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Tuesday 13 May 2014
Chunghwa Telecom nets NT$1.78 per share for January-April
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has reported net profit of NT$3.59 billion (US$119 million) for April 2014, resulting in net EPS of NT$1.78 for January-April.
Monday 12 May 2014
Tablet growth slows to 21% as channel stock rises, says Canalys
Worldwide client PC shipments reached 123.7 million units in first-quarter 2014, up 5% on year, according to the latest Canalys research. Growth in tablet shipments slowed to 21%,...
Monday 12 May 2014
Digitimes Research: Global white-box tablet shipments down in 1Q14
There were 20.4 million white-box tablets shipped globally in the first quarter of 2014, decreasing by 27.4% on quarter and by 2.4% on year, according to Digitimes Research.
Monday 12 May 2014
Designing Roadmap for Smart Cities: Seeking Opportunities for Taiwan's ICT Industry to Drive Structural Transformation through Smart Services
The roadmap to smart cities illustrates that intelligent networking infrastructures connected through the Internet of Things (IoT) can lead to the convergence of next-generation information...
Monday 12 May 2014
Asia Pacific Telecom to issue new shares for private placement
Asia Pacific Telecom, the only CDMA 2000 mobile telecom carrier and one of the six 4G mobile communication licensees in Taiwan, will issue 826.4 million new shares for private placement...
Monday 12 May 2014
Taiwan-based handset ODMs buying more parts and components from suppliers in China
Taiwan-based handset ODMs have been purchasing more handset components and parts from the supply chain in China in order to lower their production costs, according to industry sour...
Monday 12 May 2014
Radiantech brand new optical communication product synchronizing with the world
Cloud computing has become more and more matured in recent years. Various networking platforms, online application services, mobile hand-held devices and Data Centre are massively...
Monday 12 May 2014
MacBook shipments in 2Q14 to grow 28.6% sequentially, say Taiwan makers
There will be 3.6 million MacBook notebooks shipped in the second quarter of 2014, increasing 28.6% on quarter, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.
Monday 12 May 2014
Pegatron only Taiwan notebook ODM to see sequential growth in April revenues
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs Compal Electronics, Inventec, Wistron and Pegatron have reported consolidated revenues for April, with only Pegatron seeing on-month growth, according to...
Friday 9 May 2014
Synnex April revenues down on month
IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$27.6 billion (US$912 million) for April, dropping 8.1% on month...
Friday 9 May 2014
Vendors to roll out entry-level and mid-range water-proof smartphones in 2015, say sources
Some handset vendors are likely to roll out water-proof smartphones targeting the sub-US$300 segment in 2015, according to sources at Taiwan's handset component supply chain.
Friday 9 May 2014
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels – 1Q 2014
Taiwan's small- to medium-size panel makers face strong competition in the handset sector from Japan- and Korea-based firms in the high-end segment and from China-based suppliers in...
Friday 9 May 2014
China market: Vivo to launch smartphone Xshot
China-based smartphone vendor Vivo will launch Xshot, an Android 4.3 smartphone, in the China market in June, according to China-based media reports.
Friday 9 May 2014
4G Trends and Smart Applications
Improving mobile data communication technology plays a key role in constructing a smart service network in smart cities. Currently, 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile data transfer...
Friday 9 May 2014
Smart payment tools and innovative applications
Consumer payments have developed from using paper, to magnetic stripe cards, to integrated circuit (IC) cards, and eventually, to chip cards. The evolution from magnetic stripe cards...