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Thursday 11 December 2014
Synnex Technology sees decreased November revenues
Taiwan-based IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$26 billion (US$846 million) for November, decreasing...
Wednesday 10 December 2014
Taiwan market: Sub-NT$10,000 models account for 50% of local smartphone sales
Nine out of the top-10 best-selling smartphone models sold in the Taiwan market so far in 2014 are priced below NT$10,000 (US$320), and online sales of sub-NT$10,000 models have accounted...
Wednesday 10 December 2014
Acer sees slight on-month growth in November revenues
Acer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$28.49 billion (US$912.92 million) for November, up 0.94% on month, but down 7.33% on year, and combined consolidated revenues for the...
Wednesday 10 December 2014
Smart connected devices continued to grow in Western Europe in 3Q14, says IDC
The smart connected device market posted another quarter of growth in Western Europe, driven mainly by increased demand for personal computers. According to figures published by IDC,...
Wednesday 10 December 2014
Intel announces IoT platform
Intel has announced the Intel IoT platform, an end-to-end reference model designed to unify and simplify connectivity and security for the Internet of things (IoT). Intel also introduced...
Wednesday 10 December 2014
Advantech has no interest in smart home/appliance industries
Taiwan-based leading IPC supplier Advantech will continue to foucs on developing industrial-related products and will not step into the smart home and smart appliance industries although...
Wednesday 10 December 2014
China touch panel makers suffer amid smartphone inventory pile-up
As demand for smartphones in the China market has turned weak in the second half of 2014, smartphone vendors have high inventory levels and clearing of inventories is expected to...
Wednesday 10 December 2014
Taiwan market: Asia Pacific Telecom to start 4G operation
Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) has started trial operation of 4G mobile communication services and full commercial operation will begin on December 24.
Wednesday 10 December 2014
Advantech reports sequential decline in November revenues
Advantech has reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.895 billion (US$93.39 million) for November 2014, representing a 6.48% drop on month and 6.11% increase on year.
Wednesday 10 December 2014
Competition in Taiwan IPC industry heating up
Competition in Taiwan's industrial PC (IPC) sector has begun to intensify recently amid rising demand for IPC products and embedded PC systems driven by the emerging Internet of Things...
Tuesday 9 December 2014
Taiwan market: Acer unveils 4G smartphone Liquid Jade S
Taiwan-based vendor Acer on December 9 unveiled an Android 4.4.4 4G smartphone, Liquid Jade S, for launch in the Taiwan market on December 18 at a contract-free retail price of NT$6,990...
Tuesday 9 December 2014
Russia market: China-based smartphone vendors ramping up market share
China-based handset vendors including TCL (Alcatel), Lenovo and Huawei have seen their market share in Russia's smartphone market continue to grow thanks to the rising popularity...
Tuesday 9 December 2014
Standardization of 5G begins as firms lay royalties groundwork, says ABI Research
Work on new technologies that will form the foundation of 5G standards has been occurring for the last few years; however, the formal standard process has just begun.
Tuesday 9 December 2014
Asustek November revenues buoyed by smartphone demand
Asustek Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$48.95 billion (US$1.57 billion) for November, up 5.1% on month, but down slightly by 0.72% on year, and combined consolidated...
Tuesday 9 December 2014
Digitimes Research: Microsoft Mobile exit from feature phone market to benefit white-box makers and Samsung
Samsung Electronics and China-based white-box handset makers will benefit from Microsoft Mobile's decision to phase out its feature phone business within one and a half years, Digitimes...