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Monday 28 April 2014
FET sees 1Q14 revenue proportion for non-voice services rise to 42.9%
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, saw the non-voice-services proportion of its first-quarter 2014 total mobile communication...
Friday 25 April 2014
Taiwan handsets – 1Q 2014
HTC lost its title as the biggest handset maker in Taiwan to Chi Mei Communication Systems in the first quarter 2014, as the former saw a sharp drop in shipments. But overall shipments...
Friday 25 April 2014
Lenovo to start dual-brand smartphone marketing
Lenovo will adopt dual-brand marketing for smartphones in 2014, using the Motorola brand to sell mid-range to high-end models in the US and Western Europe, and selling entry-level...
Friday 25 April 2014
Taiwan market: Huawei launching Honor 3C smartphone
China-based Huawei will start marketing its Honor 3C smartphone in the Taiwan market at the end of April with a suggested retail price of NT$4,999 (US$165) unlocked.
Friday 25 April 2014
China-based white-box tablet vendors face increasing competition from international brands
International tablet vendors have launched various low-price models, posing increasing pressure on China-based white-box vendors. As a result, many second- and third-tier China-based...
Friday 25 April 2014
Huawei Device aims to ship 80 million smartphones in 2014
China-based vendor Huawei Device has set a goal of shipping 80 million smartphones globally in 2014, growing 53.8% on year, according to the company.
Thursday 24 April 2014
Taiwan market: HTC unveils Desire 816, Desire 610 4G smartphones
HTC on April 23 unveiled two mid-range 4G smartphones, the HTC Desire 816 and Desire 610, for launch in the Taiwan market at contract-free retail prices of NT$9,990 (US$330) and NT$7,990,...
Thursday 24 April 2014
Taiwan notebooks – 1Q 2014
Seasonality and high inventories at clients undermined Taiwan notebook makers' first-quarter 2014 shipments, which dropped following three consecutive quarters of sequential growths...
Thursday 24 April 2014
Taiwan market: Ambit 4G infrastructure plan raises security concern over Huawei equipment
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has not yet approved the infrastructure construction plan proposed by Ambit Microsystems, one of the country's six 4G mobile communication...
Wednesday 23 April 2014
Digitimes Research: Global tablet shipments drop 30% sequentially in 1Q14
Global tablet shipments reached only 58.56 million units in the first quarter of 2014, down almost 30% sequentially, but up 4.6% on year despite Samsung Electronics trying to boost...
Wednesday 23 April 2014
Taiwan market: Competition in 4G LTE smartphone segment heating up
Competition for sales of 4G LTE smartphones in Taiwan is expected to heat up soon as Samsung Electronics, HTC and Sony Mobile Communications are likely to introduce mid-range to high-end...
Wednesday 23 April 2014
Upstream suppliers eye server orders from Lenovo
Lenovo reportedly has picked up its pace over the acquisition of IBM's entry-level server business with some of IBM's senior executives expected to join Lenovo in May, according to...
Wednesday 23 April 2014
Taiwan market: 80% of FET subscribers willing to shift to 4G services
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of the six 4G licensees in Taiwan, has surveyed its 2G/3G subscribers, with the results showing that 80% are willing to shift to 4G subscriptions,...
Wednesday 23 April 2014
Getac, Ennoconn to launch ruggedized tablets
Industrial PC maker Getac Technology will launch a Windows 8.1 8.1-inch ruggedized tablet in the second quarter of 2014, while fellow maker Ennoconn has also finished development...
Wednesday 23 April 2014
Vecow debuts ABP-2000A series with 4 GbE LAN and Intel Quad-Core Atom E3845 for IOT, Big Data, Cloud Computing applications
Vecow Co., Ltd., a front-runner in the application fields of embedded system, image processing, and intelligent automation, today announce the cutting-edge ABP-2000A series Fanless...