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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...
Friday 22 August 2014
Peripheral chip makers preparing inventories for 100 million new iPhones
Peripheral chip suppliers for the next-generation iPhone reportedly are preparing to build up combined inventories of related ICs equivalent for the production of 100 million units...
Friday 22 August 2014
Taiwan market: Internet penetration reached 77.66% in 1H14, says TWNIC
An estimated 16.22 million Taiwan citizens aged 12 or above used fixed-line or wireless Internet services during the first half of 2014, equivalent to a penetration rate of 77.66%,...
Friday 22 August 2014
Digitimes Research: Replacement demand for low-cost smartphones growing in Southeast Asia
Since the penetration rates of 3G/4G smartphones in most Southeast Asian countries, including Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam, are currently hovering around 20%, there will...
Friday 22 August 2014
Perfect Optronics cooperation with Potevio reportedly to pave way for Foxconn marketing in China
China-based Perfect Optronics, a sales agent for panels, LCD driver ICs and polarizers produced by Foxconn Group members, Innolux, Himax Technologies and Chi Mei Materials Technology...
Thursday 21 August 2014
Digitimes Research: Entry-level smartphone may help Amazon extend e-commerce reach
Amazon released its mid-range to high-end Fire Phone in late-July 2014, looking to attract consumers to shop through Amazon's e-commerce platform with the phone's built-in Firefly...
Wednesday 20 August 2014
Foxconn taking aggressive moves to enter IoT industry
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is interested about the Internet of Things (IoT) industry and has been investing in related businesses as well as looking at its existing...
Wednesday 20 August 2014
Japan market: HTC unveils HTC Butterfly 2
HTC has unveiled its new flagship model, the HTC Butterfly 2, in Tokyo in cooperation with KDDI. The smartphone will also be available in Taiwan, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Malaysia,...