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Monday 19 May 2014
Sony Mobile may release ODM orders for 20-25 million smartphones to Taiwan makers
Japan-based vendor Sony Mobile Communications has set target shipments of 50 million smartphones for fiscal year 2014 (April 2014-March 2015) and the vendor is likely to release orders...
Monday 19 May 2014
Xiaomi finding its groove in China smartphone market
With interesting designs, superior pricing and an innovative marketing strategy, China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi was able to become the top local brand in China in the first...
Monday 19 May 2014
MediaTek facing challenges in maturing China AP market
With the China smartphone market maturing, application processor (AP) providers are facing new challenges to increase their market share. According to the latest Digitimes Research...
Monday 19 May 2014
Over 41 million branded tablets ship worldwide in 1Q14 as Samsung continues to close the gap behind Apple, says ABI Research
Apple and Samsung Electronics combined for 71% of the 41.3 million branded tablets in the first quarter of 2014, according to ABI Research. This is the closest the two leading vendors...
Monday 19 May 2014
China market: Handset brands and ODMs still reluctant to launch WP-based smartphones
China-based handset vendors and ODMs are still reluctant to launch Windows Phone (WP)-based smartphones in 2014 despite Microsoft's efforts to promote its WP platform without charging...
Friday 16 May 2014
Huawei and ZTE top fiber-optic CPE market, says ABI Research
Worldwide broadband customer premise equipment (CPE) shipments surpassed 146 million in 2013. Broadband subscriber net additions as well as existing customers upgrading to higher...
Friday 16 May 2014
Nokia tax dispute to affect FIH Mobile deployments in India, say sources
A dispute over taxes between Nokia and the India government is likely to bring some adverse impacts to the related supply chain, including a plant of FIH Mobile, in Chennai, India,...
Friday 16 May 2014
Digitimes Research: Intel to achieve 80% of 2014 tablet AP shipment goal
Intel is set to ship 40 million application processors (APs) for tablets in 2014, up 400% from the volume in 2013, though most market watchers believe the goal is rather difficult...
Friday 16 May 2014
HTC to start delivering HTC One mini 2 in June
HTC has unveiled a new member of its HTC One family, the HTC One mini 2, which sports a 4.5-inch HD display, 13-megapixel rear camera and 5-megapixel front camera.
Friday 16 May 2014
Taiwan market: Samsung launches mid-range LTE smartphone
Samsung Electronics has launched a mid-range LTE smartphone, the Galaxy Core LTE, in the Taiwan market, competing directly with HTC, Sony Mobile Communications and LG Electronics...
Friday 16 May 2014
Gigabyte, MSI see increased 1Q14 profits
Motherboard maker Gigabyte Technology has reported net profit of NT$725 million (US$23.9 million) for the first quarter of 2014 increasing 81.5% on quarter and 19.3% on year. Meanwhile,...
Friday 16 May 2014
Foxconn developing energy-efficiency containerized data centers
Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry) server and data center business group has been developing fourth-generation containerized data centers with PUE (power usage effectiveness)...
Friday 16 May 2014
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom aims to add 80,000 MOD users during World Cup
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has obtained rights to broadcast 64 matches from the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil to take place during June 12-July 13 and aims to attract 80,000 new MOD (multimedia...
Thursday 15 May 2014
iPad growth slows in 2013 as tablet competitors grow 79%, says ABI Research
In the past year Apple's tablet OEM competitors experienced a growth of 79%, while Apple experienced only 13% growth in shipments largely due to increasing challenges as the tablet...
Thursday 15 May 2014
China Telecom 2014 fixed-line Internet-access equipment procurement down 47.5% on year
China Telecom will procure 6.37 million fixed-line broadband Internet-access devices in 2014, decreasing 47.5% on year mainly because the company has allocated a large portion of...