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Monday 14 December 2015
IoT spending forecast to reach nearly US$1.3 trillion in 2019 led by widespread initiatives across Asia Pacific, says firm
According to IDC, worldwide spending on the Internet of Things (IoT) will grow at a 17% CAGR from US$698.6 billion in 2015 to nearly US$1.3 trillion in 2019.
Friday 11 December 2015
Taiwan market: Handset shipments down in 3Q15, says paper
Shipments of handsets in the Taiwan market totaled 2.26 million units in the third quarter of 2015, down 17% sequentially and 12% on year, the Chinese-language Liberty Times...
Friday 11 December 2015
Digitimes Research: Qualcomm to enter server market with 24-core CPUs
Qualcomm, which announced plans to begin developing ARM-based chips for servers in November 2014, has started delivering server-use CPU samples to potential clients and has also set...
Friday 11 December 2015
Quanta sees notebook shipment growth in November, but may not achieve 2015 revenue goal
Quanta Computer saw its notebook shipments rise 500,000 units on month to reach 3.8 million units in November thanks to strong orders from Asustek Computer and Hewlett-Packard (HP)...
Friday 11 December 2015
Facebook, Google server outsourcing strategy change expected to impact profitability for ODMs
Facebook is planning to add Wiwynn, a server subsidiary of Wistron, as a new datacenter server supplier, joining its primary supplier Quanta Computer in order to lower its risks and...
Friday 11 December 2015
Chunghwa Telecom nets NT$5.13 per share for January-November
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on December 10 reported net profit of NT$3.26 billion (US$100.3 million) for November 2015, translating into net EPS of NT$5.13 for January-November.
Thursday 10 December 2015
Digitimes Research: TD-LTE users account for 34.4% of total 4G LTE subscribers in 1H15
The number of TD-LTE service subscribers worldwide reached 260 million in the first half of 2015, accounting for 34.4% of total 4G LTE users, according to an estimate of Digitimes...
Wednesday 9 December 2015
Synnex Technology sees increased November revenues
Taiwan-based IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$30.73 billion (US$946 million) for November,...
Wednesday 9 December 2015
Asustek reports increased revenues for November
Asustek Computer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$50.14 billion (US$1.53 billion) for November 2015, representing a 21.06% increase on month and 2.44% increase on year.
Wednesday 9 December 2015
International enterprises inquiring about setting up data centers in Taiwan, says vice premier
In addition to Facebook's plans to set up a data center in central Taiwan, other international enterprises have inquired about doing so, according to vice premier Simon Chang.
Wednesday 9 December 2015
HTC to launch Vive in April 2016
HTC has announced via Facebook that its first virtual reality (VR) device, the HTC Vive, will not be available to consumers until next spring.
Wednesday 9 December 2015
Digitimes Research: MR device makers receiving more support from developers, investors
More mixed reality (MR) device makers including Sulon Technologies, Osterhout Design Group (ODG) and Magic Leap have attracted more software developers and investors while Microsoft...
Tuesday 8 December 2015
Advantech reports on-year increase in November revenues
Advantech has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.164 billion (US$96.44 million) for November 2015, representing a 2.81% drop on month and 9.32% increase on year.
Tuesday 8 December 2015
Acer considering dual-brand to promote BYOC products
Acer is considering adopting a dual-brand strategy for its Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC) business and is looking to tighten its cooperation with partners and release BYOC-based smart...
Monday 7 December 2015
Open bids for 2,500-2,600MHz bands end at NT$27.925 billion, says NCC
Open-bid competition for 2,500-2,600MHz frequency bands available for 4G mobile communication operations on December 7 closed at a total bidding price of NT$27.925 billion (US$859...