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Wednesday 25 June 2014
GKB launches the Effio-V analog cameras to reinforce analog line-up
GKB is launching seven new 800 TVL cameras: GKB 3818, 3518, 5418,1318, 6018, 4218, 6918 and 2718. These cameras are designed with Sony's latest Effio-V sensor. The Sony Effio-V technology...
Wednesday 25 June 2014
CHT 2014 profit target deemed conservative
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) chairman Rick Tsai, in response to shareholders' question that the company's 2014 target net EPS of NT$4.62 (US$0.154) is too conservative compared to NT$5.12...
Tuesday 24 June 2014
Google expected to partner with HTC to launch dual-brand 8.9-inch tablet
Google is likely to announce a partnership with HTC to launch the third-generation Nexus, an 8.9-inch tablet, under Google/HTC dual-brand sale at Google I/O 2014, according to Taiwan-based...
Tuesday 24 June 2014
Digitimes Research: MediaTek open platform to attract more wearable device vendors
MediaTek's open LinkIt platform developed for wearable devices may offer opportunities for hardware developers to come out with wearable devices with killer applications rather than...
Tuesday 24 June 2014
China May mobile phone user base reaches 1.256 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.256 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China at the end of May 2014, growing 0.36% on month and 7.82% on year, and 464.07 million (36.94%) were 3G...
Tuesday 24 June 2014
Digitimes Research: LTE broadcast to become a new area for growth in the long term
In mature telecom markets, most carriers have faced saturation in customer bases and slow revenues growths in the past five years. The top-4 carriers in the US, Verizon, AT&T,...
Tuesday 24 June 2014
China telecom carriers see mixed results in subscriber growths, say reports
China's telecom carriers have announced their subscriber growths for May, with the number of 3G and 4G subscribers growing continuously, and the number of 2G subscribers declining,...
Monday 23 June 2014
Arima Communications aims to ship 13 million handsets in 2014
Taiwan-based ODM Arima Communications shipped 11.7 million handsets in 2013, of which over 95% are smartphones, and the company aims to ship 13 million units in 2014, according to...
Monday 23 June 2014
Wearable device shipments to surge in 3Q14
Wearable device shipments are expected to surge in the third quarter as most vendors have decided to launch devices during the quarter. Vendors which originally planned to release...
Monday 23 June 2014
Digitimes Research: 7-inch tablet prices to continue dropping
In the US tablet market, the lowest price point for a 7-inch brand tablet dropped to US$79 in June, according to Digitimes Research. With 7-inch tablet specifications gradually converging...
Monday 23 June 2014
Digitimes Research: Smartphone shipments to China unlikely to surpass 400 million units in 2014
China smartphone vendors' shipments started weakening in mid-May with the upstream supply chain also seeing orders turning week despite the fact that several China-based smartphone...
Monday 23 June 2014
Tablet hardware sales from branded OEMs likely to top US$85 billion in 2014, says ABI Research
According to market intelligence firm ABI Research, the first quarter of 2014 was nothing to brag about for most tablet vendors, experiencing a 30% unit decline, though the market...
Monday 23 June 2014
China May mobile phone user base grows to 1.256 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.256 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of May 2014, growing 0.36% on month and 7.82% on year. 464.07 million (36.94%) were 3G...
Monday 23 June 2014
Compal Electronics expects non-notebook revenue proportion to rise to 30% in 2H14, says president
Compal Electronics expects the proportion of consolidated revenues from product lines other than notebooks to increase from 20-21% in the first half of 2014 to 30% in the second,...
Friday 20 June 2014
Taiwan market: Huawei introduces new flagship model
Huawei has introduced its latest flagship smartphone, the Ascend P7, into the Taiwan market in cooperation with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT). The model, which comes with a 5-inch Full HD...