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Tuesday 8 April 2014
HTC March revenues more than double sequentially
HTC has announced consolidated revenues of NT$16.23 billion (US$534 million) for March, growing 124.6% on month and 2.2% on year, buoyed by the release of its new flagship model the...
Monday 7 April 2014
Apple reportedly to develop baseband chips for iPhones in house, say sources
Apple reportedly plans to form a R&D team to develop baseband processors for use in iPhones to be released in 2015 and will place the baseband chip orders with Samsung Electronics...
Monday 7 April 2014
Microsoft and MediaTek rumored to be looking to push Windows tablets in the China white-box tablet market
Microsoft reportedly has been aggressively trying to persuade MediaTek to push Windows-based tablets in China's white-box market and with the software giant's announcement of offering...
Monday 7 April 2014
Sporton, GCF to jointly host testing technology forum in April
Mobile phone testing company Sporton International and the Global Certification Forum (GCF) will jointly hold a symposium in Taipei from April 8-11 to discuss related testing technology...
Monday 7 April 2014
Professional video market expands 55% from 2007-2013 as pay TV goes digital, says IHS
Culminating a six-year period of growth, the global market for professional broadcast equipment and services reached US$63 billion in 2013, up 52% from US$41 billion in 2007, according...
Monday 7 April 2014
ECS aims to ship 3 million education-use tablets in 2014, says paper
Taiwan-based ODM Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has begun small-volume shipments of tablets specifically for use in education, and aims to ship three million units in 2014, according...
Thursday 3 April 2014
Each smartphone sold to contribute US$10 to TSMC revenues, say sources
The contribution of each smartphone sold worldwide to the revenues of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to reach US$10 soon due to an increase in chips...
Thursday 3 April 2014
Taiwan market: Asia Pacific Telecom to initially deploy 3,000 4G base stations
Asia Pacific Telecom will initially set up 3,000 4G base stations in Taiwan to cover 99% of target population, according to company president Vincent Chih.
Thursday 3 April 2014
Asia-Pacific set to dominate US$35 billion macro RAN market in 2014, says ABI Research
Asia-Pacific regional growth in base stations will outpace all other regions in 2014 as it continues to account for the majority of worldwide base station deployments. The Asia-Pacific...
Thursday 3 April 2014
Intel CEO outlines new opportunities, investments and collaborations with China technology ecosystem
As the computing industry landscape undergoes rapid transformation, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has outlined the company's plans to build upon its nearly 30-year history in China, and...
Thursday 3 April 2014
Chromebook shipments reach 2.1 million for 2013,forecast to reach 11 million worldwide by 2019, says ABI Research
An estimated 2.1 million Chromebooks shipped in 2013 with nearly 89% of total shipments reaching North America, according to market intelligence firm ABI Research. As Chromebook shipments...
Thursday 3 April 2014
Worldwide IT spending on pace to grow 3.2% in 2014, says Gartner
With the global economy showing signs of a gradual recovery, worldwide IT spending is on pace to total US$3.8 trillion in 2014, a 3.2% increase from 2013 spending, according to Gar...
Thursday 3 April 2014
Taiwan ODMs seeing increased direct-account orders for data center servers
Quanta Computer and Wiwynn have seen large increases in direct-account orders for data center servers from Facebook and Microsoft, with production capacities already fully utilized,...
Thursday 3 April 2014
Global Chromebook shipments in 2014 estimated at 4-5 million units, say Taiwan makers
Global Chromebook shipments in 2014 are expected to reach only 4-5 million units mainly because cloud-based storage is not popular enough and 4G mobile access is not sufficiently...
Wednesday 2 April 2014
China-based Huawei, Lenovo, Xiaomi aim at annual shipments of 100 million smartphones
Huawei Device and Xiaomi Technology aim to ship 100 million smartphones globally in 2015, while fellow vendor Lenovo aims to hit 100 million in its 2014 fiscal year (April 2014-March...