Last update: Friday 10 February 2012 [1312 news items]
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom poised to offer mobile satellite communication service
Feb 10, 16:18
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has filed an application with the National Communications Commission (NCC) for approval for operating mobile satellite-based communication service in the Taiwan...
Taiwan market: HP unveils Envy ultrabooks
Feb 10, 12:34
Hewlett-Packard (HP) on February 9 unveiled two ultrabooks, Envy 14 Spectre and Envy 15 Spectre, for launch in the Taiwan market at retail prices of NT$49,900 (US$1,683) and NT$64,...
Taiwan market: HP opens first all-service center
Feb 10, 12:16
Hewlett-Packard (HP) on February 9 opened an all-service center in downtown Taipei, with operations focusing on exhibiting business-use and high-end consumer PCs, and providing maintenance...
Taiwan market: Sony unveils dual-screen tablet PC
Feb 8, 01:20
Sony on February 7 unveiled Tablet P, a tablet PC featuring dual 5.5-inch touch screens, Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor, a 300,000-pixel front camera and a 5-megapixel rear camera,...
Taiwan market: February LCD monitor sales to grow 10% sequentially
Feb 7, 14:41
Branded LCD vendors in Taiwan including Asustek Computer, Chimei, BenQ and ViewSonic will offer incentives to promote sales to students in the local market upon the beginning of the...
Taiwan market: Delta installs 1,300 LED street lamps in Penghu
Feb 7, 14:25
Delta Electronics has announced the completion of 1,300 LED street lamps in Penghu County, Taiwan.
Taiwan market: Nearly 27,000 projectors shipped in 4Q11
Feb 2, 12:22
There were 26,925 projectors shipped in the Taiwan market during fourth-quarter 2011, increasing 3% sequentially but decreasing 11.4% on year, according to IDC Taiwan.
Taiwan market: Cable TV operator to launch 100Mbps Internet-access service
Jan 31, 11:05
As Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) plans to launch 100Mbps FTTx access to the Internet in the Taiwan market in March-April 2012, kbro, a local MSO (multi-system operator of cable TV), is capable...
Taiwan market: Symantec records largest 2011 market share for consumer information security software
Jan 19, 16:35
Symantec's Norton series products occupied 34% of the sales value for consumer information security software in the Taiwan market in 2011, followed by Trend Micro with 28% and Kaspersky...
Taiwan market: Aleees to cooperate with transportation industry for electric buses
Jan 19, 13:44
Taiwan-based electric bus player Advanced Lithium Electrochemistry (Aleees) has recently announced it has signed contracts with two Taiwan-based bus transportation service providers...
Qisda, Chimei develop medicare equipment
Jan 18, 16:45
Taiwan-based EMS provider Qisda and branded LCD TV vendor Chimei both plan to strengthen their deployments in the health-care industry, according to industry sources.
Taiwan market: Tatung InfoComm under pressure to expand WiMAX network
Jan 13, 10:57
Tatung InfoComm, a WiMAX operator in southern Taiwan, has set up fewer than 600 base stations and therefore is under the pressure of expanding its network to meet the required minimum...
Taiwan market: Tsann Kuen to launch 51-inch PDP 3D TVs
Jan 12, 13:48
Taiwan-based retail channel operator Tsann Kuen Enterprise will launch 51-inch PDP 3D TVs from Sampo with a price tag below NT$30,000 (US$999) during the Lunar New Year holidays.
Taiwan market: WiMAX services subscribers exceed 130,000
Jan 10, 00:40
The number of WiMAX services subscribers in Taiwan reached 131,000 at the end of November 2011, an increase of 84.5% from the number recorded at the end of June 2011, according to...
Taiwan market: FET to procure over 1.15 million smartphones in 2012
Jan 9, 16:25
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) will procure 1.57 million handsets of which 73-75% or 1.15-1.18 million units will be smartphones, according to the mobile carrier.
Taiwan market: Government allocates NT$2 billion for LED street lamps
Jan 9, 15:13
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) plans to have a budget up to NT$2 billion (US$66 million) to switch 326,000 units of street lamps into LED lightings. Many LED firms hope...
Senao December revenues hit record
Jan 9, 10:25
Senao International, a handset and communication device retail chain as well as a sales agent for Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan, saw its revenues of NT$3.011 billion (US$99.4 million)...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom plans trial run of 1Gbps FTTx
Jan 6, 12:26
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) plans to start trial operation of 1Gbps FTTx Internet-access service in five metropolitan areas around Taiwan in the first quarter of 2012, according to the...
Taiwan market: Asustek expects to ship 460,000-500,000 LCD monitors in 2012
Jan 6, 01:35
Asustek Computer expects its shipments of LCD monitors in the Taiwan market to reach 460,000-500,000 units in 2012, including models with touch features to be rolled out in the third...
Taiwan market: Handset shipments to grow only 5% on year in 2012
Jan 5, 14:29
Handset sales, including both smartphone and feature phones, in the Taiwan market are expected to only grow slightly by 5% on year in 2012 due to the uncertainty over macro economic...
Taiwan market: Leica launches digital camera V-Lux 3
Jan 5, 14:05
Leica Camera AG has launched its digital camera V-Lux 3 in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$33,500 (US$1,109), according to its Taiwan sales agent Schmidt Marketing...
Taiwan market: Sony launches NEX-7
Jan 5, 14:01
Sony has announced the launch of a mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera (MILC) model, NEX-7, for sale in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$39,980 (US$1,324).
Taiwan market: Chimei, BenQ to roll out 50-inch LCD TVs in 2Q12
Jan 5, 13:34
Taiwan-based branded TV vendors Chimei and BenQ both will launch 50-inch LCD TVs in the second quarter of 2012. Additionally, BenQ also plans to promote 39-inch models in the second...
Taiwan market: TWM retail chain to sell 3C products
Jan 5, 10:35
Telecom carrier Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has announced the offering of 3C products including handsets, tablet PCs, PCs and digital cameras for sale at its local retail chain, myfone.
Taiwan market: Smartphones account for 55% of total handset sales in December
Jan 5, 09:45
Sales of smartphones in the Taiwan market totaled 450,000 units in December 2011, accounting for a 55% share of a total of 820,000 handsets sold in the month, according to data compiled...
Taiwan market: Taipei city government to expand Wi-Fi network of free access to Internet
Jan 4, 01:00
The Taipei City Government will enlarge the coverage of Taipei Free, its free 512Kbps wireless Internet-access service via Wi-Fi hot spots at selected public places, through expanding...
Taiwan market: Xiaomi smartphones from China to be available in 2012, says paper
Newswatch - Dec 30, 11:37
China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi will introduce its smartphone models into the Taiwan market in 2012, the Chinese-language Commercial Times quoted company CEO Lei Jun...
Taiwan market: 1.2 million digital cameras sold in 2011
Dec 29, 15:55
An estimated 1.2 million digital cameras, including DSLR models and MILCs (mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras), were sold in the Taiwan market in 2011, according to industry...
Taiwan market: Canon launches PowerShot S100
Dec 28, 16:36
Canon has announced the launch of PowerShot S100 in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$14,990 (US$496).
Taiwan market: Digital switchover to spur TV industry value in 2012
Dec 28, 11:08
Taiwan will completely switch terrestrial TV broadcasting from analog to digital on July 1, 2012, boosting the local TV sector - including content, hardware and services - to NT$130...
Taiwan market: Sony to sell 3G/Wi-Fi PS Vita in February 2012
Dec 27, 12:34
Sony is set to start selling its 3G/Wi-Fi hybrid Playstation (PS) Vita in Taiwan on February 17, 2012 with its distributor currently negotiating with local carrier Chunghwa Telecom...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom to trial 1G Internet service in 2012
Dec 27, 10:46
Chunghaw Telecom (CHT) will undertake trial operation of 1,024Mbps (1G) fixed-line Internet-access service in some selected areas in 2012, according to company chairman Lu Shyue-ch...
Taiwan market: FET offers mobile website building service for businesses
Dec 27, 01:35
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, on December 26 launched service of building smartphone-based websites for use by...
Taiwan market: Projector sales to stay flat in 4Q11
Dec 22, 14:38
Sales of projectors in the Taiwan market in the fourth quarter of 2011 will reach 26,600 units, similar to the volume sold in the third quarter, according to an industry estimate...
Taiwan market: HTC smartphone sales to top one million units in 2011
Dec 22, 01:35
Sales of HTC smartphones in the Taiwan market will top over one million units in 2011, accounting for 40% of the segment compared to 20% a year earlier, according to Jack Tong, president...
Pegatron to give up Asustek ultrabook orders, says paper
Systems - Newswatch | 12min ago
Asustek ROG MARS II graphics card
Nvidia and Asustek Computer have cooperated to launch ROG MARS II, a graphics card equipped with two Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 GPUs and 3GB GDDR5 memory specifically for professional...
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Toshiba Libretto W100 dual-screen notebook
Toshiba, as part of the 25th anniversary of its notebook innovation, has launched two limited edition notebooks - Libretto W100 and Portege R700 globally. The Libretto W100 features...
Photo: Company, Jun 24.
Motorola Milestone XT701 smartphone
Motorola and Taiwan-based carrier Chunghwa Telecom have co-launched the Milestone XT701 smartphone, which features a 3.7-inch WVGA touchscreen, 5-megapixel digital camera and the...
Photo: Terry Ku, Digitimes, May 12.
Acer has launched a tablet PC, the 11.6-inch Aspire 1420P, in the Taiwan market with a suggested price of below NT$25,000 (US$772). The Aspire 1420P comes with a convertible design...
Photo: Terry Ku, Digitimes, Oct 28.
Samsung Electronics is introducing its branded memory cards for sale in Taiwan, with sales in other select countries likely to follow at a later date. In previous years, Samsung...
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MediaFLO to compete in Taiwan market: Q&A with Qualcomm VP Neville Meijers
As the Taiwan government plans to issue mobile TV operating licenses around the end of 2010, Qualcomm will partner with Taiwan-based enterprises, including Foxlink and Linkmedia Technology...
- Acer to launch CloudMobile smartphone in 3Q12
- Rubicon sees slight increase of sapphire substrate orders
- Order surge of solar cells from Germany to level off in end of February
- ASE expects sales rebound in 2Q12
- Compal ships 2.1 million notebooks in January, says paper
- Acer sees decreased January revenues
- Chunghwa Telecom posts January EPS of NT$0.43
- Foxconn January revenues down sequentially
- HTC lands orders for quad-core smartphone, says paper
- New products to account for 60% of AUO total shipments in 2012
- Intel, Nvidia to showcase latest technologies at MWC 2012
- HannStar Display posts sequential revenue gains in January
- Compal Communications, Arima Communications post mixed results for January
- Nokia, Motorola and Sony likely to increase handset orders to Taiwan ODMs
- Gross margins for ODM TV production to remain low in 2012
- Novatek expects sales to hit bottom in 1Q12
- MStar sees 8-13% sales drop in 1Q12
- Soft-World, Gamania January revenues hit records
- 20GW of solar PV manufacturing equipment to be replaced by 2016, says IMS Research
- Touch panel makers Young Fast, J Touch post declined sales in January
- Growth of global TV shipments to fall to 7% in 2012, says GfK
- Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom poised to offer mobile satellite communication service
- Amtran revenues down in January
- Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage see January revenues decrease
- Silicon wafer shipments down in 2011, says SEMI
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- Marvell and Google Team Up to Transform TV into the Command Center for the 'Connected Lifestyle'
- Marvell Launches Breakthrough Smart Energy Management Platforms for Appliances and LED Lighting Solutions
- Digi-Key announces global distribution agreement with Marktech Optoelectronics
- Valuable LED lighting - Ecomaa Dimmable LED MR16
- American Based Porsche Showroom Complements its HighEnd Automobiles with GlacialLight LED Lights
- 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
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- NEC develops super-resolution technologies for fine magnification of surveillance camera images
- Fujitsu introduces ARROWS Z ISW11F au smartphone
- Isolated power factor corrected offline regulator needs no opto
- PSCo Technical Distribution partners with Matrox to offer fully integrated turnkey video walls
13-Feb-2012 11:48 (GMT+8)
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- Taiwan banks want higher investment limit for China peers (February 9) - Reuters
- China's exports and imports fall (February 10) - BBC News
- Foxconn hacked by group called SwaggSec (February 8) - 9to5Mac.com
- Post-election Taiwan: beyond exports (February 7) - The Financial Times
- Deadly cold snap cripples Europe (February 6) - ABC News
- IMF cuts China 2012 growth forecast to 8.25% (February 6) - Marketwatch.com (Dow Jones)
- US job numbers show strong growth (February 3) - BBC News
- Taiwan backs Ma, but unease over China remains (January 14) - BBC News
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- Commentary: Lack of distribution channels continues to hover over Taiwan solar industry
- Possible versions to fix Elpida debt repayment crunch
- Commentary: Could automation solve labor issues for Foxconn?
- Commentary: Apple being dragged into US-China trade war
- Digitimes Research: Greater China to take up 65% of global small- to medium-size TFT LCD shipments in 2011
Growth of the LED market: Q&A with James Jenson, vice president of LED business unit at Veeco
US-based MOCVD equipment provider Veeco currently ranks number one in global market share with 50%...
MEMS sensors market looking strong: Q&A with Kionix director of marketing Brachocki
In a recent telephone interview, Ed Brachocki, director of marketing at Kionix, updated several developments...
The greening of Taiwan: Q&A with Siemens Taiwan CEO Peter Weiss
While Taiwan is not usually thought of as being at the forefront of the green revolution, Taipei happened...
Focus on small, cost-effective packages: Q&A with STATS ChipPAC CEO Tan Lay Koon
Despite uncertainties in the semiconductor industry outlook, packaging and testing firm STATS ChipPAC...
- 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.