Last update: Thursday 23 May 2013 [151 news items]
Taiwan market: 2010 online retail sales value over NT$358 billion, says MIC
Oct 20, 14:09
Web portals of online shopping services in the Taiwan market will generate total sales of NT$358.3 billion (US$11.6 billion) in 2010, growing 21.5% from 2009, according to forecasts...
Touch module maker Mutto to ramp up capacity by 250% with new capacity in November
Oct 19, 01:20
Mutto Optronics' monthly capacity is expected to rise 250% to seven million units when its second plant in Suzhou, China go online in November. The Taiwan-based company's first plant...
UK-based IC distributor Premier Farnell opens online shop in Taiwan
Oct 5, 14:23
In addition to Taiwan-based IC distributors WPG Holdings and WT Microelectronics, and US-based rivals Arrow Electronics and Avnet Electronics, UK-based IC distributor Premier Farnell...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom to enhance online application store Hami Apps
Oct 5, 01:35
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), the largest mobile telecom carrier in Taiwan, will enlarge the availability of handset-based applications at its online store Hami Apps by increasing the number...
Xander receives sole distribution right for Hanwang products in Taiwan
Sep 28, 02:05
Taiwan-based channel retailer Xander International received the sole distribution right for selling products from China-based Hanwang and the company plans to sell 2,000 Hanwang e-book...
Taiwan market: FET sets up joint venture Omusic to launch online music services
Sep 28, 01:30
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) on September 27 announced the establishment of Omusic to provide online digital music services in the Taiwan market. The company is a joint venture...
Taiwan market: 1H10 online advertising services valued over NT$3.8 billion, says IAMA
Sep 24, 10:24
Providers of online advertising services in the Taiwan market generated total revenues of NT$3.809 billion (US$120 million) during the first half of 2010, rising 23.87% on year, according...
Taiflex records sales record in August
Sep 21, 01:10
Taiflex Scientific turned in NT$701 million (US$22.14 million) in revenues for August 2010, up 6.96% sequentially for a new monthly record, according to the company. Solar backsheets...
Liton aluminum foil production lines in China to go online in September
Sep 15, 01:10
Taiwan-based aluminum foil maker Liton Technology has completed equipment installation at its plant in Abazhou of China's Sichuan Province with two new production lines to go online...
Soft-World licenses online games to Southeast Asia markets
Sep 7, 16:08
Soft-World International, the largest developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, on September 6 signed licensing agreements with Thailand-based AsiaSoft to operate Legend of Dai...
China market: 1H10 online advertising revenues top 10 billion yuan
Aug 24, 10:02
Providers of online advertising services in the China market generated total revenues of 10.103 billion yuan (US$1.48 billion) in first-half 2010, rising by 14.7% from second-half...
China market: Online gaming revenues top 7.7 billion yuan in 2Q10
Aug 12, 12:10
Online gaming operators in the China market generated total revenues of 7.783 billion yuan (US$1.15 billion) in second-quarter 2010, slipping 0.5% on quarter but rising 26.0% on year,...
China market: Network convergence heats up online video market, says Digitimes Research
Newswatch - Aug 5, 15:17
The ongoing process of integrating telecommunications, broadcasting and the Internet in China has pushed broadcasting service providers to actively venture into the online video market,...
China market: Foxconn opens online shopping portal
Aug 3, 15:59
The Foxconn Group on August 1 started operation of its business to customer online shopping portal www.efeihu.com in the China market, a further step in Foxconn's retail business...
China market: Annual online game revenues to exceed 50 billion yuan in 5 years, says ChinaJoy
Jul 30, 14:31
Operators of online games in the China market generated total revenues of 25.6 billion yuan (US$3.75 billion) in 2009, and the annual total figure will keep increasing by 30% in 2010...
Taiwan market: Chinesegamer launches 3D online casino game Diamond Club
Jul 12, 11:28
Chinesegamer International, a developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, on July 9 announced the launch of the Diamond Club, its free 3D online casino game, in the Taiwan market...
China market: Taobao, Wasu set up joint venture to offer online shopping, digital content
Jun 30, 11:35
Taobao, China's largest C2C online web portal under the Alibaba Group, and local IPTV service supplier Wasu on June 29 announced a joint venture capitalized at 100 million yuan (US$14.7...
Taiwan market: Chinesegamer to launch 3D online game
Jun 29, 14:25
Chinesegamer International, a developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, on June 28 debuted Emperor Online, its first 3D online game in Taiwan, for launch in August, according...
Taiwan-based Joymaster launches cross-platform Mahjong online game
Jun 25, 10:15
Joymaster, a Taiwan-based developer of handset-based games, has launched Mahjong Online, a Chinese-language game based on PCs, iPad, iPhone and Android smartphones, for free play,...
China market: Online game operators generate 7.92 billion yuan in 1Q10, says iResearch
May 31, 16:46
Online game operators in the China market generated total revenues of 7.92 billion yuan (US$1.16 billion) in the first quarter of 2010, increasing 9.1% on quarter and 28.7% on year,...
Chunghwa Telecom opens online application store
May 28, 13:52
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on May 27 announced the opening of Hami Apps, its online store Android smartphones applications, with more than 250 titles initially available for download.
FET online application store hits 200,000 downloads
May 28, 11:39
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has announced that S Mart (formerly termed S Marketplace), its online store for Chinese-language Android applications, has seen 410 applications...
Taiwan-based Gamania to launch online game Divina in Japan in 3Q10
May 27, 10:56
Taiwan-based online games developer Gamania Digital Entertainment on May 26 announced that it will launch Divina, a 3D fantasy MMORPG (massively multi-player online role-playing game)...

May 7, 16:51
Taobao, China-based online auction and B2C online shopping services provider under the Alibaba Group, on May 6 signed for cooperation with VISA to offer 3D secure paymet services...
Taiwan market: TWM opens online application store
Apr 27, 16:56
Taiwan Mobile (TWM), a 3G mobile telecom carrier in Taiwan, on April 26 launched match Market, its online store of Chinese-language application programs, with 120 applications available...
Taiwan market: CHT to launch online applications store in May
Apr 15, 16:55
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) plans to launch its own online applications store in May 2010, with application programs to initially support Android platforms.
China market: Chinesegamer unveils 3D Chinese Hero Online
Apr 12, 10:16
Chinesegamer International, a Taiwan-based developer/operator of online games, and ChangYou (CYou), an online game operator belonging to China-based web portal Sohu.com, have jointly...
Taiwan market: Gamania to operate shooting game MKZ Online imported from China
Mar 30, 16:54
Gamania Digital Entertainment, the second largest developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, on March 29 announced it has obtained the Taiwan market operating right for Metal Knight...
Axel Technologies to launch products at online application stores, says CEO
Mar 17, 14:42
Axel Technologies, a Finland-based provider of mobile TV solutions, plans to launch its software products such as the Fuugo at online application stores such as App Store later in...
Taiwan market: Online advertising generates nearly NT$7 billion in 2009
Mar 3, 15:51
Taiwan's online advertising services generated revenues of NT$6.989 billion (US$213 million) in 2009, growing 16.93% from 2008, according to the Internet Advertising and Media Association...
China market: 315 million mobile online searches made per day in 4Q09
Feb 22, 10:25
In the China market, an average of 315 million mobile online searches were made a day via handsets, smartphones, PDAs and other types of hand-held devices, but not including notebooks...
Taiwan-based Soft-World to offer Vietnamese-language online game
Feb 12, 15:31
Soft-World International will license out a Vietnamese-language MMORPG for operation in the Vietnam market, with the launch scheduled for the second quarter of 2010, according to...
Top mobile telecom carriers in China, Taiwan making efforts to set up own online application stores
Feb 11, 14:45
China Mobile China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom, the three largest mobile telecom carriers in China, as well as Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone...
Taiwan market: Sony Ericsson pushes online handset sales
Feb 11, 14:00
Sony Ericsson has set up an online store in Taiwan to promote sales of its own-brand handsets, according to Steve Yeh, president of Sony Ericsson Taiwan.
China market: C2C online transactions reach nearly 73 billion yuan in 4Q09, says Analysys
Feb 4, 10:05
China's online C2C transactions reached 72.91 billion yuan (US$10.68 billion) in fourth-quarter 2009, rising 19.8% sequentially and 96.2% on year, according to Analysys Internation...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- GIGABYTE Launches the BRIX Ultra Compact PC Kit
- AEWIN Introduces Newest Multiplayer Gaming System SGA-5010
- Carry Technology Highlights Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi Card Reader Series
- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- 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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| OTC electronic | 143.77 | -0.29 | -0.2% |

- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- 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

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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...
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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
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