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Wednesday 27 August 2014
Voices from India: How can Taiwan best tap the booming India handset market
There will be an estimated 250 million handsets sold in the India market in 2014, 35% of which will be smartphones, an increase from the 23% in 2013. However, with a population of...
Tuesday 26 August 2014
On the handset market in India and increasing presence of Lava: Q&A with Lava chairman Hari Om Rai
As India's handset market is continuing to grow, local vendors including Lava, Spice, Intex and GI 5 are seeing monthly sales reach between 500,000-1 million units a month, with Larva...
Tuesday 26 August 2014
Tablet market to decline in 2014 while notebook market expected to grow, says TrendForce
Branded tablets will experience negative growth in 2014 at 153 million units shipped, an on-year decrease of 1.8%. Notebook shipments, on the other hand, will increase 1% on year...
Tuesday 26 August 2014
Acer unveils cloud-supported hearing device
Acer has unveiled a hearing device that leverages cloud computing resources to optimize settings at a convention in Shenzhen, China, which started on August 25. The device is able...
Tuesday 26 August 2014
Commentary: Rising pan-Indian Ocean regional smartphone market represents huge potential for Taiwan firms
Approximately eight years ago, Digitimes ran a special topic, entitled "To go, or not to go," to explore whether India is a market worth investing in for Taiwan-based businesses...
Tuesday 26 August 2014
Taiwan market: FET and TWM add 390,000 4G users in two months
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) and Taiwan Mobile (TWM), two of the six next-generation (4G) mobile communication licensees in Taiwan, kicked off commercial operations in early...
Monday 25 August 2014
Lenovo looking for help from Taiwan server players
Following its acquisition of IBM's x86 server business, Lenovo is looking to establish partnerships with Taiwan-based server players such as Quanta Computer, Mitac International and...
Monday 25 August 2014
Taiwan market: Taiwan Star Cellular kicks off 4G operation
Taiwan Star Cellular, one of the six next-generation (4G) mobile communication licensees in Taiwan, on August 25 announced the launch of commercial operations and is offering a fixed...
Monday 25 August 2014
India government looks forward to cooperating with Taiwan to develop local handset industry: Digitimes president talks with top officials from India's Ministry of Communications & IT
During Digitimes president Colley Hwang's recent trip to India, he had the opportunity to meet with various government and industry leaders, including Shri R.S. Sharma, secretary...
Monday 25 August 2014
Mobile Internet will continue to drive mobile revenues, contributing to 31% of global service revenues in 1Q14, says ABI Research
In the first quarter of 2014, worldwide mobile service revenues increased 0.58% on year to US$264 billion, according to ABI Research. Revenues for 2014 will grow 2.9% on year to US$1.01...
Monday 25 August 2014
Sony Mobile to roll out more waterproof smartphones, say sources
Sony Mobile Communications is enhancing the competitiveness of its the mid-range smartphones by rolling-out more water-resistant models and is likely to make waterproof a standard...
Monday 25 August 2014
China July mobile phone user base grows to 1.263 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.263 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of July 2014, growing 0.24% on month and 6.60% on year. Of the subscribers, 476.90 million...
Monday 25 August 2014
Intel, CHT ink IoT cooperation pact
Intel and Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) have signed an MOU for cooperation in the fields of Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing and software-defined network (SDN).
Friday 22 August 2014
IoT to drive wireless connected devices to 40.9 billion in 2020, says ABI Research
According to ABI Research, the installed base of active wireless connected devices will exceed 16 billion in 2014, about 20% more than in 2013. The number of devices will more than...
Friday 22 August 2014
Acer unveils 8-core 4G LTE smartphone in Taiwan
Acer has announced its eight-core 4G LTE smartphone, the Liquid X1, featuring a 13-megapixel camera with Acer's Zoom Fit, Rapid and Float user interfaces, and Acer's Extend cross-platform...