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Wednesday 15 January 2014
China market: MediaTek to lose 4G chip orders to other suppliers in 1Q14
While MediaTek is expected to continue dominating China's 3G chipset market in the first quarter of 2014, the Taiwan-based IC design house may lose 4G chip orders to rivals including...
Wednesday 15 January 2014
Taiwan market: Android platform accounts for 90% of smartphone OS market
Android-based smartphones currently account for over 90% of smartphone OS market share in Taiwan, leaving little room for other platforms, including Firefox OS and Tizen, according...
Tuesday 14 January 2014
Digitimes Research: Global smartphone shipments to top 1.24 billion units in 2014
Global smartphone shipments are expected to top 1.24 billion units in 2014, with Samsung Electronics, Apple, LG Electronics, Sony Mobile Communications, Lenovo, Huawei, Microsoft,...
Tuesday 14 January 2014
Qisda aims to expand healthcare product line
Qisda, an ODM/OEM under the BenQ Group, will step up promoting its healthcare solutions with help from BenQ Medical Technology, a distributor of medical equipment and materials, company...
Monday 13 January 2014
China beefs up TD-LTE promotion in 2014
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), following the release of three TD-LTE (Time Division-Long Term Evolution) licensees to three major mobile telecom carriers...
Monday 13 January 2014
China Mobile 3-mode TD-LTE smartphone procurement plan to benefit China-based suppliers
China Mobile originally planned to procure 5-mode (supporting TD-LTE, FDD LTE, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, GSM) and 10-frequency band smartphones but has decided to reduce the format specification...
Monday 13 January 2014
Mitac to provide cloud computing in-car solution for Hertz
Mitac International will provide its Magellan in-car navigation solution featuring a Magellan GPS PND and Magellan's SmartGPS Eco, a cloud computing-based platform delivering local...
Monday 13 January 2014
Commentary: HP smartphone comeback efforts not promising
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is planning a comeback to the smartphone market, but it is generally believed that chance is lower for HP to make its renewal efforts a success.
Monday 13 January 2014
Synnex December revenues hit record
IT and consumer electronic products distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$32 billion (US$1.067 billion) for December, hitting a record...
Monday 13 January 2014
TWM, FET net NT$5.80, NT$3.61 per share for 2013
Taiwan-based telecom carriers Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) have reported net EPS of 5.80 and 3.61 respectively for 2013.
Monday 13 January 2014
Top 4 Digital Signage Trends in 2014
One more month to go CAYIN is going to showcase its brand-new digital signage players embedded with an upgraded SMP-NEO software system at the ISE 2014. At the show, CAYIN is also...
Monday 13 January 2014
Gigabyte ships 20 million motherboards, 3.5 million graphics cards in 2013
Gigabyte Technology shipped 20 million own-brand motherboards in 2013, of which most were entry-level and mid-range models and 40% were to the China market, as well as 3.5 million...
Friday 10 January 2014
Taifo fiber-optic network covers 23% of Taipei
Taiwan Intelligent Fiber Optic Network Consortium (Taifo), a joint venture established in 2012 specifically for constructing a fiber-optic network around Taipei City, has attained...
Friday 10 January 2014
Coolpad aims to ship 60 million smartphones in 2014, says report
China-based vendor Coolpad aims to ship 60 million smartphones in 2014, hiking 50% on year, according to China-based Xinhua Online.
Friday 10 January 2014
Huawei, ZTE introduce new executives to promote handset sales
China-based handset vendors Huawei and ZTE have recently hired new talent or reorganized their corporate structure in efforts to sharpen their global marketing and to win more shar...