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Monday 4 May 2015
ECS nets NT$0.68 per share for 1Q15
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) recorded consolidated revenues of NT$11.858 billion (US$376 million), net operating profit of NT$440 million, net profit of NT$377 million and net...
Monday 4 May 2015
Apple iPhone captures 12% smartphone market share in China in 1Q15, says Strategy Analytics
Smartphone shipments to China totaled 109.8 million units in the first quarter of 2015, rising 17% from 93.6 million units a year earlier, according to Strategy Analytics. Xiaomi...
Monday 4 May 2015
Taiwan market: Asustek to launch VivoWatch in early May
Asustek Computer will launch its new smartwatch, the VivoWatch, in the Taiwan market on May 8, priced at NT$4,588 (US$149), according to the company. The new wearable device will...
Monday 4 May 2015
Taiwan market: TWM aims at 3 million 4G users for end of 2015
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has reached 1.6 million 4G mobile communication subscribers currently and aims to increase the number to three million at the end of 2015, the company said at...
Monday 4 May 2015
Chunghwa Telecom 1Q15 capital spending at NT$5.53 billion
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has set aside a capex budget of NT$30.7 billion (US$1 billion) for 2015 and spent NT$5.53 billion in the first quarter, according to the company at an April...
Thursday 30 April 2015
Digitimes Research: Global tablet shipments to stay flat on quarter and reach 49.31 million units in 2Q15
Global tablet shipments are expected to stay flat from a quarter ago and reach 49.31 million units in the second quarter of 2015, but compared to the same quarter a year ago, the...
Thursday 30 April 2015
Samsung reports decreased profits for 1Q15
Samsung Electronics has reported net profits of KRW4.63 trillion (US$4.35 billion) for the first quarter of 2015, down 38.2% from the KRW7.49 trillion of a year earlier. Meanwhile,...
Thursday 30 April 2015
India market: Huawei aims to ship 2 million smartphones in 2015
Huawei aims to ramp up its smartphone shipments to India to two million units in 2015, according to Zhao Ming, president of Huawei's Honor Business Unit. Huawei held a 4% share of...
Wednesday 29 April 2015
Digitimes Research: Japan online video market to grow significantly starting 2H15
Japan's online video market is expected to grow significantly starting the second half of 2015 when Netflix begins to offer its services, NTT DoCoMo launches its dTV Terminal program...
Wednesday 29 April 2015
Tencent partners with Bank of Beijing, says report
China-based Tencent has signed contracts with Bank of Beijing for a strategic partnership. The bank will provide CNY10 billion (US$1.61 billion) to support Tencent's Internet+ project...
Wednesday 29 April 2015
Taiwan market: Taiwan Star Cellular aims at 500,000 4G users for end of 2015
Taiwan Star Cellular aims to increase the number of its 4G mobile communication subscribers from 200,000-250,000 currently to 500,000 at the end of 2015, according to company president...
Wednesday 29 April 2015
Taiwan market: Xiaomi to launch Mi 4i in May
Xiaomi Technology plans to launch its new smartphone, the Xiaomi Mi 4i, in the Taiwan market on May 7, with its global vice president Hugo Barra presiding over the product event.
Wednesday 29 April 2015
HTC to raise outsourcing in 2015, says CFO
HTC is likely to raise the ratio of smartphones outsourced to ODM partners in 2015, according to company president of global sales and CFO Chang Chia-lin.
Wednesday 29 April 2015
MediaTek MT6735 chip adopted by major China smartphone firms
MediaTek has announced that its MT6735 quad-core 4G 64-bit full-mode chip solution has been adopted by China-based ZTE, Lenovo and TCL for their upcoming smartphones.
Wednesday 29 April 2015
Taiwan market: TWM cooperates with Brightstar to collect 2nd-hand smartphones
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) on April 28 announced an exclusive cooperation agreement with Brightstar, a global distributor of mobile devices and a subsidiary of Japan-based SoftBank, to collect...