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Wednesday 20 November 2013
Mainstream prices for 4G terminal devices should be below CNY1,000 in 2014, says China Mobile president
As China Mobile is poised to start TD-LTE commercial operations, company president Li Yue has said that prices for 4G terminal devices are too high currently and mainstream prices...
Wednesday 20 November 2013
Smart Green City Summit: Visions & Challenges for a Smart World
It is expected that three out of every five people will be living in cities by 2030 to create a global urban population of 50 billion states, according to United Nations data. Rapid...
Wednesday 20 November 2013
The 4G opportunity: Q&A with executives from major Taiwan telecom carriers
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, have been awarded frequency band units of...
Tuesday 19 November 2013
Supply chains have order visibility for Xiaomi smartphones until 1Q14
Order visibility for Xiaomi 3 and Xiaomi 2S smartphones extends until the first quarter of 2014, according to supply chain sources.
Tuesday 19 November 2013
Android OEMs expand enterprise smartphone portfolios to take on iOS and bury BlackBerry, says ABI Research
According to a new report from ABI Research, Android smartphone OEMs are taking advantage of a solid presence among consumers and mobile business users to drive more business entity...
Tuesday 19 November 2013
Digitimes Research: Non-Apple brand vendors to ship 105 million tablets in 2014
Global tablet shipments are expected to reach 289 million units in 2014, up 23.6% on year. The growth, however, will be weaker than that for smartphones due to the fact that the tablet...
Tuesday 19 November 2013
Time ripe for development of smart peripherals: Q&A with Arima Communications president Owen Chen
Smartphone ODM Arima Communications has decided to expand its product lines to include tablets, smart accessories and other new products, optimizing its platform development expertise...
Tuesday 19 November 2013
Vecow debuts RCS-7000 series robust computing system with 2 or 4 expandable PCI/PCIe sockets
Vecow Co., Ltd., a front-runner in the application fields of embedded system, image processing, and intelligent automation, today announces RCS-7000 robust computing system series...
Monday 18 November 2013
Digitimes Research: Sales of new iPhones by NTT DoCoMo impact Japan handset market
Sales of Apple's iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c by NTT DoCoMo starting in September 2013 have brought a number of impacts to Japan's handset market, including changes in the subscriber bases...
Monday 18 November 2013
Digitimes Research: Global application processor market to grow more slowly in 2014
Global shipments of application processors for smart devices are expected to grow 43% on year to 1.32 billion units in 2013, powered by robust sales of Apple and Samsung Electronics...
Monday 18 November 2013
Worldwide PELS market sees continued shipment growth in 3Q13, says IDC
The worldwide personal and entry-level storage (PELS) market grew 2.9% on year with 18.6 million units shipped in the third quarter of 2013, according to the IDC. Shipment values...
Monday 18 November 2013
Tablets unable to replace notebooks, says Quanta chairman
While global notebook sales in 2013 are expected to significantly decrease on year mainly due to fast growing demand for tablets, it is impossible for tablets to replace notebooks...
Monday 18 November 2013
China market: Huawei, Gionee to take on Xiaomi through Internet
China-based smartphone vendors Huawei and Gionee Communication Equipment will follow the steps of fellow company Xiaomi Technology to market smartphones online with aggressive pricing,...
Monday 18 November 2013
Worldwide pay-TV subscriber base surpasses 886.5 million in 3Q13, says ABI Research
The worldwide pay-TV subscriber base surpassed 886.5 million at the end of third-quarter 2013, a 6% on-year increase, generating US$62.6 billion service revenues, according to ABI...
Monday 18 November 2013
Advantech to acquire UK-based GPEG
Taiwan-based industrial computing solution provider Advantech will acquire a 100% stake in GPEG International, a UK-based provider of in-house-developed intelligent display solutions,...