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Tuesday 27 August 2013
China July mobile phone user base growing to 1.185 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.185 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of July 2013, growing 0.80% sequentially and 11.60% on year, and 333.74 million (28.16%)...
Monday 26 August 2013
Taiwan market: Vibo Telecom may still have a role in 4G, says chairman
Vibo Telecom has not participated in open-bid competition for next-generation (4G) mobile communication licenses in Taiwan but may still cooperate with a 4G licensee in one way of...
Monday 26 August 2013
China white-box handsets less popular in emerging markets
China white-box handsets have seen declined popularity in emerging markets where mobile telecom carriers and retail channels are eager to look for products of better quality, according...
Monday 26 August 2013
HTC continues losing ground in LTE smartphone segment
HTC, a pioneer of LTE smartphones previously, appears to have lost its competitive advantage in the segment and has seen its market share lag behind Samsung Electronics, Apple, Sony...
Monday 26 August 2013
Tablet sales in Vietnam surge 233% in 1H13, says GfK
The tablet craze that is currently taking the world by storm has also infected Vietnam to a large extent with consumers eagerly snapping up the increasingly popular smart devices...
Monday 26 August 2013
Huawei to team up with Compal to make smartphones, tablets in Brazil, says paper
Huawei Technologies plans to team up with Taiwan-based Compal Electronics to produce smartphones and tablets in Jundiai, Brazil, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily...
Monday 26 August 2013
Taiwan vendors concerned about the possibility of cheap iPad mini
Apple reportedly will release its new smartphones and tablets in September; however, compared to these new products, Taiwan-based vendors are more concerned about whether Apple has...
Monday 26 August 2013
China market: Smartphone replacement demand is still growing
Initial sales of new smartphones launched by some vendors in China in the third quarter, such as Xiaomi Technology's Hongmi smartphone, have been brisk, indicating that replacement...
Friday 23 August 2013
Acer wins adoption of educational cloud computing solution in Thailand
Acer on August 22 announced that Acer Smart Cloud Builder, its in-house-developed cloud computing-based solution, has been adopted by Rangsit University, Thailand, for administration...
Friday 23 August 2013
iPad and Samsung Galaxy gain market share as Kindle Fire sputters, says Jumptap
According to data by audience platform researcher Jumptap platform, Apple continues to hold the top spot in tablet market share, but its chief competitor in the smartphone sector,...
Friday 23 August 2013
HP introduces new thin client solutions
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has announced its new thin client solution, the HP t820 Flexible series thin client, and also announced support for new Nvidia GRID graphics processing units...
Friday 23 August 2013
Homegrown smartphone brands boost Asia Pacific smartphone shipments, says IDC
The Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) smartphone market has continued on a strong upward trajectory. According to the IDC Asia/Pacific quarterly mobile phone tracker, vendors shipped...
Friday 23 August 2013
Digitimes Research: Taiwan server sales to top NT$300 billion in 2013
Revenues generated through the sale of servers and related products by Taiwan-based makers are expected to top NT$300 billion (US$10.02 billion) in 2013, according to Digitimes Research's...
Friday 23 August 2013
APLEX Introduces Stainless Steel Panel PC with IP65 Rating
APLEX Technology Inc., a global industrial computer product solution provider, today announces the availability of its newest stainless steel panel PC - APC-3X97B series that comes...
Friday 23 August 2013
Global second-tier notebook market declining
The ratio of second-tier notebooks (notebooks offered by non-top-10 vendors) to global notebook shipments has dropped to below 10% recently as most makers have shifted to the development...