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Thursday 29 August 2013
Inventec merger may trigger consolidation among notebook and handset ODMs
Taiwan-based notebook and handset ODMs are likely heading for a new wave of industry consolidation taking cues from the successful merger between notebook maker Inventec and its associated...
Thursday 29 August 2013
Asia telecom service providers may miss out on IoT opportunity without define M2M strategy, says IDC
Asia telecom service providers must start to define how they will deliver and support the machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions that drive the Internet of Things (IoT) or miss out on...
Thursday 29 August 2013
Worldwide server shipments grow 4% while revenues decrease 3.8% in 2Q13, says Gartner
In the second quarter 2013, worldwide server shipments grew 4% on year, while revenues declined 3.8% from the second quarter of 2012, according to Gartner.
Thursday 29 August 2013
Mitac to restructure into holding firm
Mitac International, a supplier of IT products and GPS navigation devices, has disclosed that it will be transformed into Mitac Investment Holding through a stock swap and then delisted...
Wednesday 28 August 2013
Taiwan smartphone ODMs turn proactive instead of waiting for orders
Taiwan-based smartphone ODMs Arima Communications and Compal Communications have landed greater-than-expected orders for large-size entry-level models thanks to their aggressive marketing...
Wednesday 28 August 2013
ARM acquires Sensinode to accelerate IoT
ARM has acquired Sensinode, a provider of software technology for the Internet of things (IoT), and will continue the commercial offering of Sensinode's NanoStack and NanoService...
Wednesday 28 August 2013
POS maker Firich to invest in Russia casino operator
POS device maker Firich Enterprises will invest NT$1.08 billion (US$36 million) to acquire a 19% stake in Russia-based Oriental Regent and indirectly acquire a 19% stake in Russia-based...
Wednesday 28 August 2013
Worldwide server market revenues decline 6.2% in 2Q13, says IDC
According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, factory revenues in the worldwide server market decreased 6.2% on year to US$11.9 billion in the second quarter of 2013. This...
Wednesday 28 August 2013
Samsung decreases orders for 10.1-inch tablet components, say Taiwan makers
Samsung Electronics has reduced orders for components used in 10.1-inch tablets, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers, because 10.1-inch tablet sales have been far below...
Wednesday 28 August 2013
China Mobile to set up 400,000 TD-LTE base stations by end of 2014, says vice president
China Mobile has been establishing TD-LTE networks in major cities around China and expects to complete 200,000 base stations in 2013 and 200,000 more by the end of 2014, company...
Wednesday 28 August 2013
Cross-strait team to set up experimental TD-LTE network in Taiwan
Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan-based telecom carriers and China-based telecom equipment vendors will cooperate to establish an experimental...
Tuesday 27 August 2013
Smartphone vendors in China expected to use mostly Full HD panels in 2014
Supply chain sources in the panel industry believe that most smartphone vendors in China will be after Full HD panels in 2014 in order to keep up with market demand.
Tuesday 27 August 2013
Global 2Q13 WLAN market rises 10.8%, says IDC
The combined consumer and enterprise wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments worldwide increased 10.8% from a year ago in the second quarter of 2013, according to IDC....
Tuesday 27 August 2013
Smartphone supply chains see increased orders from China telecom operators
Smartphone supply chains are starting to see increased orders from China-based telecom operators that are looking to further compete in the local smartphone segment, according to...
Tuesday 27 August 2013
Rise of low cost mobile devices and cloud services to impede mobile storage growth, says DRAMeXchange
Major global smartphone brands will be expected to shift a good portion of their focus towards the low-to-mid range smartphone devices following the eventual saturation of the high-end...