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Thursday 4 December 2014
China market: First Beidou-positioning smartphone launched, says paper
The first smartphone featuring the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, a China-developed satellite positioning technology, has been launched in the China market, with the smartphone...
Thursday 4 December 2014
Taiwan market: Taiwan Star Cellular offers low voice call pricing for pre-paid card users
Taiwan Star Cellular on December 3 offered a uniform price of NT$2 (US$0.065) per minute for voice calls made by its 3G pre-paid card users, much lower than NT$2.80-6 per minute for...
Thursday 4 December 2014
Quanta targeting healthcare for IoT
Commenting on the Internet of things (IoT) business opportunities, Quanta Computer CTO Ted Chang said the industry in still at the initial stage of development, but the business will...
Thursday 4 December 2014
Worldwide server shipments up 1% in 3Q14 while revenues increase 1.7%, says Gartner
In the third quarter of 2014, worldwide server shipments grew 1% on year, while revenues moved upward 1.7% from the third quarter of 2013, according to Gartner.
Thursday 4 December 2014
Worldwide Ethernet switch market reaches US$5.99 billion in 3Q14, says IDC
The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) reached a record US$5.99 billion in the third quarter of 2014, representing an increase of 4.4% on year and 4.9% on quarter. Meanwhile,...
Wednesday 3 December 2014
Taiwan market: Sales of smart bracelets to fall short of expectations in 2014, says Sony Mobile
Sales of smart bracelets in the Taiwan market are expected to total only 20,000-30,000 units in 2014, lower than market expectations of 60,000-70,000 units, according to Sony Mobile...
Wednesday 3 December 2014
Foxconn earns US$12.4 million from selling GoPro stock
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has announced that its subsidiary Foxteq Holdings sold 211,354 shares of GoPro stock at US$75 per share and earned US$15.85 million...
Wednesday 3 December 2014
Taiwan market: HTC launches mini camcorder
Smartphone vendor HTC has started marketing its mini camcorder, the HTC Re, in the Taiwan market.
Wednesday 3 December 2014
China server player Inspur expects some acquisition results in 2015, says report
Seeing Lenovo's acquisition of IBM's x86 server business and competition in the server industry growing fierce, China-based server player Inspur is also aggressively seeking acquisition...
Wednesday 3 December 2014
Taiwan market: Aurora to launch office computing services via cooperation with ITRI
Aurora, a distributor of office automation machines and furniture in Taiwan and China, will launch office-use cloud computing software services specifically for use by small- to medium-size...
Wednesday 3 December 2014
India smartphone market leads growth as China continues to slow in 3Q14, says IDC
According to IDC, the smartphone market in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) posted a 6% on-quarter and 24% on-year growth in the third quarter of 2014. This trend reflects a decline...
Wednesday 3 December 2014
LTE handset shipments to soar to 676 million in 2015, says ABI Research
About 676 million 4G LTE handsets will be shipped in 2015, growing 204 million units from 2014, according to ABI Research. Furthermore, ABI Research estimates that the total number...
Wednesday 3 December 2014
Truly Optoelectronics offers total solutions for smart wearable devices
China-based touch panel maker Truly Optoelectronics has developed total solutions for use in smart wearable devices, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.
Wednesday 3 December 2014
E Ink, TPK supply components for YotaPhone 2
Russia-based smartphone vendor Yota on December 3 will unveil the YotaPhone 2, a dual-touch screen smartphone with a front 5-inch 1080p AMOLED panel supplied by Samsung Display, and...
Wednesday 3 December 2014
Taiwan handset ODMs to see orders fluctuate significantly in 2015
Taiwan-based handset ODMs may see their orders from Sony Mobile Communications and LG Electronics fluctuate significantly in 2015 following the recent reshuffles of top management...