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Tuesday 8 October 2013
Taiwan market: ZTE to hold brand-promoting event with Houston Rockets
China-based smartphone vendor ZTE plans to hold a brand-promoting event in Taiwan soon as part of its efforts to boost smartphone sales in the local market, according to market sources...
Tuesday 8 October 2013
Global shipments of cybersecurity MCUs to rise 91% by 2017, says IHS
Driven by demand for increased security in computers, authentication and the machine-to-machine (M2M) market, global shipments of cybersecurity microcontrollers (MCUs) are set to...
Monday 7 October 2013
Taiwan 4G auction: Highest price for C5 rises to 7.38 times floor price
In the multiple-round auction for 12 frequency band units available for operating next-generation (4G) mobile communication services in Taiwan, the highest temporary bid for C5 band...
Monday 7 October 2013
Taiwan makers lower 2013 LTE device shipment goal
Taiwan-based networking/communication device makers have downward adjusted 2013 target shipments for LTE terminal devices to a total of five million units, 37.5-50% short of the 8-10...
Monday 7 October 2013
1Q14 parts and component orders for iPhone 5s and 5c remains unclear, say sources
While pull-in orders for the first wave of iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c are expected to reach a peak in the 2013 year-end holiday season, parts and components orders for the two new Apple...
Monday 7 October 2013
Taiwan 4G license race fiercer than expected, says FET president
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has released 12 frequency band units for 4G mobile communication services with six companies participating in an open-bid competition...
Monday 7 October 2013
Digitimes Research: TD-LTE lags behind LTE FDD in global development
While China Mobile has successfully promoted TD-LTE - a China-developed version of LTE (Long Term Evolution) - as an international standard, TD-LTE has lagged behind LTE FDD (frequency...
Monday 7 October 2013
Samsung set for another record quarterly profit
Samsung Electronics expects to report record operating profits for the third quarter of 2013.
Friday 4 October 2013
HTC 3Q13 performance falls short of guidance
HTC has reported revenues of NT$47.05 billion (US$1.6 billion) for the third quarter of 2013, falling short of its guidance of NT$50-60 billion set for the quarter.
Friday 4 October 2013
China market: Local smartphone vendors reluctant to adopt fingerprint sensors
China-based smartphone vendors may not follow the steps of Apple to adopt fingerprint identity sensors for their next-generation models, and instead will continue to maintain their...
Friday 4 October 2013
Notebook ODMs ramping shipments of Windows 8.1 models
Having enjoyed strong shipments in September, notebook ODMs have seen their shipments remain robust in October as notebook vendors prepare to roll out new Windows 8.1-based models,...
Friday 4 October 2013
Lenovo to adopt Qualcomm solutions for next-generation smartphones
Lenovo reportedly will adopt Qualcomm's solutions for its next-generation K910 smartphone, switching from Intel's platform used in the vendor's existing K900 device, according to...
Friday 4 October 2013
Taiwan 4G auction: Total price over 109% above floor price
In the multiple-round auction for 12 frequency band units available for operating next-generation (4G) mobile communication services in Taiwan, the total temporary bid prices rose...
Friday 4 October 2013
LTE and TD-SCDMA drive cellular baseband growth in 2Q13, says Strategy Analytics
The global cellular baseband processor market grew 5.4% on year to reach US$4.4 billion in the second quarter of 2013, according to Strategy Analytics.
Thursday 3 October 2013
TCL commences operations of new handset plant in Huizhou
TCL has commenced official operations of the first phase production facilities of its new handset plant in Huizhou, China with an annual production capacity of 65 million handsets...