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Monday 30 September 2013
Compal Electronics to absorb Compal Communications
Taiwan-based notebook ODM Compal Electronics will acquire as much as 100% of the circulating shares of smartphone ODM Compal Communications at NT$50.80 (US$1.71) per share and then...
Monday 30 September 2013
3S to start shipping MEMS microphone chips to Taiwan handset ODMs in 1Q14
IC design house Solid State System (3S) with its MEMS microphone chips has entered the supply chain of Taiwan's major handset ODMs, with shipments to kick off in the first quarter...
Monday 30 September 2013
TSMC to cover 60-70% of Apple A8 chip production, says report
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will handle the majority of the manufacturing for Apple's next-generation A8 processors, and the remainder will go to Samsung Electronics,...
Monday 30 September 2013
Sony Mobile aims to ship 65 million smartphones in fiscal 2014
Sony Mobile Communications aims to ship 65 million smartphones in its fiscal year 2014 (April 2014-March 2015), up 55% from the 42 million units projected for the current fiscal year,...
Monday 30 September 2013
Japan public IT cloud services spending to reach JPY300 billion by 2017, says IDC
IDC recently published a study that finds the Japan public IT cloud services market to have grown 45% on year to JPY90 billion (US$919.16 million) in 2012. IDC forecasts the Japan...
Monday 30 September 2013
Android ecosystem takes the baton from Apple iPad in the tablet race, says ABI Research
A shift in leadership is now upon the tablet mobile computing market. At the year's mid-point, ABI Research identified a trio of events signaling Apple's iPad family of products has...
Monday 30 September 2013
Taiwan 4G auction: Highest for C5 band unit rises to 6.8 times floor price
In an ongoing multiple-round auction for 12 frequency band units available for 4G licenses in Taiwan, the highest temporary bid for the 30MHz-bandwidth C5 band unit (1755-1770MHz...
Monday 30 September 2013
HTC sells back holdings in Beats
HTC has signed an agreement to sell back to Beats Electronics its holdings of a 24.84% share in the US-based audio solution provider for US$265 million, according to a company announcement...
Friday 27 September 2013
Taiwan 4G auction: Highest bid so far for C5 band unit is 6.4 times floor price
An ongoing multiple-round auction for 4G mobile communication services licenses in Taiwan has seen the highest temporary bid for 30MHz-bandwidth C5 band unit (1755-1770MHz for upload;...
Friday 27 September 2013
Chunghwa Telecom striving to enter Myanmar 3G mobile telecom market
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), HTC, France-based Orange and Japan-based trading company Marubeni have formed a consortium to compete for a 3G mobile communications license to be issued by...
Friday 27 September 2013
4G networks to handle more data traffic than 3G networks by 2016, says ABI Research
Even though 4G's share of cellular subscriptions stood at 2.9% at the end of second-quarter 2013, it is expected to account for slightly more than 20% of the total data consumed on...
Friday 27 September 2013
Supermicro expands Silicon Valley headquarters
Super Micro Computer, Inc., a global leader in high-performance, high-efficiency server, storage technology and green computing, announces that it has signed an agreement with San...
Thursday 26 September 2013
Taiwan has advantages in developing intelligent service industries, says Advantech president
Development of intelligent services featuring hardware/software integration has become a global trend in ICT fields and Taiwan has comparative advantages, according to president Chaney...
Thursday 26 September 2013
ZTE developing second-generation Firefox OS smartphone, says report
China-based vendor ZTE is developing a second-generation Firefox OS-based smartphone equipped with dual-core processor, China-based tech.sina.com cited company executive...
Thursday 26 September 2013
Apple continues familiar design and pricing strategy with iPhone 5c, says IHS
Far from the major departure that many had expected, the iPhone 5c turned out to follow Apple's familiar formula, combining premium pricing with a hardware design almost completely...