Last update: Wednesday 3 April 2013 [115 news items]
MediaTek shipments for TD-SCDMA handsets to soar, says paper
Stockwatch - May 20, 16:34
MediaTek is expected to see its shipments of 3G TD-SCDMA chipsets top two million units a month around the end of the third quarter, compared to about one million shipped monthly...
ST-Ericsson focuses on entry-level smartphone segment for emerging markets
May 19, 13:53
ST-Ericsson, the world's third-largest handset chipset maker, is working with China Mobile and handset vendors on entry-level smartphones and TD-SCDMA, according to company senior...
4G market to come into focus in 2012, says ABI Research
May 14, 16:05
ABI Research has been tracking cities and population coverage for 4G for the past year. At the end of 2009 there were more than 170 802.16e carriers across 65 countries, covering...
China market: China Mobile sees strong 3G user growth in March
Apr 22, 12:18
China Mobile Communications, one of the three 3G mobile telecom carriers in China, saw the number of its 3G subscribers increase by 3.41 million in March 2010, the highest-ever monthly...
China market: Samsung takes almost 54% share of TD-SCDMA handset market in February, says GFK
Apr 19, 10:57
Samsung Electronics claimed a 53.8% share of China's TD-SCDMA handset market in the February 2010, its sixth consecutive month at the top, according to market research firm GFK.
Worldwide WCDMA handset semiconductor revenues to exceed US$30 billion by 2014, says In-Stat
Mar 3, 16:12
WCDMA handset semiconductor revenues will see a CAGR of over 10% between 2009 and 2014, exceeding US$30 billion by 2014. Overall handset semiconductor revenues will see a more moderate...
China market: 3G handset sales to top 40 million units in 2010, says paper
Newswatch - Feb 24, 14:38
Total sales of 3G handsets in the China market are expected to top 40 million units in 2010, pushing the total number of 3G service users to 71 million at the year end, the Chinese-language...
China market: Dopod to launch 6 TD-SCDMA handsets in 2010
Feb 10, 15:02
China-based smartphone vendor Dopod, which has strong connections with HTC (High Tech Computer), plans to launch six TD-SCDMA-enabled smartphones in the China market in 2010, according...
SMIC confirms investment talks
Feb 10, 14:27
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has confirmed it is in talks with a potential investor regarding a possible capital injection plan. The investor is looking...
China 3G handset market to rise by a factor of six in 2010, says iSuppli
Feb 8, 12:04
Domestic shipments of 3G handsets in China are expected to amount to 42.97 million units in 2010, up from 7.2 million in 2009, according to iSuppli. The research firm attributed the...
MediaTek announces strategic cooperation agreement with AST Wireless
Jan 18, 17:10
MediaTek has announced a strategic cooperation with AST Wireless (AST), a China-based developer of TD-SCDMA modem chips.
China-based vendors prefer TD-SCDMA, CDMA to WCDMA due to cost concerns
Jan 6, 14:44
China-based 3G handset vendors have generally offered more TD-SCDMA and CDMA2000 products than WCDMA in the China market, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
China market: China Mobile aims to add 30 million 3G users in 2010
Jan 6, 14:20
China Mobile had more than five million 3G subscribers as of the end of 2009 and aims to increase the number by 30 million in 2010, according to the company. Taiwan-based handset...
Acer and Asustek to launch customized 3G handsets for China market in 2010
Dec 11, 12:09
Acer and Asustek Computer both plan to launch customized 3G smartphones in cooperation with China-based 3G carriers, including China Mobile and China Unicom, in 2010, according to...
TD-SCDMA subscriber base to increase by over 20 million in 2010, says Leadcore president
Nov 26, 14:50
The number of TD-SCDMA handset subscribers is expected to increase by more than 20 million in 2010, according to an estimate of Sun Yuwang, president of Leadcore Technology, a provider...
Taiwan panel makers should be allowed to set up plants in China, says China MIIT vice minister
Nov 25, 14:50
The Taiwan government should allow Taiwan-based LCD panel makers to set up plants in China, Lou Qingjian, vice minister of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology...
Compal Communications to use MediaTek 3G handset solutions
Nov 25, 14:16
Compal Communications will begin to use handset solutions, including 3G TD-SCDMA chips, from MediaTek for handset production, according to Compal chairman Ray Chen.
Vibo Telecom sets up trial TD-SCDMA network in Taiwan
Nov 25, 11:56
Taiwan-based 3G operator Vibo Telecom and China's TD-SCDMA Alliance have jointly completed an experimental TD-SCDMA network in Taipei City at a total cost of NT$50 million (US$1.54...
Foxconn Group wins Acer TD-SCDMA smartphone orders, says paper
Newswatch - Nov 24, 14:03
The Foxconn Group has beat Compal Communications to win orders for TD-SCDMA smartphones from Acer, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report. Acer previously...
China wireless infrastructure equipment spending peaks in 2009, says iSuppli
Nov 23, 14:18
Massive spending on 3G networks by China's three mobile carriers will cause spending on wireless infrastructure equipment in the nation to surge by 27.7% to reach US$6.3 billion in...
Door open for 4 Taiwan telecom carriers to adopt TD-SCDMA or TD-LTE
Newswatch - Nov 4, 15:29
Four of the five 3G mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan have adopted the WCDMA standard while reserving a 5MHz frequency band which may be used for TDD (time-division duplexing) technologies...
China market: Nokia set to launch first TD-SCDMA handset by year-end
Oct 28, 11:10
Nokia has announced its first TD-SCDMA handset, the 6788, which it expects to launch in the China market by the end of December 2009 in partnership with China Mobile.
China market: Sales of TD-SCDMA chipsets exceed 5 million units
Sep 18, 14:30
Sales of TD-SCDMA chipsets in the China market exceeded five million units as of the end of August 2009, according to Yang Hua, secretary general of the TD-SCDMA Industry Alliance.
Qualcomm, MediaTek, TSMC to enjoy strong China 3G demand in 2010
Aug 28, 11:48
Qualcomm, MediaTek and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) are expected to be the biggest beneficiaries of China's 3G market in 2010. 3G handset sales in China are likely...
MediaTek and China Mobile to strengthen cooperation on TD-SCDMA and TD-LTE technologies
Aug 27, 15:38
Taiwan-based IC design house MediaTek and China-based carrier China Mobile will strengthen their strategic alliance in the deployment of TD-SCDMA technology and will also cooperate...
China Mobile to spend more than 120 billion yuan for TD-SCDMA CPE products, says chairman
Aug 25, 14:00
China Mobile will invest 120 billion yuan (US$17.57 billion) to build up its TD-SCDMA networks in the next three years, and the company will spend even more on purchasing TD-SCDMA...
HTC and China Mobile sign TD-SCDMA partnership MOU
Aug 24, 10:46
HTC (High Tech Computer) on August 24 signed a MOU with China-based carrier China Mobile to cooperate in the development of TD-SCDMA technology and related products, according to...
China Mobile 3G subscribers top one million in July 2009
Aug 21, 15:35
The total number of 3G subscribers of China Mobile reached 1.09 million at the end of July 2009, an increase of 129,000 from the previous month, according data released by the largest...
China Mobile chairman to visit Taiwan on August 21
Aug 20, 16:14
China Mobile chairman Wang Jiangzhou will arrive in Taipei on August 21 for a 9-day visit. In addition to visiting Taiwan-based carriers such as Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Far EasTone...
TriQuint to supply PAs bundled with MediaTek TD-SCDMA chips in 2010
Aug 10, 10:59
TriQuint Semiconductor will begin small-volume shipments of power amplifier (PA) products bundled with MediaTek's TD-SCDMA chips in 2010, according to market sources.
HTC to launch at least three Android handsets in China in 2009
Aug 5, 11:35
HTC (High Tech Computer) and its China marketing partner Dopod will launch at least three Android-powered handsets in the China market in 2009, including WCDMA-enabled HTC Hero and...
Siano debuts CMMB mobile-TV chip with conditional access and descrambling
Jul 27, 11:29
Siano Mobile Silicon has announced the SMS1186 CMMB TV receiver chip, a drop in replacement to its SMS1180, which adds on-chip decoding support for Pay-TV services which are emerging...
China market: Slow 3G handsets sales push vendors to focus again on 2G models
Jul 21, 13:46
Sales of 3G handsets in the China market have been slower than expected recently, pushing some handset vendors to reinforce sales in the 2G segment in order to maintain their market...
China Mobile chairman likely to visit Taiwan in August, say sources
Newswatch - Jul 17, 10:29
China Mobile chairman Wang Jiangzhou is likely to visit Taiwan in August with plans to meet executives of Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) and MediaTek, according to industry...
CMMB market bigger this year than last, says Siano CEO
Jul 9, 17:17
Alon Ironi, CEO and president of mobile TV chip maker, Siano, has spoken out against recent industry murmurs that the...
Spreadtrum SC6820 baseband chip
Spreadtrum Communications has introduced a 1GHz Android smartphone platform for TD-SCDMA (SC8810) and EDGE/WiFi (SC6820) and announced that both products are now sampling with customers...
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Taiwan-based Epic Communications (Epicom) has announced a series of WCDMA/HSDPA power amplifiers (PA) for 3G portable devices and mobile phones. Provided in 3x3mm packages, the new...
Photo: Company, Jan 26.
Nokia has announced the Nokia 6788, its first device for TD-SCDMA - China's domestic 3G standard, at an event in Beijing. The Nokia 6788 is the result of close collaboration between...
Photo: Company, Oct 30.
- 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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| TAIEX (TSE) | 8368.19 | -21.86 | -0.26% |
| TSE electronic | 316.17 | -0.60 | -0.19% |
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| OTC electronic | 143.91 | +0.93 | +0.65% |
- 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
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
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.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.