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Monday 16 February 2015
China Mobile reaches 100 million TD-LTE users, says report
China Mobile attained 100 million TD-LTE subscribers as of the end of January 2015 and aims to increase the number to 250 million by the end of 2015 and sell 200 million TD-LTE-enabling...
Monday 16 February 2015
Asustek sees decreased 4Q14 profit
Asustek Computer saw net profit of NT$4.509 billion (US$143 million) for the fourth quarter of 2014 decrease by 22.41% on quarter and by 20.77% on year mainly due to loss of NT$713...
Monday 16 February 2015
FET to deal out 2014 dividend per share of NT$3.75
Far EasTone Telecommunications' (FET) board of directors on February 13 decided to distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$3.75 (US$0.12) for 2014, 6.53% in excess of the corresponding...
Friday 13 February 2015
China to release FDD-LTE licenses, says report
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) will soon release FDD-LTE licenses to China Telecom and China United Network Communications (China Unicom), according...
Friday 13 February 2015
Taiwan handsets – 4Q 2014
Smartphone shipments from Taiwan's brand vendors and manufacturers broke the 20-million mark in the fourth quarter of 2014, buoyed by strong demand from the end market and OEM clie...
Friday 13 February 2015
Taiwan market: Fixed-line Internet-access speeds in 2014 same as advertised levels, says NCC
Fixed-line broadband Internet-access speeds in Taiwan in 2014 were found to generally meet levels advertised by operators, with average download speeds reaching 93.3-110.3% of claimed...
Friday 13 February 2015
Digitimes Research: Google to finish 2-in-1 Chromebook development in 1Q15
Google is planning to push 2-in-1 devices in 2015, according Digitimes Research's inquiries within the upstream supply chain. Google's 2-in-1 Chromebook designed by Quanta Computer...
Friday 13 February 2015
Taiwan LCD monitors – 4Q 2014
The PC market woes could still be felt by LCD monitor makers, who continued to see demand undermined by that for other ICT products, particularly the smartphone, during the fourth...
Friday 13 February 2015
Pegatron subsidiary rolls out cases for iPhone 6 devices
Pegacasa, a subsidiary of Pegatron Technology, has rolled out a series of decorative cases for iPhone 6 devices in corporation with Taiwan-based Eslite Bookstore.
Friday 13 February 2015
HTC and other vendors to launch non-Android Wear smart devices
Although Sony Mobile Communications, LG Electronics, Motorola Mobility and Asustek Computer have launched Android Wear-based smartwatches, Samsung Electronics, HTC and some China-based...
Friday 13 February 2015
Taiwan market: Huawei to beef up marketing for mobile devices
China-based vendor Huawei will strengthen the marketing for its smartphones and tablets in the Taiwan market by deepening its cooperation with retail channels and setting up an online...
Thursday 12 February 2015
Cloud computing: Making the Internet of Things a reality
Cloud computing provides diverse services and applications delivered over the Internet using shared computing resources rather than local servers or personal devices. With cloud computing,...
Thursday 12 February 2015
Over 720,000 Android Wear devices shipped in 2014, says Canalys
Over 720,000 Android Wear devices were shipped in 2014, when a total of 4.6 million smart wearable bands were shipped, according to Canalys.
Thursday 12 February 2015
Global tablet market – 4Q 2014
Global tablet shipments increased 16.9% on quarter to 74.77 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014, thanks mainly to continued growth in non-Apple device shipments and stronger-than-expected...
Thursday 12 February 2015
Sony Mobile to use more MediaTek smartphone solutions, say sources
Sony Mobile Communications will increase its purchases of handset solutions from MediaTek for production of entry-level and mid-range smartphones in 2015, according to sources at...