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Friday 30 December 2016
NCC releases draft Telecommunication Regulation Act, Digital Communications Act
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on December 28 presented a draft Telecommunication Regulation Act and Digital Communications Act, a bid to facilitate digital convergence...
Friday 30 December 2016
Chunghwa Telecom appoints new president
Chunghwa Telecom's board of directors on December 29 appointed Sheih Chi-mau, currently executive vice president, as the new president to succeed Shih Mu-piao who will retire on January...
Friday 30 December 2016
China market: Component order visibility weak from some smartphone vendors for 1Q17
The visibility of component orders from some China-based smartphone vendors, notably Huawei, Xiaomi Technology and LeEco, for the first quarter of 2017 has become weak recently, according...
Thursday 29 December 2016
Huawei Technologies relocates data center in China
China-based telecom equipment vendor Huawei Technologies has relocated its data center from Shenzhen, southern China, to Dongguan, with the new data center equipped with 3,000 server...
Thursday 29 December 2016
HPE Taiwan optimistic about Taiwan server market
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) Taiwan chairman Jon Wang expects Taiwan's server market to enjoy good growth in 2017 with an improved economy and new cloud applications such as IoT...
Thursday 29 December 2016
Samsung Display to supply AMOLED panels for new iPhone in 2017, say Taiwan makers
Samsung Display will become the exclusive supplier of AMOLED panels for use in Apple's new iPhone devices to be launched in 2017 and can supply 20 million units in maximum a month,...
Thursday 29 December 2016
Wistron reportedly lands next-generation iPhone orders from Apple
Taiwan-based ODM Wistron reportedly has landed next-generation iPhone orders from Apple, making it the third manufacturer of iPhone devices, according to a Chinese-language Economic...
Wednesday 28 December 2016
Worldwide HPC server revenue grows 3.9% in 3Q16, says IDC
Worldwide factory revenues for the high performance computing (HPC) technical server market grew by 3.9% to US$2.8 billion in the third quarter of 2016, compared with US$2.7 billion...
Wednesday 28 December 2016
If Apple shifts production to US, most China supply chain makers will not follow, says report
If Apple shifts production from China to the US in response to US President-elect Donald Trump's calls for manufacturing in the US, most of its China-based supply chain makers will...
Tuesday 27 December 2016
China market: Smartphone users to be allowed to uninstall preloaded apps, says report
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has published a set of preliminary regulations which demand smartphones sold in China beginning in July 1, 2017 come...
Tuesday 27 December 2016
Avalue expects over 10% growth in 2016 and optimistic about 2017 performance
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Avalue Technology had weaker than expected growth in the second half of the year due to orders being postponed, but the company will still manage...
Tuesday 27 December 2016
HMD Global developing 4 Nokia-branded smartphones for launch in 2Q-3Q17, say sources
Finland-based HMD Global is expected to announce its first Nokia-branded smartphones in February 2017 at Mobile World Congress (MWC), and has been cooperating with supply chain makers...
Tuesday 27 December 2016
Asustek, Gigabyte restructing poorly performing businesses
As the mobile device market is no long seeing strong growth, Asustek Computer has been reorganizing its loss-making tablet business since the first half of 2016, while Gigabyte Technology...
Monday 26 December 2016
Taiwan government launches Asia Silicon Valley plan
The headquarters of the Taiwan government's Asia Silicon Valley plan has begun operations with its main goal to maximize Taiwan's Internet of Things (IoT) business opportunities.
Monday 26 December 2016
Apple seeks help from Foxconn for Southeast Asia expansion, says paper
Apple has been aggressively looking to expand into the Southeast Asia market recently and has reportedly partnered with Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) for related...