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Monday 10 November 2014
North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific heading to US$8 billion in-building wireless market in the build up to 5G, says ABI Research
According to research by ABI Research, North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific are heading to an estimated US$8 billion in-building wireless market as 5G advancements occur. North...
Monday 10 November 2014
Commentary: Is it possible for Nokia to re-enter the mobile device market?
Nokia, as hinted by its CFO Timo Ihamuotila at the company's latest conference call, is mulling the possibility of making a re-entry into the mobile device market, most likely in...
Monday 10 November 2014
EverFocus announces the release of EMV401/801/1601 hybrid mobile DVR
The latest EverFocus hybrid digital video recorder generation is based on H.264 compression technology, resulting in enhanced recording capacity and improved network image transmission...
Friday 7 November 2014
Avalue Technology posts 3-quarter net EPS of NT$2.54
Embedded computing and industrial computer maker Avalue Technology recorded consolidated revenues of NT$2.674 billion (US$88.8 million), gross margin of 24.2%, net operating profit...
Friday 7 November 2014
Lenovo to launch low-cost Chromebook in early 2015
Lenovo reportedly will launch Chromebook models targeting the sub-US$170 segment in early 2015, a move which will further drag down profits for notebook vendors, according to Taiwan-based...
Friday 7 November 2014
Lenovo 3Q14 device sales hit record
Lenovo on November 6 indicated that it sold 35.6 million notebooks, desktops, tablets, smartphones and other mobile devices globally during the second quarter of fiscal 2014 (ended...
Thursday 6 November 2014
Global tablet market – 3Q 2014
Global shipments of tablets in the third quarter of 2014 rebounded to quarterly growth thanks to inventory preparation for the traditional high season. Shipments reached 63.4 million...
Thursday 6 November 2014
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels – 3Q 2014
The third quarter is traditionally the peak season for the small- to medium-size panel industry. But overall shipments from Taiwan-based makers saw a decline in third-quarter 2014,...
Thursday 6 November 2014
Digitimes Research: Thread to compete with ZigBee ZHA initially
Thread, a new networking protocol for household appliances initiated by Google's Nest Labs, looks to compete with the ZHA (ZigBee Home Automation) standard, but there is a possibility...
Thursday 6 November 2014
NAND flash controller unlikely the cause of recent iPhone 6 Plus problem
Reports claimed recently that some 128GB iPhone 6 Plus users have their devices shut off without warning when downloading apps, with some users stating the phone has issues when more...
Thursday 6 November 2014
China market: China Unicom aims to ship 100 million dual-mode 4G devices in 2015, says report
China United Network Communications (China Unicom) aims to sell 100 million FDD-LTE/TD-LTE dual-mode terminal devices in 2015, according to a report.
Wednesday 5 November 2014
Taiwan market: Garmin begins marketing tire pressure detectors
Garmin has started marketing tire pressure detectors packaged with its PND devices, in the Taiwan market as the government has ruled that new small-size sedans rolled out from November...
Wednesday 5 November 2014
HP-Foxconn server joint venture starts competing for data center orders
The server joint venture set up by Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Foxconn Electronics has begun to exercise its muscle to solicit data-center server orders from Microsoft, Facebook and...
Tuesday 4 November 2014
China market: China Mobile to start TD-LTE MVNO cooperation
China Mobile, currently the dominant TD-LTE mobile telecom carrier in the China market, will begin cooperation with TD-LTE mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), in a bid to quickly...
Tuesday 4 November 2014
Taiwan market: HTC to continue to be top Android smartphone vendor
HTC's sales of smartphones in the Taiwan market in the fourth quarter of 2014 will be better than those recorded in the previous quarter, enabling HTC to continue to serve as the...