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Wednesday 17 September 2014
Taiwan makes plan for TD-LTE, FDD LTE, says NCC
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has made a draft plan to release frequency band units for TD-LTE and FDD LTE mobile communication operation, according to NCC chairman...
Wednesday 17 September 2014
Taiwan market: Apple iPhone 6, 6 Plus sell out fast in online pre-order, says paper
Chunghwa Telecom on September 16 began online pre-ordering for Apple's iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus and sold out 60,000 units available at the first batch in only 40 minutes, according...
Wednesday 17 September 2014
China Mobile chairman calls for cross-strait cooperation in 5G development
China Mobile chairman Xi Guo-hua, in an opening speech for the Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI) annual conference in Taiwan on September 16, expressed the hope that the telecom industries...
Tuesday 16 September 2014
TSMC sees follow-up IC orders for iPhone 6 devices
Foreign chipset suppliers have placed follow-up orders for chips to be used in iPhone 6 devices with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), extending order visibility...
Tuesday 16 September 2014
China market: CNY500 4G smartphones expected to be launched by end of 2014, says China Mobile Device president
While there have been many 4G smartphones for sale at retail prices of CNY1,000 (US$163) or below in the China market, China-based vendors including Coolpad and Lenovo are expected...
Tuesday 16 September 2014
AUO enters Sony SmartWatch 3 supply chain
AU Optronics (AUO) has entered Sony Mobile's supply chain for its SmartWatch 3 and will supply 1.6-inch panels.
Tuesday 16 September 2014
Foxconn considering lawsuit over leukemia report
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is considering taking legal action against UK-based Daily Mail for its recent report claiming Foxconn employees working in...
Tuesday 16 September 2014
Android One smartphones released, says MediaTek
The first wave of Android One devices featuring MediaTek's MT6582 mobile system-on-chip (mobile SoC) based on ARM CortexTM A7 processors have been launched, according to MediaTek.
Tuesday 16 September 2014
ARTC unveils driverless vehicle
Taiwan's Automotive Research & Testing Center (ARTC) has recently unveiled a driverless vehicle that it has spent two years developing.
Tuesday 16 September 2014
Taiwan assigns too few band units for TDD, says SerComm president
The Taiwan government plans to assign 2600MHz frequency band units of 50MHz bandwidth for TDD (time division duplexing), and the bandwidth takes up only 10% of total bandwidth available...
Monday 15 September 2014
Apple iPhone 6 products may suffer same dilemma as iPhone 5S/5C
Apple estimates that demand for the iPhone 6 in 2014 will be around 60 million units while demand for the iPhone 6 Plus will be around 15 million, according to sources from the upstream...
Monday 15 September 2014
Huawei, Lenovo looking to enhance presence in high-end smartphone segment
The new flagship smartphones recently unveiled by China-based handset vendors Huawei and Lenovo aim to enhance their presence in the high-end smartphone segment, according to industry...
Monday 15 September 2014
4G smartphone prices expected to fall to below US$100 in 1H15, say Taiwan makers
Mainly because Qualcomm has offered an inexpensive 4G chip solution to compete with Taiwan-based MediaTek and market competition for 4G smartphones among China-based vendors has been...
Monday 15 September 2014
Taiwan market: Smartphone shipments in 2Q14 rise to 2.32 million units, says IDC
There were 2.32 million smartphones shipped in the Taiwan market in the second quarter of 2014, increasing 4% on quarter and 10% on year, according to IDC.
Monday 15 September 2014
Advantech cooperates with China Mobile M2M to tap China IoT, smart city market
Industrial computing solution developer Advantech and China Mobile M2M, a wholly owned subsidiary of the largest China-based mobile telecom carrier China Mobile, have signed an agreement...