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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...
Thursday 26 September 2013
Tablets with telephone functions expected to gain demand in emerging markets
Tablets with 7-inch displays and telephone functions are expected to enjoy strong demand in emerging markets due to their friendlier prices and characteristics that suit the demand...
Thursday 26 September 2013
Apple iPhone 5s carries US$199 BOM and manufacturing cost, IHS says
Apple's new flagship product- the iPhone 5s- features some cutting-edge components that represent pioneering achievements for the smartphone market while maintaining a nearly identical...
Thursday 26 September 2013
Embedded players see great potential in ARM systems
Taiwan-based embedded product makers such as Advantech, Adlink Technology, IEI Integration, Avalue Technology and Ibase Technology have started placing more resources on developing...
Thursday 26 September 2013
China market: Smartphone shipments to exceed 450 million units in 2014, says IDC
Total mobile phone shipments in China reached 110 million units in the second quarter of 2013, according to IDC. Shipments of smartphones, a subset of mobile phone shipments, totaled...
Thursday 26 September 2013
China August mobile phone users grow to 1.196 billion, says MIIT
China had 1.196 billion subscribers to mobile communication services as of the end of August 2013, growing 0.88% on month and 11.51% on year. Of the subscribers, 351.29 million (29.38%)...
Wednesday 25 September 2013
China government increases support for local cloud computing players
The China government started changing procurement policies in the second half to help nurture local cloud computing players. The change is expected to impact first-tier brand vendors...
Wednesday 25 September 2013
Taiwan ODMs expected to benefit from new data centers in Northern Europe
Quanta Computer and Wiwynn, a subsidiary of Wistron, are expected to benefit from Microsoft and Facebook's new data center establishments in Northern Europe in 2014, according to...
Wednesday 25 September 2013
Nokia ruling to not have significant impact on HTC, say sources
The recent preliminary ruling of the US International Trade Commission (ITC) on Nokia's May 2012 complaint against HTC for radio transmission patent infringements will not have significant...
Wednesday 25 September 2013
Reduction in cost and easier endpoint management to spur thin client growth, says IDC
According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker, worldwide thin client and terminal client device shipments totaled 1.3 million units in the second quarter...