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Tuesday 10 February 2015
Qualcomm fines may not affect competition between China handset makers and international brands, say sources
The China government's decision to fine Qualcomm up to US$975 million for violating antitrust regulations may not affect competition between China-based handset makers and international...
Tuesday 10 February 2015
Taiwan market: NCC to release 2600MHz band units for 4G in 3Q15
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) will release 2600MHz frequency band units for operating 4G mobile communication services through open-bid competition in the third...
Tuesday 10 February 2015
Taiwan market: Samsung, HTC release 4G smartphones
Samsung Electronics and HTC have both launched new smartphones targeting the entry-level to mid-range segments in the Taiwan market. The new models will compete with comparable models...
Tuesday 10 February 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan handset shipments to drop nearly 30% on quarter in 1Q15
Taiwan-based brand vendors and ODMs will ship a total of 18.05 million handsets in the first quarter of 2015, down 29.4% on quarter but up 11.2% on year, according to Digitimes Res...
Tuesday 10 February 2015
Digitimes Research: Japan aims at robot market value of JPY2.4 trillion in FY2020
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in January 2015 announced new five-year strategies for robot development, with a goal of attaining a domestic market value of...
Monday 9 February 2015
Foxconn continues to step up investments in software and application platforms
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has continued to expand its investments in application technologies and integrated service platforms, aiming to increase added value...
Monday 9 February 2015
HTC expects revenues, profits to fall in 1Q15
HTC expects its revenues to drop 6-13% sequentially to NT$41.5-45 billion (US$1.31-1.42 billion) for the first quarter of 2015. On an annual term, the revenues will be up 25-36% from...
Friday 6 February 2015
Asia-Pacific city governments to increase IoT adoption in 2015, says IDC
Several regional authorities in Asia Pacific will develop new sourcing models for transformational ICT such as third platform technologies (cloud, big data, mobility and social business);...
Friday 6 February 2015
Tablet vendors taking new strategies to rekindle sales in 2015
Tablet vendors are adopting measures to revive sales or reduce BOM (bill of materials) costs in 2015 in order to tide over their current difficulties caused by falling unit prices...
Friday 6 February 2015
EverFocus' great leap forward: eZ Hopper
EverFocus recently introduces an innovative function, eZ Hopper, for our new series of DVRs / NVRs, allowing users to control up to 16 connected DVRs / NVRs in the same LAN network...
Friday 6 February 2015
Taiwan market: CHT may start 4G Small Cell deployment in 2015
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) is likely to begin to deploy 4G Small Cells in a small volume in Taiwan in 2015, according to the company.
Thursday 5 February 2015
Apple reportedly to diversify LCD driver IC suppliers
Apple is looking to diversify its LCD driver IC suppliers and move away from its dependence on Synaptics (formerly Renesas SP Drivers; RSP), according to industry sources.
Thursday 5 February 2015
Taiwan market: Vee TIME, Vmax Telecom approved for upgrade from WiMAX 1.0 to WiMAX 2.1
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has approved applications for upgrading WiMAX technology from version 1.0 to version 2.1 by Vee TIME, a WiMAX operator in southern...
Thursday 5 February 2015
Digitimes Research: Handset shipments by Taiwan-based vendors and ODMs increase 50% on year in 4Q14
Shipments of handsets by Taiwan-based ODMs and brand vendors totaled 25.56 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014, increasing 15% sequentially and over 50% from a year earlier,...
Wednesday 4 February 2015
Motorola performs strongly during October-December period
Motorola Mobility saw its handset shipments soar 118% sequentially to over 10 million units during the third quarter of its fiscal 2014 (from October to December 2014) and generated...