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Friday 28 August 2015
Acer seeking smartphone OEM in Indonesia
IT vendor Acer is seeking a manufacturing partner for OEM production of smartphones in Indonesia to avoid the country's high customs duty on imported smartphones and will make a final...
Thursday 27 August 2015
Taiwan market: CHT partners with Microsoft to provide cloud computing services
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has signed a strategic-alliance agreement with Microsoft for cooperation on Cloud Solution Provider and Cloud OS Network, with CHT responsible for providing...
Thursday 27 August 2015
China market: Local smartphone vendors limit launch of new models
China-based smartphone vendors have limited the number of new models launched per year to cope with the declining profitability generated by smartphones, a move which has affected...
Thursday 27 August 2015
Taiwan market: Samsung expects Galaxy Note 5 shipments to reach 50,000 units in 1st month
Samsung Electronics expects sales of its new flagship model, the Galaxy Note 5, in the Taiwan market to reach over 50,000 units in the first month of launch.
Thursday 27 August 2015
Taiwan market: InFocus unveils 4G smartphones
US-based vendor InFocus has unveiled M812, M808 and M370, respectively a flagship, mid-range and entry-level Android 5.0 4G smartphone models, for launch in the Taiwan market in early...
Thursday 27 August 2015
Global service robot market to grow 20-30% annually
The market value of service robots globally is expected to grow 20-30% on year, growing from US$8.5 billion in 2015 to over US$20 billion in 2020, according to an industry estimate...
Wednesday 26 August 2015
Worldwide smartphone growth to slow to 10.4% in 2015, says IDC
Global smartphone shipments are expected to grow 10.4% on year, instead of a previous forecast of an 11.3% growth, to 1.44 billion units in 2015, according to the latest data released...
Wednesday 26 August 2015
China July mobile phone user base grows to 1.295 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.295 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of July 2015, growing 0.13% sequentially and 2.47% on year, and 444.08 million (34.30%) of them were...
Wednesday 26 August 2015
Taiwan businesses urged to develop IoT devices
Taiwan-based companies have an advantage in developing IoT products thanks to their innovative ideas, flexibility and efficient implementation, according to John Wang, founder of...
Tuesday 25 August 2015
Litemax to acquire WynMax
Taiwan-based Litemax Electronics, which makes high-brightness LCD modules for industrial, commercial, medical and transportation applications, on August 24 announced the acquisition...
Tuesday 25 August 2015
HTC to buy back treasury shares to save stock price
HTC has announced it will buy back 50 million treasury shares, which will account for 6% of the company's outstanding shares, and will complete the process in two months.
Monday 24 August 2015
Alibaba, Qihoo 360 set to enter China smartphone market
More China-based Internet service providers are looking to enter the local smartphone market later in the second half of 2015, according to sources at Taiwan's IC design houses.
Monday 24 August 2015
Asustek to focus on 5.5-inch smartphones in 2016, says CEO
Asustek Computer plans to launch 6-7 models of its ZenFone-series products in 2016 with 5.5-inch displays as the mainstream, according to company CEO Jerry Shen.
Monday 24 August 2015
Asustek aims to be top-10 smartphone vendor in 2016, says CEO
Asustek computer aims to ship 40 million smartphones globally in 2016, becoming one of the world's 10 largest vendors, according to company CEO Jerry Shen.
Friday 21 August 2015
Brazil market: Asustek aims to ship 3 million ZenFone 2 smartphones in 2016
Asustek Computer will be able to reach its goal of shipping up to one million units of the new ZenFone 2-series smartphone in Brazil in 2015 and aims to ramp up its shipments to three...