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Wednesday 7 January 2015
China market: Cloud industry grows by CAGR of 40% during 2010-2014
The cloud industry in China grew at a CAGR of 40% during the period from 2010-2014, with its market size reaching CNY500 billion (US$80.52 billion) in 2014, according to sources at...
Tuesday 6 January 2015
Quanta, Wiwynn to see significant growth in 2015 direct-account server shipments
Taiwan-based notebook ODM Quanta Computer and Wiwynn, Taiwan-based ODM Wistron's subsidiary specifically responsible for direct-account (white-box) sale of servers, are expected to...
Tuesday 6 January 2015
China to soon complete antitrust probe on Qualcomm
The China government is expected to complete its antitrust probe on Qualcomm's sales of handset solutions in China soon. But it would be difficult for the China government to come...
Tuesday 6 January 2015
Tablet sales continue to be slow in 2015, says Gartner
After a troubled year in 2014, the global tablet market is not returning to the levels of growth seen in the last four years as demand for tablets will continue to be slow in 2015...
Tuesday 6 January 2015
HTC 4Q14 performance beats guidance
HTC has reported revenues of NT$15.1 billion (US$471.8 million) for December 2014, down 10% sequentially but up 22.1% on year. Revenues for the fourth quarter of 2014 reached NT$47.87...
Tuesday 6 January 2015
TCL to ship over 100 million handsets in 2015, say sources
China-based TCL Communication Technology Holdings is expected to ship over 100 million handsets in multiple platforms, including Android, Firefox and Windows Phone (WP), in 2015 compared...
Tuesday 6 January 2015
Asustek ships 8 million smartphones in 2014
Asustek Computer achieved shipments of eight million smartphones in 2014 and though the business is still suffering from losses, the company is confident it will achieve profitable...
Monday 5 January 2015
Xiaomi sells 61.1 million smartphones in 2014, says chairman
China-based vendor Xiaomi Technology sold 61.1 million smartphones in 2014, 3.27 times the sales volume in 2013, to bring in sales revenues of CNY74.3 billion (US$12.0 billion), hiking...
Monday 5 January 2015
2015 global tablet demand forecast
The global tablet market experienced significant growth in 2011-2014. However, Digitimes Research predicts shipments will drop 11.8% in 2015. Demand for consumer tablets is slowing,...
Monday 5 January 2015
Acer announces Liquid Z410 smartphone
Acer has announced its latest entry-level smartphone, the Liquid Z410, which features a 4.5-inch IPS qHD display, 64-bit quad-core CPU, and a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus snapper...
Monday 5 January 2015
CES 2015 to see few surprises
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2015 may not offer as many surprises as in the previous years since the product focuses for the upcoming show will mainly be on smart home solutions,...
Monday 5 January 2015
Taiwan handset ODMs looking for more orders from regional brands
Taiwan-based handset ODMs are stepping up efforts to solicit orders from regional brand vendors in India and Southeast Asia in order to keep their growth momentum, according to sources...
Wednesday 31 December 2014
Shuttle to showcase smart home solutions at CES 2015
Taiwan-based ODM Shuttle will exhibit SmartVille, an in-house-developed hardware/software-integrated smart home solutions mainly consisting of a control center, a Z-Wave gateway and...
Wednesday 31 December 2014
Compal looking to acquire more IoT and IPC companies in 2015
Compal Electronics is planning to take a more aggressive approach to acquiring industrial PC and Internet of Things (IoT) companies in 2015 and has already identified some emerging...
Wednesday 31 December 2014
Taiwan market: Mobile device penetration estimated at 69.1% in 4Q14, says FIND
Of Taiwan's population aged 12 and above, 69.1% had mobile terminal devices in fourth-quarter 2014, according to results of a recent survey conducted by FIND (Foreseeing Innovative...