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Monday 21 July 2014
China unlikely to get out of US-supply issues in short term
Because of IT security conflicts between China and the US, the China government has been trying to abandon the use of US-made IT products such as servers and storage from players...
Monday 21 July 2014
ASRock lands IPC orders from Turkey
ASRock reportedly has landed procurement orders for industrial PCs (IPCs) from the government in Turkey with volumes around 300,000-400,000 units, according to market watchers, adding...
Friday 18 July 2014
Arima to ship 3.5 million smartphones in 3Q14, says paper
Arima Communications is expected to ship 3.5 million smartphones in the third quarter of 2014, up 52% from 2.26 million units shipped in the second quarter, according to a Chinese-language...
Friday 18 July 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan ships over 21 million branded and ODM handsets in 2Q14
Taiwan's shipments of branded and ODM handsets totaled over 21 million in the second quarter of 2014, representing an increase of about 30% on quarter and on year, according to Digitimes...
Thursday 17 July 2014
TWM, FET to swap 1800MHz band units for 4G
Taiwan's National Communications Commission on July 16 consented to the exchange of two 1800MHz frequency bands between Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET)...
Thursday 17 July 2014
HTC reshuffling top management
HTC appears to have reshuffled its top management, with its president of engineering and operations Fred Liu switching to supervise the company's emerging products unit, while CMO...
Thursday 17 July 2014
China-based HiWiFi unveils OS for smart routers, say reports
China-based router maker HiWiFi has announced an in-house developed operating system, HiWi-Fi OS, designed specifically for smart routers. The OS features three major applications:...
Thursday 17 July 2014
Acer to keep running PC business for the next several decades, says CEO
Commenting on how to lead Acer out of its bottleneck, CEO Jason Chen at an interview with Sina.com said that the company is likely to continue running its PC business for...
Thursday 17 July 2014
Taiwan market: Apple offers discounts on PCs, tablets and smartphones for back-to-school demand
Apple is offering NT$1,500-3,000 (US$50-100) discounts for its Mac, iPad and iPhone products to the education sector in Taiwan, looking to attract back-to-school demand from students...
Thursday 17 July 2014
China market: White-box makers to roll out Xperia T3-like models
China-based white-box handset makers are ready to roll out Xperia T3-like models in September-October as they believe that the forthcoming new 4G-enabled Xperia T3 from Sony Mobile...
Thursday 17 July 2014
Taiwan market: Taifo licensed to operate FTTH services in Taipei
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a license to Taiwan Intelligent Fiber Optic Network Consortium (Taifo) for operating FTTH fixed-line broadband Internet-access...
Thursday 17 July 2014
China market: China Telecom starts dual-mode 4G trial operation
China Telecom has kicked off TD-LTE/LTE FDD dual-mode 4G trial operation in 16 cities in China and plans to invest CNY13.2 billion (US$2.1 billion) in 4G infrastructure in 2014, according...
Thursday 17 July 2014
Digitimes Research: AMOLED tablets unlikely to benefit Samsung in 2H14
Samsung Electronics recently launched the 8.4- and 10.5-inch AMOLED-based Galaxy Tab S flagship tablets. Although the new Galaxy Tab S tablets feature specifications exceeding those...
Thursday 17 July 2014
More vendors expected to adopt 2K panels in smartphones
As smartphones equipped with 2K (2560 by 1440) displays are starting to appear in the market from vendors such as Vivo, more vendors are expected to launch 2K-smartphones in the second...
Wednesday 16 July 2014
Wintek to supply 60% of touch panels for Xiaomi smartphones in 2014, says report
Wintek is expected to provide about 60% of all touch panels used in Xiaomi smartphones shipped in 2014, according to a report from the China Times.