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Monday 24 June 2013
China market: China Telecom plans to adopt FDD/TDD-LTE dual mode, says chairman
China Telecom, the only CDMA 2000 mobile telecom carrier in China, plans to adopt dual-mode FDD/TDD-LTE for its 4G deployment in the China market, according to company chairman Wang...
Monday 24 June 2013
Smartphone brands reluctant to develop Facebook Home-enabled models
A number of branded smartphone vendors, including Samsung Electronics, Sony Mobile Communications, Lenovo, ZTE and Huawei are now reluctant to cooperate with Facebook for the joint...
Monday 24 June 2013
TWM plans to set up myfone chain in China
Taiwan Mobile (TWM), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, plans to establish myfone, its retail chain to provide customer and handset maintenance services as...
Friday 21 June 2013
Commentary: China telecom market dominated by local firms
In the past 2-3 years, Taiwan-based telecom firms have been seeking business opportunities in the growing wireless hotspot and broadband network market in China. However, only a small...
Friday 21 June 2013
AIC rolls out new Storage Server series SB302-CP2 and SB401/401-CP2 in succession
AIC's server team has announced the new storage system SB302-CP2, SB401-CP2 and 402-CP2 combined with Intel EPSD server board solution to shorten the validation process, and meet...
Thursday 20 June 2013
Taiwan market: HTC launches HTC Butterfly S and HTC Desire 600
HTC has unveiled an updated version of its Butterfly family smartphone, the HTC Butterfly S, as well as a midrange model, the HTC Desire 600, initially for the Taiwan market. The...
Wednesday 19 June 2013
LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
The Lite-On Group predicts 2013 revenues of its LED business will exceed NT$20 billion (US$671 million) while revenues for automobile electronics will reach NT$10 billion, according...
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
Samsung Electronics' launch of large-sized Galaxy Mega family smartphones for the US$400-600 segment will affect sales of comparable models launched by China-based branded vendors...
Tuesday 18 June 2013
China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
China's mobile phone shipments registered at 97 million units in the first quarter of 2013, up 15% compared with the same period in 2012, while China's smartphone shipments totaled...
Tuesday 18 June 2013
AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap
AMD has publicly disclosed its strategy and roadmap to recapture market share in enterprise and data center servers by unveiling products that address key technologies and meet the...
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders
Touch panel maker Wintek is expected to reach NT$8 billion (US$267.47 million) in revenues during the third quarter of 2013 due to orders from Google and Amazon, according to industry...
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Taiwan market: Handset shipments in 1Q13 hit record, says IDC
There were 2.32 million handsets shipped in the Taiwan market during the first quarter of 2013, the highest quarterly level on record and increasing 3% on quarter and 5% on year,...
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Alltop expects 20-30% growth in non-notebook businesses
Taiwan-based connector maker Alltop Technology expects its non-notebook businesses to enjoy a growth of 20-30% on year in 2013 as the company is gradually turning its focuses to automotive...
Monday 17 June 2013
First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
Smartphone players such as Apple, Samsung Electronics and High Tech Computer (HTC) have started showing interest in adopting ultra-thin heat pipes for their smartphones and are expected...
Monday 17 June 2013
Chunghwa Telecom breaks ground for data center in northern Taiwan
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on June 17 held a groundbreaking ceremony for a flagship Internet and cloud computing data center located in New Taipei City, northern Taiwan, with completion...