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Friday 23 October 2015
MediaTek to attract investment from China Mobile, says report
China Mobile will make an equity investment in MediaTek to form a strategic alliance with the Taiwan-based IC design house, according to a recent Economic Daily News (EDN)...
Friday 23 October 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan 4Q15 handset shipments to reach 19.88 million units
Taiwan-based vendors, ODMs and JDMs (joint design manufacturers) will together ship 19.88 million handsets in the fourth quarter of 2015, increasing 1.7% on quarter but decreasing...
Friday 23 October 2015
Huawei becomes top smartphone vendor in China in 3Q15, says Canalys
Huawei ranked as the top smartphone vendor in China in the third quarter of 2015, while Xiaomi Technology fell to second place, according to an estimate by Canalys.
Thursday 22 October 2015
Cisco turns to place server orders with Wistron
The fourth-largest server brand vendor worldwide Cisco reportedly has recently switched its manufacturing partner to Wistron from Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry)...
Thursday 22 October 2015
IBM pushing competitiveness in server CPU market
IBM has recently decided to open part of its software source code for the China government to examine, and with IBM's action to license its Power chip architecture to China's chip...
Thursday 22 October 2015
Sony plans to set up smartphone production lines in Thailand, says paper
Sony plans to invest at least JPY1 billion (US$8.35 million) to set up smartphone production lines in Thailand. The lines are scheduled to come online in 2015 and Sony aims to roll...
Thursday 22 October 2015
Taiwan market: HTC expects revenues to rise on year in 4Q15
HTC expects its revenues in the Taiwan market in the fourth quarter of 2015 to be higher than those reported a year earlier thanks to the release of its new flagship model the One...
Wednesday 21 October 2015
HTC unveils Android Marshmallow-based smartphone
HTC has officially unveiled the latest version of its One series smartphone, the HTC One A9, a revised flagship model which the company will count on to make a turnaround in the fourth...
Wednesday 21 October 2015
Digitimes Research: Netflix to make strong presence in Japan market
Netflix has officially made inroads into the Japan market in cooperation with Softbank, a move which will add pressure on local service providers, according to Digitimes Research.
Tuesday 20 October 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan handset shipments drop over 10% sequentially in 3Q15
Combined smartphone shipments by Taiwan-based handset brands and ODMs declined by more than 10% sequentially to 19.54 million units in the third quarter of 2015, according to an estimate...
Tuesday 20 October 2015
Innovations at Hong Kong Electronics Fair
Several companies have demonstrated their new innovations such as 360 degree cameras, sport cameras, modularized smartphone protective cases and brain wave controllers at the Hong...
Tuesday 20 October 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan server revenues to rise 4.7% in 2015; global server shipments to drop 6.3%
Taiwan's revenues for server motherboards, servers, storage devices and related network equipment are expected to rise 4.7% on year to reach NT$494.3 billion (US$15.28 billion) in...
Tuesday 20 October 2015
BenQ tapping China market for smart solutions
Display system vendor BenQ has been promoting its smart solutions among retail chain operators in the China market, according to company president and CEO Conway Lee.
Monday 19 October 2015
Microsoft increases monthly Surface Pro shipments by 60% for 4Q15
Microsoft has raised its Surface Pro 2-in-1s' monthly shipments to 500,000 units for the fourth quarter, up 60% from 300,000 units originally to prepare for the year-end holiday sales,...
Friday 16 October 2015
NCC to allow foreign indirect investment in terrestrial TV broadcast business
While Taiwan's existing laws prohibit foreign investments in the terrestrial TV broadcast business, the National Communications Commission (NCC) has drawn up draft Regulatory Rules...