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Wednesday 5 March 2014
China January mobile phone user base growing to 1.235 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.235 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of January 2014, growing 0.5% on month and 10.08% on year. 419.24 million (33.94%) were...
Wednesday 5 March 2014
ITRI OCP Global Certification Testing Center opens in Taiwan
The Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) on March 4 hosted an Open Compute Project (OCP) Taiwan Forum and announced the opening of the ITRI...
Wednesday 5 March 2014
Twitter CTO expected to visit Taiwan to discuss server supplies
Twitter CTO Adam Messinger reportedly will come to Taiwan later in the week to talk with Taiwan-based ODMs including Quanta Computer, Wiwynn, Inventec, Foxconn Electronics and Mitac...
Wednesday 5 March 2014
Wiwynn expects 2014 revenues to double on year
Wiwynn, Taiwan-based ODM Wistron's subsidiary specifically operating direct-account sales for cloud computing, expects revenues for 2014 to double on year, according to company president...
Wednesday 5 March 2014
MediaTek expected to speed up development of feature chips
MediaTek is expected to ramp up investments to develop peripheral chips to enrich smartphones such as wireless charging, NFC, and fingerprint recognition which in return will jack...
Tuesday 4 March 2014
Quanta expects significant growth in server business in 2014
Quanta Computer has produced servers for cloud computing data centers for direct-account supply for three years and expects total server shipments in 2014 to increase on year by 20%...
Tuesday 4 March 2014
Taiwan market: Ambit, Taiwan Star Cellular may cooperate with 7-Eleven, FamilyMart
Ambit Microsystems and Taiwan Star Cellular, two newcomers set to operate 4G mobile communication services in Taiwan, are likely to cooperate with 7-Eleven and FamilyMart, the top...
Tuesday 4 March 2014
Worldwide tablet sales grow 68% in 2013 with Android capturing 62% of market, says Gartner
Worldwide sales of tablets to end users reached 195.4 million units in 2013, a 68% increase on 2012, according to Gartner.
Tuesday 4 March 2014
HTC sees decreased February revenues
HTC has reported consolidated revenues of NT$7.23 billion (US$238 million) for February, decreasing 25.29% on month and 36.45% on year.
Tuesday 4 March 2014
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom launches LCD TVs with built-in MOD
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on March 3 announced the launch of 42- and 50-inch smart LCD TVs with built-in MOD (multimedia on demand), CHT's platform for delivering IPTV services, in the...
Monday 3 March 2014
Taiwan market: Channel retailers unlikely to meet 1Q14 sales goal
Taiwan's channel retailers are expected to have difficulties achieving their sales target for the first quarter as back-to-school demand in February was weaker than expected, according...
Monday 3 March 2014
ASRock to showcase server and workstation products at CeBIT 2014
ASRock is set to exhibit its latest server and workstation products at the CeBIT 2014 hosted from March 10-14 in Hannover, Germany, hoping to attract clients worldwide especially...
Monday 3 March 2014
NFC-enabled handset shipments to soar 4-fold in next 5 years, says IHS
Global shipments of handsets equipped with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology will surge by more than a factor of four from 2013-2018, reaching 1.2 billion units, according...
Monday 3 March 2014
Taiwan market: E-Life Mall to expand retail chain
E-Life Mall, an IT and consumer electronics retail chain in Taiwan, will expand around Taiwan in 2014, with the number of general stores to increase from 330 currently to 350 and...
Monday 3 March 2014
China Unicom posts 2013 revenues of over CNY295 billion
China Unicom, the only WCDMA mobile telecom carrier in China, recorded consolidated revenues of CNY295.04 billion (US$47.97 billion) and net profit of CNY10.41 billion for 2013, growing...