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Thursday 30 October 2014
Quanta said to be main supplier of Google Project Ara
Project Ara, Google's development plan for modular smartphones, is expected to become available on the market in 2015 with Quanta Computer reportedly being the main hardware supplier...
Wednesday 29 October 2014
Chunghwa Telecom aims to save 10% of 2014 capex budget
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has set aside a capex budget of NT$40.1 billion (US$1.32 billion) for 2014 but has been making efforts to control actual expenditures to 90% of the budget through...
Wednesday 29 October 2014
LG Electronics announces 3Q14 performance
LG Electronics has announced third-quarter consolidated revenues of KRW14.92 trillion (US$14.54 billion), an increase of 7.4% on year, and operating profit of KRW461.3 billion (US$449.61...
Wednesday 29 October 2014
Elitegroup Computer Systems nets NT$1.67 per share for January-September
Motherboard, desktop, notebook and tablet maker Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) on October 28 released its financial report for the third quarter of 2014, with consolidated revenues...
Wednesday 29 October 2014
Asustek launches ZenFone 5 in Japan
Asustek Computer on October 28 announced its ZenFone 5, a 4G-enabled smartphone, in Japan for launch on November 8 and will additionally launch a smartwatch, the ZenWatch, in late...
Wednesday 29 October 2014
Taiwan market: FET leads in 4G users as of September, says president
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) had 410,000 4G subscribers as of September, the highest among all 4G telecom carriers in Taiwan with a market share of 35%, according to company...
Tuesday 28 October 2014
ITRI eyes flexible display development as wearables market estimated to reach 100 million in 2017
Following the development of the Internet of Things (IoT) in smart home, vehicle and automation applications, coupled with expected growth in the wearables market, FlexUP Technologies...
Tuesday 28 October 2014
Huawei to be strong competitor in cloud computing industry, says CCAT executive
Commenting on recent cloud computing developments, Tzi-Cker Chiueh, secretary general of the Cloud Computing Association in Taiwan (CCAT), has pointed out that business opportunities...
Tuesday 28 October 2014
Digitimes Research: Top-3 Japan-based telecom operators promoting smartphones differently for winter season
The top-three Japan-based telecom operators, NTT DoCoMo, KDDI au and SoftBank Mobile, have adopted different approaches to promote smartphones for the winter season, according to...
Tuesday 28 October 2014
China September mobile phone users grow to 1.273 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.273 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of September 2014, growing 0.44% on month and 5.47% on year, with 482.43 million (37.91%) of them...
Monday 27 October 2014
Huawei Device ships 16.8 million smartphones in 3Q14
China-based vendor Huawei Device shipped 32.03 million handsets in the third quarter of 2014, with 16.8 million units being smartphones, increasing on year by 26%, according to Taiwan-based...
Monday 27 October 2014
Intel updates server processor plan; to release Haswell-EX/EP4S in 2Q15
Intel's next-generation server processors for 2015 including new Haswell-EX (Xeon E7 v3 series) and -EP4S (Xeon E5-4600 v3 series), are scheduled to be released in the second quarter...
Monday 27 October 2014
EverFocus Announces the Release of Elite 2 NVR8004X
EverFocus Elite 2 NVR8004X is a professional standalone network video server designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) and enterprises. Operating on a Linux-based system,...
Monday 27 October 2014
TV panel shipments to grow 2.7% in 2014
Spurred by recovering growth in North America and Europe and rising demand in emerging economies, flat-screen TV panel shipments are expected to grow 2.7% in 2014 from 217 million...
Monday 27 October 2014
Digitimes Research: Sales of 4G smartphones to remain sluggish in China in 4Q14
Major China-based handset vendors including Coolpad, Lenovo and Xiaomi Technology are unlikely to reach their shipment goals set for 2014 due to slow sales of 4G models in the third...