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Monday 11 November 2013
Taiwan market: 4G smartphones to be in hot competition, say Taiwan makers
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, are expected to launch high-end 4G smartphone...
Monday 11 November 2013
Compal, Kinpo to sell stakes in Vibo Telecom to 4G licensee Taiwan Star Cellular
Compal Electronics and Kinpo Electronics have disclosed they will sell their respective 47.32% and 47.95% stakes in Taiwan-based 3G carrier Vibo Telecom to Taiwan Star Cellular, a...
Monday 11 November 2013
Digitimes Research: White-box tablet shipments to reach 25 million in 3Q13
China white-box tablet shipments reached about 25 million units in the third quarter of 2013, up 56.3% sequentially and 40.4% on year thanks to strong overseas shipments, which accounted...
Monday 11 November 2013
Tsann Kuen, E-Life Mall October revenues down sequentially
Tsann Kuen Enterprise, the operator of the Tsann Kuen IT and consumer electronics retail chain in Taiwan, saw consolidated revenues of NT$1.901 billion (US$64.4 million) for October...
Monday 11 November 2013
Taiwan IC vendors to count on smartphone, tablet and LED lighting segments in 2014
Taiwan-based IC design houses will target the smartphone, tablet and LED lighting sectors in order to ramp up their sales and earnings in 2014, according to industry observers.
Monday 11 November 2013
Samsung places fewer notebook component orders than expected
Samsung Electronics' component orders from June to October 2013 were reportedly only 40% of the Korea-based vendor's original forecast, while Apple's iMac shipments during the same...
Monday 11 November 2013
GKB launches the new high definition analog 960H DVR
GKB is honored to introduce the new high definition analogy 960H DVR that supports for the up to 700 TVL ultra high-resolution analog cameras. GKB 960H DVR not only provides higher...
Monday 11 November 2013
Compal October revenues up on month, Inventec, Wistron, Asustek see sequential decreases
Notebook ODM Compal Electronics had consolidated revenues of NT$62.774 billion (US$2.13 billion) for October 2013, increasing 1.35% on month and 3.91% on year, while fellow makers...
Friday 8 November 2013
InnoDisk to ramp up flash storage device capacity by 50% in 2014
Memory storage device maker InnoDisk plans to ramp up its production capacity by 50% to 700,000-800,000 units a month by the end of March 2014, with the increased capacity targeting...
Friday 8 November 2013
Advantech to adjust Intelligent Services business model
Taiwan's largest industrial computing solution developer Advantech, in view of fast growing demand for devices and services related to the Internet of Things and smart cities, will...
Friday 8 November 2013
Lenovo 3Q13 revenues, net profit hit records
China-based vendor Lenovo on November 7 released its financial report for the third quarter of 2013 (the second quarter of the company's 2013/2014 fiscal year), with revenues of US$9.774...
Friday 8 November 2013
IT spending in Brazil to grow 3.6% in 2014, says Gartner
Worldwide IT spending in Brazil is forecast to total US$129.7 billion in 2014, a 3.6% increase from 2013 projected spending of US$125.2 billion, but it is the opportunities of a digital...
Thursday 7 November 2013
Samsung to launch smartphones with 64-bit CPUs in 2014
Samsung Electronics reportedly will launch flagship smartphone models equipped with 64-bit CPUs, WQHD displays and 16-megapixel cameras in 2014, which will further heat up hardware...
Thursday 7 November 2013
Quanta Cloud Technology cooperates with VMware to offer Rackgo V, VDIBlock
Quanta Cloud Technology, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Quanta Computer which provides business-use cloud computing solutions, on November 7 unveiled Rackgo V, a rack server integrated...
Thursday 7 November 2013
Sporton October revenues hit record high on rising testing demand from LTE segment
Mobile phone testing company Sporton International saw its revenues gain 3.1% on month and 35.9% on year to hit a record high of NT$215 million (US$7.31 million) in October, buoyed...