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Thursday 28 April 2016
GSMA announces further details for Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2016
The GSMA provided further details for the 2016 GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai, which will be held 29 June to 1 July 2016 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC)...
Thursday 28 April 2016
Taiwan market: Smartphones sales dip in March; Samsung outperforms Apple in volume sales
Sales of handsets, mostly smartphones, totaled 672,000 units in the Taiwan market in March, a decline of 37,000 units from the previous month and 21,000 units from a year earlier period,...
Thursday 28 April 2016
Asustek denies plans to split company businesses
Asustek Computer has refuted a rumor that the company is considering separating its Open Platform business group, which includes motherboard, graphics card, monitor and peripheral...
Thursday 28 April 2016
Apple sees iPhone shipments drop in fiscal 2Q16
Apple has announced that it posted quarterly revenues of US$50.6 billion and quarterly net income of US$10.5 billion, or US$1.90 per diluted share for the fiscal 2016 second quarter...
Wednesday 27 April 2016
ITTS steps into smart factory, city, logistics services
IT outsourcing and business process outsourcing service provider Information Technology Total Services (ITTS) has extended operations to Internet of Things-based (IoT) services for...
Wednesday 27 April 2016
High-end smartphone sales decelerating, affecting IC orders
Sales of high-end smartphones are decelerating, affecting orders for ICs and other parts and components, according to sources from Taiwan-based IC design houses.
Wednesday 27 April 2016
PC, handset supply chain makers conservative about prospects for 2016
Makers in the PC and handset supply chains in Taiwan are conservative about a business rebound in the second half of 2016 as well as the overall performance for the entire year amid...
Tuesday 26 April 2016
HTC to launch accelerator programs to foster development of VR industry
HTC has announced plans to inject over US$100 million to carry out a business accelerator program, HTC Vive X, to foster development of the virtual reality (VR) industry.
Tuesday 26 April 2016
Inspection service company Sporton posts EPS NT$1.80 for 1Q16
Mobile device testing service company Sporton International has reported net profit of NT$160 million (US$4.94 million) for the first quarter of 2016, up 2.87% from a year earlier...
Tuesday 26 April 2016
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile to continue ramping up share in high-end smartphone segment
Sony Mobile Communications will continue to ramp up its share in the over-NT$15,000 (US$462) segment of Taiwan's smartphone market in 2016 although high-end smartphones' share of the...
Tuesday 26 April 2016
Taiwan market: Smartphone shipments to drop in 2016
Smartphone shipments in Taiwan are expected to drop on year in 2016 as the penetration rate of smartphones in the local market has already reached a rather high level, a market condition...
Monday 25 April 2016
Digitimes Research: Global user base for fixed-line access to Internet growing slower than that for mobile access
The global number of subscribers of fixed-line broadband access to the Internet increased at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.7% during 2008-2014, while the corresponding...
Monday 25 April 2016
Taiwan market: Microsoft launches Lumia 950 smartphone
Microsoft has launched its Windows 10-based high-end Lumia 950 smartphone in Taiwan and will initially push the device into the enterprise sector.
Monday 25 April 2016
HTC to hold Vive strategy, ecosystem conference in Beijing
HTC will hold a conference on strategy and ecosystem for HTC Vive in the China market in Beijing on April 26. Company chairperson and CEO Cher Wang will host the meeting.
Friday 22 April 2016
Taiwan market: Taiwan Mobile to adjust 4G service pricing
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) will adjust rates for its 4G services by the end of April, under which the gap of different tariffs will widen and the entry-level price will be reduced, according...