidiary rolls out cases for iPhone 6 devices
Pegacasa, a subsidiary of Pegatron Technology, has rolled out a series of decorative cases for iPhone 6 devices in corporation with Taiwan-based Eslite Bookstore.
Friday 13 February 2015
HTC and other vendors to launch non-Android Wear smart devices
Although Sony Mobile Communications, LG Electronics, Motorola Mobility and Asustek Computer have launched Android Wear-based smartwatches, Samsung Electronics, HTC and some China-based...