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Monday 5 October 2015
Apple iPhone 6s/6s Plus sales in the first 3 days were 10-15% weaker than iPhone 6 series in Japan, say reports
Apple's iPhone products have strong demand in Japan and accounted for 60% of the country's smartphone sales in 2014; however, despite iPhone 6s and 6s Plus' strong sales of 13 million...
Monday 5 October 2015
NCC cancels approval of Global Mobile changes in infrastructure construction
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on October 4 announced the cancellation of its approval of changes in infrastructure construction requested by WiMAX operator Global...
Monday 5 October 2015
4G smartphone market takes off as telecoms drive mobile broadband development, says TrendForce
There has been an explosive growth in the number of 4G network users worldwide in 2015. According to TrendForce, sales of global 4G-enabled smartphones will reach 450 million units...
Friday 2 October 2015
Amazon new 7-inch tablets to benefit Taiwan, China supply chain makers
Amazon has launched a new 7-inch tablet for sale at as low as US$49.99, a campaign which is likely to benefit supply chain makers in Taiwan and China, according to industry sources...
Friday 2 October 2015
Hotspot 2.0 becomes mainstream as deployments exceed 6 million hotspots by 2020, says ABI Research
Mobile operators are increasingly relying on Wi-Fi networks, both directly and indirectly, to support their businesses. Out of the massive global Wi-Fi coverage in 2020, at least...
Friday 2 October 2015
Japan market: HTC unveils 2 SIM-free smartphones
HTC on October 1 unveiled two SIM-free smartphones, Desire Eye and Desire 626, for launch in the Japan market at retail prices of JPY50,000 (US$416) and JPY29,800 in mid-October,...
Friday 2 October 2015
Leveraging smart automated SI energy, Toes helps manufacturers move towards Industry 4.0
Undoubtedly, the hottest topic currently in the manufacturing sector is "Industry 4.0," and most firms hope to utilize ICT, software and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies...
Thursday 1 October 2015
LG unveils smartphone LG V10
LG Electronics has unveiled its new smartphone, the LG V10, which features dual displays, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 CPU, a 16-megapixel rear camera and a dual-lens 5-megapixel front-facing...
Thursday 1 October 2015
IC suppliers concerned about new iPhone orders
Despite the record first-week sales for the newest iPhones, suppliers of related ICs have been concerned about the possibility of Apple downward adjusting its chip orders for the...
Thursday 1 October 2015
Digitimes Research: Startup UPQ, Sony, Kyocera highlights of Japan portable CE market in 3Q15
Japan's portable consumer electronics market in the third quarter of 2015 was highlighted by the rise of innovative startup UPQ, Sony's introduction of H.ear headsets, and Kyocera's...
Thursday 1 October 2015
Taiwan market: iPhone 6s/6s Plus to hit local shelves on October 9
The iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus will be available in the Taiwan market on October 9, and most telecom operators have begun taking pre-orders online or at retail outlets.
Thursday 1 October 2015
Upgraded components in iPhone 6S Plus costs Apple an extra US$16 per device, says IHS
Upgraded components in the new iPhone 6S Plus cost US$16 more than the components in the earlier iPhone 6 Plus. The bill of materials (BOM) for an iPhone 6S Plus equipped with 16GB...
Wednesday 30 September 2015
Paving the Way to Flexible, Customer-centric Telco Services with SDN and NFV
Traditional network frameworks have been built over decades, which is hard to change overnight. Luckily, with SDN and NFV, the flexible and cost-saving framework simplifies deployment,...
Wednesday 30 September 2015
Digitimes Research: China boosting economic transformation via developing IoT, big data, cloud
In March 2015, China's Premier Li Keqiang announced the Internet of Things (IoT) plus concept, looking to accelerate industry transformation and will treat the concept as a new core...
Wednesday 30 September 2015
Governments in Middle East and North Africa to spend US$11.4 billion on IT in 2015, says Gartner
Governments in the Middle East and North Africa will spend US$11.4 billion on IT products and services in 2015, according to Gartner. This forecast includes spending on internal services,...