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Friday 11 October 2013
Taiwan 4G auction: Highest price for C5 rises to over 8 times floor price
The multiple-round auction for 12 frequency band units available for 4G services in Taiwan saw the highest temporary bid for C5 climb to NT$24.205 billion (US$818 million) on October...
Friday 11 October 2013
Mobile phone testing services provider Sporton 3Q13 revenues hit record high
Mobile phone testing company Sporton International has reported revenues of NT$209 million (US$7.11 million) for September, up 2.2% sequentially and 28.3% on year. Third-quarter revenues...
Friday 11 October 2013
Taiwan market: Tsann Kuen, E-Life Mall see decreased September revenues
Taiwan-based IT and consumer electronics retail chains Tsann Kuen Enterprise and E-Life Mall saw their September consolidated revenues slip sequentially by 0.22% and 13.86%, respec...
Friday 11 October 2013
Internet firms diversify server supplies
Google and Facebook have started dividing their server orders between different ODMs to avoid placing all their eggs in one basket. Inventec will start supplying servers to Google...
Friday 11 October 2013
China Mobile may procure 40 million TD-LTE smartphones in 2014, say Taiwan makers
As the China government will issue 4G licenses by the end of 2013, China Mobile is expected to kick off commercial operation of TD-LTE services in 2014 and therefore is likely to...
Friday 11 October 2013
Chunghwa Telecom nets NT$3.93 per share for January-September
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has reported net profit of NT$3.70 billion (US$124 million) for September 2013, leading to net EPS of NT$3.93 for January-September.
Friday 11 October 2013
Asustek September revenues hit 13-month high
Asustek Computer has posted consolidated revenues of NT$42.111 billion (US$1.41 billion) for September 2013, reaching the highest monthly level since September 2012 and increasing...
Wednesday 9 October 2013
Japan mobile device market grows 26.8% in 2Q13, says IDC
IDC has published a forecast for the Japan mobile device market, comprised of PCs, smartphones, tablets, and data communication products such as mobile cards and personal routers,...
Wednesday 9 October 2013
Senao September down on month, up on year
Senao International, which operates an IT and consumer electronics retail chain in Taiwan, has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.259 billion (US$109 million) for September, decreasing...
Wednesday 9 October 2013
Nokia, BlackBerry to retire old platforms differently
Nokia and BlackBerry are to take different approaches to retire their old mobile operating platforms due to varied market conditions, according to industry observers.
Wednesday 9 October 2013
Installed base of Internet-connected video devices to exceed global population in 2017, says IHS
More than eight billion Internet-connected video devices will be installed worldwide in 2017, exceeding the population of the planet, according to research from IHS.
Wednesday 9 October 2013
Smartphone vendors likely to revamp strategies for mini models
Smartphone vendors are likely to be forced to revamp their strategies regarding the launch of "mini" series smartphones due to slow sales of these models, according to industry...
Wednesday 9 October 2013
Synnex Technology posts strong September revenues
IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$31.23 billion (US$1.04 billion) for September, the historically...
Tuesday 8 October 2013
Digitimes Research: Prospects remain bleak for BlackBerry
Despite accepting an acquisition offer from its shareholder Fairfax Financial, the prospects of BlackBerry remain bleak as the hardware specifications and operating platforms of its...
Tuesday 8 October 2013
Microsoft unveils enterprise cloud solutions
Microsoft has announced a wave of new enterprise products and services. Complementing Office 365 and other services, these new offerings deliver on Microsoft's enterprise cloud str...