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Friday 1 August 2014
HTC conservative about 3Q14
HTC has forecast consolidated revenues of NT$42-47 billion (US$1.40-1.57 billion) for the third quarter of 2014, decreasing 27.8-35.5% on quarter, gross margin of 22.5-23.0% and net...
Thursday 31 July 2014
MediaTek hikes 4G smartphone solution shipment target for 2014
MediaTek has raised shipment targets for its 4G smartphone solutions for 2014 to 30 million units, from 15 million set previously, according to company president Hsieh Ching-chiang...
Thursday 31 July 2014
China smartphone AP shipments – 2Q 2014
The LTE market does not perform as expected in the China market while the TD-SCDMA market declines. Smartphone APs experience quarterly growth of 13.2% in China In the second quarter...
Thursday 31 July 2014
Digitimes Research: China vendors ship over 101 million smartphones in 2Q14
China-based vendors shipped 101.7 million smartphones in the second quarter of 2014, increasing 24.6% on quarter, according to Digitimes Research.
Thursday 31 July 2014
Taiwan market: InFocus to launch smartphone M810
InFocus has unveiled its M810 Android 4.4.2 smartphone for launch in the Taiwan market at a contract-free retail price of NT$9,988 (US$333) on July 31.
Thursday 31 July 2014
Chunghwa Telecom lowers 2014 capex budget by 5-10%
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has decided to reduce its 2014 capital expenditure budget by 5-10% from NT$40.1 billion (US$1.34 billion) to NT$36.09-38.095 billion.
Thursday 31 July 2014
Chinese vendors outpace market as 2Q14 smartphone shipments grow 23.1% on year, says IDC
The worldwide smartphone market grew 23.1% on year in the second quarter of 2014, establishing a new single quarter record of 295.3 million shipments, according to IDC Worldwide Quarterly...
Wednesday 30 July 2014
Digitimes Research: China sees increased smartphone AP shipments in 2Q14
There were 103 million smartphone APs (application processors) shipped in the China market in the second quarter of 2014, increasing 13.2% on quarter and 11.5% on year, according...
Wednesday 30 July 2014
Taiwan market: FET aims at 95% 4G coverage at end of 2014
Far EasTone Telecommunications has been deploying its 4G network around Taiwan and aims to reach a population coverage of 95% at the end of 2014, according to company president Yvonne...
Wednesday 30 July 2014
Global market share for iPad may slip to below 25% in 2H14
The global market share for iPad products is likely to drop from 26.9% (IDC figures) for the second quarter of 2014 to below 25% in the second half of the year due to increasing competition,...
Wednesday 30 July 2014
Adlink develops 3D intelligent vision-aided positioning system
Industrial computing solution provider Adlink Technology has developed a 3D intelligent positioning system through cooperation with government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research...
Wednesday 30 July 2014
Sales for mini versions of flagship smartphones short of expectations
While international vendors including Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, HTC and Sony Mobile Communications have launched mini versions of their flagship smartphones, sales of those...
Wednesday 30 July 2014
Taiwan handsets – 2Q 2014
HTC's launch of its new smartphone models shot up both its own shipments and the overall shipments from Taiwan's handset sector in the second quarter. Although own-brand shipments...
Tuesday 29 July 2014
Baidu to release smartphone with MediaTek processor, says report
China-based Internet player Baidu is planning to release a smartphone using MediaTek's MT6595 application processor and will feature Baidu's heterogeneous system architecture (HSA)...
Tuesday 29 July 2014
TWM foresees profit drop in 3Q14
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has released financial forecast for third-quarter of 2014, expecting net profit to shrink 16.85% sequentially.