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Tuesday 6 August 2013
Indonesia PC market declines 2% on year in 1Q13; vendors focus on low-cost PCs to entice first time buyers, says IDC
According to research firm IDC, the Indonesia PC market increased 4% in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the previous quarter but declined 2% on year, reaching 1.37 million units...
Tuesday 6 August 2013
Worldwide IT outsourcing market to reach US$288 billion in 2013, says Gartner
The worldwide IT outsourcing (ITO) market is forecast to reach US$288 billion in 2013, a 2.8% increase from 2012, according to Gartner. Compared with Gartner's previous forecast,...
Tuesday 6 August 2013
Automotive wireless market to expand by more than 40% from 2012-2018, says IHS
Wireless technologies like Bluetooth and embedded cellular are accelerating in the vehicle business, with market revenues set to rise by 41% from 2012-2018, according to research...
Tuesday 6 August 2013
Microsoft white space initiative to boost broadband subscribers in Kenya 11-fold in 2013, says IHS
Microsoft's 4Afrika initiative is aiming to increase broadband penetration in both developing and developed countries, the first of which will be in Kenya where white space network...
Tuesday 6 August 2013
Foxconn to complete cloud computing R&D center in southern Taiwan at end of 2013
The Foxconn Group is constructing a cloud computing R&D center at the Kaohsiung Software Park located in southern Taiwan, with completion scheduled for the end of 2013, according...
Tuesday 6 August 2013
The long term revolution: Appetite growing for private LTE, but market yet to take off, says IHS
The private Long Term Evolution (LTE) market is expected to show slow growth over the next five years, but longer term the amount of data connections are expected to soar, according...
Tuesday 6 August 2013
EMEA thin client market contracts for first time in 3 years, says IDC
Following three years of growth, thin client shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) declined by 4.2% on year in the first quarter of 2013 to 406,138 units, according...
Tuesday 6 August 2013
Central and Eastern European server market declined by 12.9% in 1Q13, says IDC
The server market in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) declined 12.9% on year in value to US$348.09 million in the first quarter of 2013. According to IDC, shipments totaled 70,168...
Tuesday 6 August 2013
Top five vendors in China account for 20% of global smartphone shipments, says Canalys
Canalys has published its final second-quarter-2013 smartphone shipment estimates by vendor for the 50-plus countries that it tracks. Some 238.1 million units shipped in the second...
Tuesday 6 August 2013
Channel dominance of Samsung and Apple leaves little room for others in mobile device market, says ABI Research
ABI Research's Device Portal sales channel analysis reveals tough times are ahead for smartphone vendors, as the balance of power remains with Samsung/Android and Apple. The smartphone...
Monday 5 August 2013
China market: Rumors and speculation for cheap TD-SCDMA iPhone for China
The latest gossip and speculation floating around the supply chain, with none of the news being substantiated, is that Apple's plans for an inexpensive iPhone will focus on the China...
Monday 5 August 2013
Catcher expects rising 3Q13 performance due to new smartphone orders
Taiwan-based chassis maker Catcher Technology expects its revenue performance to start picking up in the third quarter due to new smartphone orders from an old client, according to...
Monday 5 August 2013
HTC July revenues hit 5-month low
Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC on August 5 reported consolidated revenues of NT$15.728 billion (US$524 million) for July, the lowest monthly level since March 2013 with an on-month...
Monday 5 August 2013
Economic slowdown in China drives IDC to lower forecast for IT spending in 2013
According to research firm International Data Corporation (IDC), economic slowdown in China has driven IDC to lower its expectations for worldwide IT spending growth in 2013. IDC...
Monday 5 August 2013
Power supply market to grow by 2.4% in 2013 after disappointing 2012, says IHS
After declining in 2012, the global market for merchant power supplies is forecast to grow by 2.4% in 2013, according to research firm IHS.