Last update: Wednesday 2 May 2012 [104 news items]
Migosoft and Chief Telecom to co-develop Internet marketing solutions for Taiwan and China markets
Newswatch - Aug 28, 11:36
Taiwan-based Internet marketing solution provider Migosoft will cooperate with ISP Chief Telecom to develop marketing solutions targeting the Internet advertisement markets in Taiwan...
China market: Internet user-base grows to 338 million in June 2009
Aug 12, 14:36
The Internet user-base in China increased to an estimated 338 million as of the end of June 2009, according to the latest semiannual survey conducted by the China Internet Network...
Taiwan market: FET, Taipower cooperate to test PLC Internet access
Aug 5, 15:24
Telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) and state-run Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) on August 4 began trial operation of broadband Internet-access services based on...
Taiwan international Internet bandwidth rises to almost 265Gbps in 2Q09
Jul 16, 09:58
Taiwan's direct Internet connection with 19 countries (including Hong Kong and Macau) reached a total bandwidth of 264.669Gbps as of the end of the second quarter of 2009, increasing...
China market: Mobile Internet user base grows to nearly 139 million in 1Q09
Jul 14, 11:52
The total number of mobile Internet-access subscribers in China increased to 138.79 million at the end of the first quarter of 2009, according to China-based consulting company Analysys...
Nokia to launch Chinese-version Ovi Store in China in year-end 2009
Jun 26, 16:47
Nokia plans to launch a Chinese version of its Internet Ovi Store in the China market by the end of 2009 as China's mobile Internet service market is set for robust growth in the...
Jun 2, 11:55
Nvidia built its name around satisfying PC gamers' desire for better graphics, higher resolutions, and higher frame rates, from one GPU generation to the next. But around five years...

Economic conditions reducing mobile end-user spending up to 15%, says ABI Research
May 11, 11:43
Mobile end-user average revenues per user (ARPUs) dropped between 5% and 15% on year in fourth-quarter 2008 compared to fourth-quarter 2007. China, India, and a number of other Asian...
Taiwan market: Government agency to mediate over IP peering fee dispute
Apr 16, 16:44
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has said that it will talk with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and other fixed-network telecommunication operators to resolve the dispute...
Chinese character top-level domain may be available in 4Q09
Apr 1, 16:50
The Chinese character spelling for Taiwan can be used as a top-level domain in place Taiwan's currently assigned TLD (.tw) beginning as early as the fourth quarter of 2009, according...
IPv6 unlikely to replace IPv4 over next several years, say Taiwan specialists
Mar 31, 17:11
Although the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has been calling attention to the expected exhaustion of IPv4 addresses in 2011, it will be difficult to transition to IPv6...
Lanner announces three new appliances featuring Intel Xeon 5500 platform
Mar 31, 16:50
Lanner Electronics has announced three new rackmount systems built with the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series, based on the Nehalem microarchitecture.

Mar 11, 13:57
US Consumer spending on subscription-TV, broadband, and mobile services will be "about the same" for most consumers, but about 15% intend to cut back, according to In-Stat...
Global demand for 50 billion Internet connected devices in 2020, says Ericsson Taiwan
Mar 4, 11:15
There will be estimated global demand for 50 billion Internet connected devices of various types in 2020, including handsets, desktop PCs, notebooks, MIDs (mobile Internet devices),...
China market: Internet user base grew to 298 million at end of 2008
Jan 19, 15:08
The number of Internet surfers in China increased to an estimated 298 million as of the end of December 2008, remaining as the largest among all countries, according to the latest...
Taiwan market: Number of xDSL users keeps falling in 3Q08
Jan 15, 14:35
While the number of home/business subscribers of broadband fixed-line Internet services in Taiwan was steadily growing to 4.74 million at the end of the third quarter of 2008, the...
Taiwan market: Online advertising growing, says IAMA
Jan 14, 17:10
Providers of online advertising service in Taiwan generated a total revenues of an estimated NT$5.976 billion (US$182 million) in 2008, rising by 20.72% from 2007, and the total value...
Google to launch Street View of Taiwan in 2H 2009
Jan 9, 16:35
Google is taking pictures of street landscapes in cities around Taiwan and is expected to offer Street View about Taiwan in the second half of 2009, according to Google Taiwan managing...

Taiwan's international Internet bandwidth rises to over 235Gbps in 4Q08
Jan 8, 10:50
Taiwan's direct Internet connection with 19 countries (including Hong Kong and Macao) reached a total bandwidth of 235.096Gbps as of the end of the fourth quarter of 2008, increasing...
Taiwan market: Internet users get nearly 30 spam emails per day on average
Dec 9, 15:48
Users of Internet services in Taiwan receive a daily average of 29.76 spam email messages, according to a survey of 12,478 participants conducted by the Taiwan Internet Association...
China market: Mobile communication service subscribers over 627 million in October 2008
Dec 3, 11:06
There were 627.27 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of October 2008, growing by 0.52% on month and by 18.03% on year, according to statistics...
Taiwan market: So-net aims to hike broadband Internet users
Nov 24, 13:54
So-net Entertainment Taiwan, an ISP (Internet service provider) and ICP (Internet content provider), has set a goal of increasing the number of its broadband Internet-access subscribers...
Taiwan market: MSOs competing for 10M Internet-access users
Nov 17, 11:41
Leading multi-system operators (MSOs) of cable TV service in Taiwan have been promoting sales of cable-modem broadband Internet-access service at a download speed of 10Mbps, in a...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom aims to boost adoption of 3.5G data card services in 2009
Nov 7, 16:17
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has been actively promoting its mobile Internet-access service and has set a goal of increasing its number of HSDPA data card subscribers by 100,000 in 2009...

Taiwan's international Internet bandwidth rose to over 223Gbps at end of 3Q08
Oct 28, 16:23
Taiwan's direct Internet connections with 19 countries (including Hong Kong and Macao) reached a total bandwidth of 223.701Gbps as of the end of third-quarter 2008, increasing by...
Oct 28, 16:07
Of Internet users in Taiwan, 90.7% have at some time used mobile data services on a handset or smartphone, according to an international Worldwide Mobile Data Service Survey (WMDSS)...
Taiwan Internet market: Volume of xDSL users continues to fall in 2Q08
Oct 21, 16:00
While the total number of home/business subscribers of broadband fixed-line Internet services was steadily growing to 4.70 million at the end of the second quarter of 2008, the corresponding...
Ericsson collaborates with Intel to bring HSPA to mobile Internet devices (MIDs)
Oct 20, 17:05
Ericsson has announced that it is collaborating with Intel to bring HSPA mobile data solutions to mobile Internet devices (MIDs). Ericsson is thereby extending its 3G mobile broadband...
China market: Internet service value to reach 137.5 billion yuan in 2011
Oct 13, 12:05
The total value of Internet services provided in the China market is projected to keep growing to 137.5 billion yuan (US$20.1 billion) in 2011, according to China-based consulting...
Top-level domains in Taiwan to support Chinese characters from 1Q09
Aug 22, 12:34
The Chinese characters spelling Taiwan (.¥xÆW) will be available for use in top-level Internet domain names starting from the first quarter of 2009, according to the government-sponsored...
China market: 2Q on-line advertising valued at 2.808 billion yuan
Aug 5, 13:32
Providers of on-line advertising services in the China market generated total revenues estimated at 2.808 billion yuan (US$404 million) during the second quarter of 2008, according...
China tops global Internet user-base at end of June 2008
Jul 29, 14:55
The number of Internet surfers in China grew to an estimated 252.9 million as of the end of June 2008, surpassing the US for the first time to become the largest among all countries,...
Taiwan market: xDSL subscriptions fall in 1Q08
Jul 23, 16:35
While the total number of broadband fixed-line Internet service subscribers grew steadily to 4.66 million at the end of first-quarter 2008, the corresponding number of xDSL subscribers...
Taiwan international Internet bandwidth rose to top 222Gbps at end of 2Q08
Jul 18, 12:05
Taiwan's direct Internet connection to 19 countries (including Hong Kong and Macao) reached a total bandwidth of 222.488Gbps as of the end of the second quarter of 2008, increasing...
Taiwan April unemployment rate slightly down
IT + CE | 26min ago
China market: Energy-saving subsidies expected to boost sales of LCD TVs
Displays | 35min ago
New e-book readers face production issues with front light panel
Displays | 44min ago
China and Taiwan LED firms sign agreement in Zhengzhou China
LED | 1h 1min ago
China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon
Green energy | 1h 9min ago
HiSilicon licenses ARM Mali GPUs for smart connected devices
Bits + chips - Newswatch | 1h 13min ago
Price key to popularity of Thunderbolt, say Taiwan motherboard makers
Before Going to Press | May 22, 21:02
TPK to see revenue growth in 3Q12
Before Going to Press | May 22, 20:34
Three Taiwan IC distributors deny Samsung plans to withdraw sales agent rights
Before Going to Press | May 22, 19:49
- June TV panel prices to be flat
- Asustek, Acer to see 10% of notebook shipments in 2012 feature touchscreen panels
- LED industry enjoys high capacity utilization rates in 2Q12
- Solar wafer firms inclined to follow solar cell firms to increase quotes
- Compal lands notebook ODM orders from Samsung
- 3M announces commercial availability of FTB3 barrier film
- Linde expands TFT-LCD footprint in China with gas contract for Samsung in Suzhou
- Weltrend expects to turn into profitability in 2Q12
- Silicon Power Computer & Communications to list on OTC
- Eris Technology to list on OTC at the end of June
- AMD prepares low-voltage CPUs for Windows 8 tablet PCs
- Some China solar cell makers looking for Taiwan partnerships
- Taiwan solar firms fear turning into OEM firms for China
- GET refutes production suspension of thin-film solar products
- Packaging and testing firms see mobile DRAM orders rise
- Rexchip shares at stake between Micron-Elpida deal, say sources
- Taiwan market: WiMAX operator Global Mobile obtains NT$640 million loan
- Acer, Asustek to launch netbooks with upgraded Atom processor in 3Q12
- CMI, AUO see decreasing production costs due to declining equipment depreciation costs
- Intel pushes new battery solutions to reduce ultrabook cost
- Mighty Bright showcasing LED lighting lineup at the National Stationery Show in New York
- International smartphones vendors worried about insufficient LTE chip supply
- Taiwan LED manufacturers to use silicon substrates for producing LED chips
- China TV makers to further expand products abroad
- China market: 6.8 million iPhones shipped in 1Q12, says Digitimes Research
- Digitimes Research: Embedded and standalone integration in NFC IC development
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China freeze before final verdict of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China remain flat despite continuous demand from Europe
- Digitimes Research: April 1 solar FIT cuts in Germany to negatively impact solar spot prices
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- iPV Tracker: TOPPER SUN's intelligent solar tracking system that adjusts the position of PV modules automatically to track the sun can increase the power yield by 30-40%
- Glacialight is pleased to expand its Navi Series LED Flood Light Line into DC
- Advantech Makes Testing More Effective, Advancing Intelligent Vehicle Inspection
- Digi-Key launches new website for Israel
- Kick-off for the latest LED technology from Osram Opto Semiconductors
- 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
- Fujitsu converts Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications into a wholly owned subsidiary
- NEC reaks the speed barriers of microwave transmission with ultra high modulations
- ATO Solution to launch 256Mb SLC NAND Flash - for the first time in fabless industry
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- NEC develops super-resolution technologies for fine magnification of surveillance camera images
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- Thousands protest Taiwan leader's inauguration (May 19) - AP (via Google)
- 40% of employees in Asia/Pacific will be mobile workers by 2015, says IDC (May 14) - IDC
- Globalfoundries welcomes President Barack Obama (May 4) - Company release
- India gives 4G to Qualcomm at last (May 8) - Tech Eye.net
- Abu Dhabi fund Mubadala plans US$5.5 billion spending in 2012 (May 9) - Reuters
- French, Greek voters say no to austerity (May 7) - Washington Post
- SK Hynix won't bid for Elpida (May 3) - Wall Street Journal
- Google, authors go head to head over digital books (May 3) - Reuters
- Commentary: A Micron-Elpida merger would improve DRAM industry health
- Simon Sze and his invention of floating-gate NVM
- Commentary: Long-term solar material supply contracts increase losses during industry downturns
- Commentary: Grid parity in India may happen sooner than expected
- Commentary: US protectionism on domestic solar industry may backfire

Keeping industrial interesting: Q&A with analog and mixed signal solution provider Maxim
According to analog and mixed-signal semiconductor maker Maxim Integrated Products, the industrial...

Over the next 30 years, the world's middle class (defined as per capita income of more than US$8,000...

Turning C code into silicon in 8-16 weeks: Q&A with semi startup Algotochip
Silicon Valley startup Algotochip specializes in architecting and implementing all aspects of a complete...

The rise of China Star Optoelectronics Technology: Q&A with CEO He Chengming
The ramping-up of 8.5G production at China-based BOE Technology and China Star Optoelectronics Technology...
- 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...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - Jun 2011
The motherboard industry began 2010 with optimism and expected to see a reversal of the previous two years' declines in revenues and shipments as the impact of...
- Taiwan DRAM module industry overview - Jun 2011
The year 2010 represented a peak in recent years for the DRAM module industry. Optimism surfaced in the second half of 2009 thanks to a return of demand on the...
- Taiwan ICT industry development and outlook
A presentation prepared for Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), offering an overview of Taiwan's key ICT industries and the dynamics influencing future development. The report is free for download.
- Standards and scale of Asia LED lighting markets
Digitimes Research projects marked growth in LED markets across Asia over the next five years. This Digitimes Research Special Report provides an overview of the standards in the major LED lighting markets in Asia.
- Development of electronics manufacturing bases in China central and western regions
The recently published 12th Five Year Plan clearly states the intention to reform the industrial structure. Central government policy has succeeded in making the central and western regions the most important manufacturing sites for the coming decade.























