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Tuesday 21 October 2014
China Mobile January-September profit down on year
China Mobile has posted consolidated revenues of CNY481.235 billion (US$78.07 billion) for January-September 2014, increasing 3.9% on year, while its net profit of CNY82.602 billion...
Tuesday 21 October 2014
Global smartphone shipments grow 9.1% in 3Q14, says TrendForce
Global smartphone shipments grew 9.1% to reach 310 million units in the third quarter of 2014, and iPhone 6 shipments surpassed Apple's target of 73.5 million units to reach 80 million...
Tuesday 21 October 2014
Taiwan market: 4G users to reach 3 million by year-end 2014, says CHT chairman
The number of 4G mobile communication subscribers in Taiwan will continue increasing to three million by the end of 2014, accounting for 13% of Taiwan's population, according to Chunghwa...
Monday 20 October 2014
Commentary: China ODM services increasing as local vendors aim to cut costs and expand handset lineups
Low-priced, high-specification handsets are continuing to be focus for handset vendors in China, with Xiaomi, Coolpad and Huawei Device expected to push segment in 2015 in order to...
Monday 20 October 2014
Digitimes Research: Japan new fund raising policy to provide positive benefit to crowd funding market
Following the passing of Japan's 2014 amendment of financial instruments and exchange act, etc. on May 23, 2014, unlisted companies in Japan are now allowed to raise funds through...
Monday 20 October 2014
Asustek expects at least NT$2 billion in profits from handset business in 2015
Asustek Computer expects its handset shipments to grow dramatically to 16 million units in 2015, helping its profits from the business line to reach at least NT$2 billion in the year,...
Friday 17 October 2014
Synapse Design launches cloud platform
Synapse Design recently announced its Cloud hardware platform based on a Freescale T4240 network processor and natively running OpenStack Icehouse.
Friday 17 October 2014
Acer, MediaTek BYOC partnership to achieve some results in 1H15
Acer and MediaTek's cooperation in cloud computing is expected to achieve preliminary results in the first half of 2015 related to wearable devices, according to Acer BYOC business...
Friday 17 October 2014
Connected devices driving strong growth in gateway investments by ISPs, says IHS
The global market for broadband consumer premises equipment (CPE) will end 2014 with the highest growth in revenues since 2010, increasing by 20% from 2013 to reach nearly US$11 billion,...
Friday 17 October 2014
Huawei Technologies developing 5G technology
Huawei Technologies has been developing 5G mobile communication technology with a planned R&D budget of US$600 million until 2018, according to company acting CEO Ken Hu.
Friday 17 October 2014
Tablet vendors developing models for education, business, gaming applications to boost growth in 2015
Tablet vendors have been developing models designated for education, business and gaming applications in order to boost shipment growth in 2015 due to saturation in global demand...
Friday 17 October 2014
OSTAR Takes the Lead to Drive Smart Medical Applications
With patented heart spectrum blood pressure monitoring technologies as its core, OSTAR Meditech Corp. has successfully developed a "Smart Cloud Vital Sign Monitoring System",...
Thursday 16 October 2014
Foxconn subsidiary invests in cloud computing solution provider Hope Bay
Ingrasys Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), has acquired a 40% stake in Taiwan-based cloud computing-based storage and computing solution...
Thursday 16 October 2014
Google launches Nexus 6 smartphone, Nexus 9 tablet, Nexus Player
Google has launched its next-generation Nexus 6 smartphone with Motorola Mobility and its new tablet, the Nexus 9, in cooperation with HTC. The search engine giant has also teamed...
Wednesday 15 October 2014
Acer CEO sees good sales during China National Day holidays; expects flat performance in 2015
Commenting on the company's recent performance, Acer CEO Jason Chen said the company enjoyed strong sales in China during the country's National Day holidays starting October 1, but...