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Thursday 6 March 2014
Taiwan ODMs seek server talent from brand vendors
Taiwan-based server ODMs have been headhunting talent from first-tier server brand vendors such as Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell recently as their orders from large Internet players...
Thursday 6 March 2014
Flytech extends to telematics
Taiwan-based POS (point of sale/service) system and peripheral maker Flytech Technology has extended to telematics by acquiring a 60% stake in neoVideo Technology, a Taiwan-based...
Wednesday 5 March 2014
iPhone 5c inventories estimated at over 3 million units, says upstream supply chain
Due to below-expectations sales performance, recent market rumors have indicated that iPhone 5c shipments drastically deceased at the end of 2013 and inventory volumes have built...
Wednesday 5 March 2014
Global LTE subscriptions to exceed 2 billion in 2019, driven by LTE-Advanced, says ABI Research
Worldwide LTE-related subscriptions reached 229.7 million in 2013, and will continually grow at a CAGR of 43.6% between 2013-2019, to exceed two billion. By the end of 2013, LTE-TDD...
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...