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Monday 15 July 2013
China to release 4G licenses in 4Q13, says report
The China government has decided to release 4G mobile communication licenses in fourth-quarter 2013, according to China-based tech.sina.com.
Monday 15 July 2013
China Mobile procures 200,000 TD-LTE devices
China Mobile, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, has procured about 200,000 TD-LTE terminal devices from a number of China-based and international suppliers, according to...
Monday 15 July 2013
Nokia brings zoom to smartphones, says IDC
Nokia has announced the latest addition to its Lumia range of Windows Phone 8-based smartphones, the Lumia 1020. It has high-end specifications including a 4.5-inch AMOLED screen,...
Monday 15 July 2013
Industrial Firewalls Ward Off Cyber Attacks, Keep Industrial Process Control Networks Secure
As industrial automation adopts an Ethernet-based network, production processes in factories can achieve intelligent manufacturing and benefit from real-time monitoring and remote...
Monday 15 July 2013
TCL 1H13 net profit up over 100% on year
China-based vendor TCL generated net profits of CNY600-660 million (US$97.8-107.6 million) for the first half of 2013, growing 112-133% on year, according to the company.
Friday 12 July 2013
Taiwan market: Asustek develops digital content cloud computing platform
Asustek Computer and the Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs on July 11 jointly announced the establishment of Taiwan Digital Mart, a cloud...
Friday 12 July 2013
Asia Pacific Telecom highlights strength of fiber-optic backbone network
Asia Pacific Telecom, the only CDMA 2000 mobile telecom carrier in Taiwan, has a fiber-optic backbone network of nearly 100,000 core-km covering Taiwan, representing its most valuable...
Thursday 11 July 2013
India market: Local smartphone vendors emerging as top suppliers
Local smartphone vendors in India have outperformed most foreign players, and together accounted for over 30% of the smartphone market in the country in the first quarter of 2013,...
Thursday 11 July 2013
Chunghwa Telecom nets NT$2.55 per share for January-June
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has reported net profit of NT$3.51 billion (US$116 million) for June 2013, resulting in net EPS of NT$2.55 for January-June.
Thursday 11 July 2013
Synnex June revenues slightly down
Taiwan-based IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$25.94 billion (US$860 million) for June, decreasing...
Wednesday 10 July 2013
Taiwan market: Sales of flagship smartphones slow down, says Senao
Sales of flagship smartphones in the Taiwan market have slowed down, according to consumer electronics retail chain operator Senao International.
Wednesday 10 July 2013
China-based BYD strengthening presence in global OEM/EMS smartphone, tablet markets
China-based BYD Electronic has strengthened its presence in the global OEM/EMS smartphone and tablet markets, posing increased competition to Taiwan-based handset ODMs and component...
Tuesday 9 July 2013
China aims to set up own server supply chain
China-based Internet service providers Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent have cooperated with Intel on Project Scorpio, aiming to develop industry-standard hardware specifications for China's...
Tuesday 9 July 2013
Digitimes Research: Newly released high-end smartphones lack new functionality
While a number of branded smartphone vendors have released their new high-end models recently, including the HTC Butterfly S from HTC, the Xperia Z Ultra from Sony Mobile Communications...
Monday 8 July 2013
Taiwan component makers worried about drops in Samsung global smartphone market share
Samsung Electronics, currently the world's largest smartphone vendor, has continually downwardly adjusted its shipment targets by 10-20% during the past two quarters, causing Taiwan-based...