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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...
Monday 3 March 2014
Taiwan Star Cellular adds 2 shareholders
Taiwan-based memory module maker Power Quotient International (PQI) and real estate developer Cathay Real Estate will invest NT$500 million (US$16.5 million) for a 2.5% stake and...
Thursday 27 February 2014
Worldwide server shipments up 2.1%, revenues down 4.5% in 2013, says Gartner
In the fourth quarter of 2013, worldwide server shipments grew 3.2% on year, while revenues declined 6.6% from the fourth quarter of 2012, according to Gartner. In all of 2013, worldwide...
Thursday 27 February 2014
Worldwide WLAN market continues to show solid growth in 4Q13, says IDC
The combined consumer and enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments increased 11.5% on year in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to IDC. The enterprise...
Thursday 27 February 2014
Worldwide server market revenues decline 4.4% in 4Q13, says IDC
According to IDC, factory revenues in the worldwide server market decreased 4.4% on year to US$14.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2013. This was the fourth consecutive quarter...
Thursday 27 February 2014
Taiwan Star Cellular to increase paid-in capital
Taiwan Star Cellular, one of the six next-generation (4G) mobile communication licensees in Taiwan, will issue 1.2 billion new shares to expand paid-in capital by NT$12 billion (US$395...
Thursday 27 February 2014
Flytech aims at net profit of NT$1 billion for 2014
Taiwan-based POS (point of sale/service) system and peripheral maker Flytech Technology aims at net profit of NT$1 billion (US$32.9 million) for 2014, according to company chairman...
Thursday 27 February 2014
Sony Electronics to close 20 US stores affecting 1,000 employees
Sony Electronics has announced plans to close 20 of its US stores, and eliminate one-third or 1,000 of its US employees, by the end of 2014.
Thursday 27 February 2014
MWC 2014: Qualcomm optimistic about 4G smartphone market
The release of 4G TD-LTE licenses by the China government at the end of 2013 triggered the competition in the 4G smartphone segment, and 4G models with a price tag of CNY1,000 (US$163)...
Wednesday 26 February 2014
Nimax 2014 new vision: customization and intelligentization
After the terrorist attack 911 in the US, the whole wide world begins to attach importance to the security surveillance system. Along with the development of technologies, IP network...
Wednesday 26 February 2014
Taiwan market: FET aims at 500,000 4G users in 2014
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of the six next-generation (4G) mobile communication licensees in Taiwan, will start commercial operations on a 700MHz frequency band unit...
Wednesday 26 February 2014
MWC 2014: BlackBerry unveils Z3, Q20 smartphones
BlackBerry has unveiled two new smartphones, the BlackBerry Z3 and BlackBerry Q20, at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014. The Z3 packs a 5-inch touchscreen and target markets in Southeast...