Last update: Thursday 14 March 2013 [86 news items]
Network equipment makers see 25-45% sequential revenue declines in January
Feb 10, 11:58
Most Taiwan network equipment makers suffered sequential declines in revenues in January ranging from 25% to almost 45% as the ongoing global slowdown has hampered demand from the...
Taiwan production partners not affected by Nortel bankruptcy filing
Jan 16, 11:30
Nortel Networks' production partners in Taiwan, including EMS companies and network equipment makers, have said that Nortel's filing for bankruptcy protection will not have a significant...
Taiwan makers to show latest networking devices at CES
Dec 30, 15:14
A number of Taiwan network equipment makers, including Alpha Networks, AzureWave Technologies and Zyxel Communications, will showcase their latest networking devices during the 2009...
Network equipment makers turn conservative about investments
Dec 17, 16:52
Although most Taiwan network equipment have not yet adopted such measures as layoffs, pay cuts, or asking employees to take unpaid leave, to counter the current business downturn,...
Network equipment makers see gross margins improving in 4Q despite slow sales
Dec 10, 11:45
Despite slow sales amid off-season effect in the fourth quarter, a number of Taiwan-based network equipment makers are projecting that their gross margins are likely to edge up sequentially,...
Alpha Networks revenues drop in October compared to record high in September
Nov 7, 16:19
Network-equipment Alpha Networks saw its revenues decline 18.5% sequentially to NT$2.3 billion (US$70.1 million) in October after its monthly figures hit a record high in the previous...
Most network-equipment makers see earnings tumble by half in Jan-Sep period
Nov 4, 16:16
While a few Taiwan network-equipment makers managed to sustain double-digit growth in revenues in the first three quarters of this year, most makers saw their earnings decline by...
Accton and Alpha Networks report higher-than-expected profits for 3Q
Oct 31, 17:07
Two Taiwan network-equipment makers - Accton Technology and Alpha Networks - have reported higher-than-expected earnings for the third quarter of this year buoyed by shipments of...
Alpha Networks revenues hit record high in August
Sep 10, 01:10
Alpha Networks saw its revenues hit a record high of NT$2.56 billion (US$80.5 million) in August, up 20% sequentially and also up 21% on year, according to a company filing with the...
Taiwan network-equipment makers to count on SMB and telecom sectors to boost sales
Aug 15, 15:38
Most Taiwan network-equipment makers are expected to focus more on boosting sales in the small and medium-size business (SMB) and telecom sectors to cushion slow sales of consumer...
Alpha Networks issues optimistic guidance for 3Q08
Aug 8, 14:40
Network-equipment Alpha Networks has issued optimistic guidance for its profitability in the third-quarter of this year, after seeing its net profits jump 162% sequentially to NT$320...
D-Link/Alpha Networks lands 200,000 STB orders from Vastar
Jul 24, 14:36
Taiwan-based Vastar Cable TV Systems, a cable TV operator and WiMAX licensee, has decided to purchase an initial 200,000 IP STBs (set-top boxes) from D-Link, according to Ramos Hsu,...
Network-equipment makers speed up development of IP STBs to meet rising demand
Jul 22, 17:09
Most Taiwan network-equipment makers have sped up their development of IP set-top boxes (STBs) to meet growing demand from Europe, according to sources at the makers.
Networking device makers see healthy revenues growth in 3Q08
Jul 3, 14:12
Despite growing concerns of an economic slowdown worldwide, most Taiwan network-equipment makers, including Accton Technology, Alpha Networks, D-Link and Gemtek Technology, expect...
NEC inaugurates WiMAX R&D center in Taiwan
Jun 11, 16:48
NEC on June 10 announced the official establishment of its WiMAX R&D center in Taiwan that will help carry out interoperability testing (IOT) for WiMAX CPE (customer premise equipment)...

ExpressCards, USB dongles, embedded modules and base stations featured at WiMAX Expo
Jun 3, 12:10
While WiMAX routers and gateways were the main items of WiMAX-related exhibitions held in Taipei last year, WiMAX-enabled ExpressCards, USB dongles and embedded WiMAX modules are...

- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
- HannStar Display posts 1Q13 profits
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
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- DIGIEVER partnership with EverFocus for better professional network surveillance solutions
- Advantech Introduces New 18" and 21" Widescreen Multitouch Panel PCs
- Digital Network Fuels Opportunities in Vehicle Surveillance Market
- Advantech Redefines Entry Level Network Application Platforms
- WD shipping world's first 5 mm 2.5-inch hard drive
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
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- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal

Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...

Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...

MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...

Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.


















