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Thursday 31 October 2013
Windows 8.1 tablet sales 20-30% below expectations
Channel retailers are seeing their Windows 8.1-based tablet sales in October 20-30% below than their original expectations, despite strong price/performance ratios.
Thursday 31 October 2013
Taiwan 4G auction: Bidding ends with total over 3 times floor price
Taiwan has concluded a multiple-round auction for 12 frequency band units for 4G mobile communication services, with the total reaching NT$118.65 billion (US$4.02 billion), which...
Wednesday 30 October 2013
Intel to cooperate with China white-box players for mobile devices
Intel has started turning to seek business opportunities from China's white-box market and has cooperated with several China-based vendors such as Ramos and Teclast to release Intel-based...
Wednesday 30 October 2013
Digitimes Research: Taiwan 3Q13 handset shipments up
Taiwan-based ODM, JDMs (joint design manufacturers) and OBMs (own-brand manufacturers) shipped 16.6 million handsets in total in the third quarter of 2013, increasing 2.7% on quarter...
Wednesday 30 October 2013
Global smartphone shipments grow 38.8% on year in 3Q13, says IDC
The worldwide smartphone market grew 38.8% on year in the third quarter of 2013, according to IDC. Vendors shipped a total of 258.4 million smartphones in the third quarter, establishing...
Wednesday 30 October 2013
FET sees growth in 3Q13 mobile Internet-access revenues, user base
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has reported revenues of NT$5.906 billion (US$198 million) from mobile Internet-access services for the third quarter of 2013 up 6.07% on quarter...
Wednesday 30 October 2013
iPad mini with Retina display may see shortages due to limited supplies of Sharp panels, say sources
The availability of the iPad mini with Retina display may not be enough to meet market demand because Sharp's supply of 7.9-inch Retina display panels based on its Oxide TFT process...
Wednesday 30 October 2013
SK Hynix develops 6Gb LPDDR3 for mobile devices
SK Hynix has developed 6-gigabit (6Gb) low-power DDR3 (LPDDR3) using 20nm-class process technology. The new mobile memory solution is designed for premium mobile devices, according...
Tuesday 29 October 2013
IC distributor Edom cautious about 4Q13
Taiwan-based IC distributor Edom Technology has expressed caution about its performance in the fourth quarter of 2013, after posting brisk results for the third quarter.
Tuesday 29 October 2013
Digitimes Research: Non-iPad tablets account for over 50% of global shipments in 3Q13
In the third quarter of 2013, global tablet shipments reached 35.68 million units, up 15.3% sequentially and 34.6% on year, driven mainly by non-iPad tablet shipments, which reached...
Tuesday 29 October 2013
Taiwan International Smart Green City Summit commences November 1, 2013
The 2013 Taiwan International Smart Green City Summit, an event from the Taiwan International Smart Green City Expo hosted by Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of...
Tuesday 29 October 2013
Apple revenues up, net profit down in fiscal 4Q13
Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal 2013 fourth quarter ended September 28, 2013. The company posted quarterly revenues of US$37.5 billion and quarterly net profit...
Tuesday 29 October 2013
China Telecom nets over CNY14.7 billion for January-September
China Telecom has its released financial report for January-September 2013, recording net profit of CNY14.714 billion (US$2.39 billion), which grew 17.1% on year, according to China-based...
Tuesday 29 October 2013
Taiwan 4G auction: Prices keep rising
An ongoing auction for 4G mobile communication services licenses in Taiwan has seen the total of the highest temporary prices rise to NT$115.255 billion (US$3.91 billion), 221.04%...
Monday 28 October 2013
IPC maker PEC achieves positive profits for the first-three quarters of 2013
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker PEC achieved consolidated revenues of NT$1.29 billion (US$43.9 million) for the first three quarters of 2013, an average gross margin of 18.88%,...