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Wednesday 25 February 2015
Smartphone shipments to China increase marginally in 4Q14 with Xiaomi taking top position, says IDC
Smartphone shipments in the China market were up 2% sequentially to 108 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014, bringing China's total smartphone shipments for the year to 420...
Wednesday 25 February 2015
Chunghwa Telecom expects profits from 4G to come ahead of schedule
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) started 4G commercial operations in Taiwan in late May 2014 and originally forecast that EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortization) would...
Tuesday 24 February 2015
HP cooperation with Accton to benefit white-box server makers
Hewlett-Packard (HP) recently announced cooperation with Taiwan-based Accton Technology to sell switches matched with software developed by Silicon Valley-based Cumulus Networks. The...
Tuesday 24 February 2015
NEXCOM Fuses Digital & Physical Retail with Responsive Store Solutions
With eCommerce capturing a booming share of sales, physical retailers are challenged but not doomed because they provide irreplaceable touch-and-feel experience for brick-and-mortar...
Tuesday 24 February 2015
Apple to invest EUR1.7 billion in new data centers in Europe
Apple today announced a EUR1.7 billion (US$1.93 billion) plan to build and operate two data centers in Europe, each powered by 100% renewable energy. The facilities, located in County...
Tuesday 17 February 2015
Foxlink chairman optimistic about wearables and USB Type-C connectors
Commenting on the company's outlook for 2015, Foxlink chairman Guo Tai-qiang has said that wearable devices and USB Type-C connectors will become growth drivers for Foxlink.
Tuesday 17 February 2015
NCC to fine APT and TWM NT$300,000 for late reporting roaming cooperation
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on February 16 decided to fine Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) and Taiwan Mobile (TWM) NT$300,000 (US$9,509) each because APT signed to...
Tuesday 17 February 2015
Japan market: Smartphone shipments in 2014 down 5.3%, says report
Shipments of smartphones in the Japan market in 2014 declined for the second straight year by 5.3% to 27.7 million units, according to a Chinese-language QQ.com report citing...
Tuesday 17 February 2015
Use of helium-filled HDDs in data centers to drastically rise in 2015, says HGST president
A large increase in the use of helium-filled hard disk drives (HDDs) in data centers is expected in 2015 mainly because more platters can be held in an HDD of the same volume than...
Monday 16 February 2015
Fingerprint recognition smartphones from China vendors expected to ramp up in 2H15
China handset supply chains expect to see orders for smartphones with fingerprint recognition from China vendors increase in the second half of 2015.
Monday 16 February 2015
Chunghwa Telecom aims at Taiwan 4G market share of 40% in 2015
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) recorded a market share of 38.6% of total 4G subscribers in Taiwan at the end of 2014 and aims to increase the market share to 40% and expand its 4G network...
Monday 16 February 2015
Supply chains adjusting strategies as tablet market expected to decline 30% in 1Q15
Tablet supply chains are evaluating their strategies for 2015 as overall shipments are expected to wither throughout the year, declining most heavily by an estimated 30% on quarter...
Monday 16 February 2015
China Mobile reaches 100 million TD-LTE users, says report
China Mobile attained 100 million TD-LTE subscribers as of the end of January 2015 and aims to increase the number to 250 million by the end of 2015 and sell 200 million TD-LTE-enabling...
Monday 16 February 2015
Asustek sees decreased 4Q14 profit
Asustek Computer saw net profit of NT$4.509 billion (US$143 million) for the fourth quarter of 2014 decrease by 22.41% on quarter and by 20.77% on year mainly due to loss of NT$713...
Monday 16 February 2015
FET to deal out 2014 dividend per share of NT$3.75
Far EasTone Telecommunications' (FET) board of directors on February 13 decided to distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$3.75 (US$0.12) for 2014, 6.53% in excess of the corresponding...