Last update: Thursday 16 May 2013 [3070 news items]
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom aims at 70% coverage for 100Mbps FTTx
Jun 20, 14:22
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has been upgrading its fiber-optic broadband Internet infrastructure, with a goal of hiking coverage for its 100Mbps FTTx service to 70% of the population at...
Entry-level models driving China smartphone market growth, says Canalys
Jun 19, 15:40
China will account for more than one-third of the global increase in smartphone shipment volumes in 2012 (over 2011), according to Canalys. The country is already the largest smartphone...
Vibo Telecom unlikely to cover cumulative losses in 2012
Jun 15, 16:13
Vibo Telecom, a 3G mobile telecom carrier in Taiwan, believes that its operations in 2012 are unlikely to cover the cumulative operating loss of previous years, chairman Rock Hsu...
FET adopts long-term policy to deal out cash dividends 100% of net EPS
Jun 14, 14:19
Taiwan-based mobile telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) will adopt a long-term policy of distributing a cash dividend accounting for 100% of the corresponding net...
Taiwan market: CHT to raise FTTx upload speeds
Jun 14, 14:12
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) will upward adjust upload speeds for its FTTx (fiber to the home/building) broadband Internet-access services without raising monthly charges as soon as mid-July...
Taiwan ODMs show no interest in ultra-low price handset market
Jun 14, 01:05
China-based second-tier smartphone brand vendors have recently been pushing their ultra-low price smartphones, priced at only CNY500 (US$79), in the retail channel, but since these...
Unizyx deals out 2011 dividend of NT$1.1
Jun 13, 14:23
Taiwan-based Unizyx Holding decided to distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$1.1 for 2011 operation. The decision was passed at its 2012 shareholder meeting on June 12.
Taiwan market: TWM aims at 300,000 users of myMusic at end of 2012
Jun 12, 10:00
Taiwan-based mobile telecom carrier Taiwan Mobile (TWM) aims to increase the number of subscribers to myMusic, its peer-to-peer online streaming music service at a fixed monthly charge...
Chunghwa Telecom posts January-May net EPS of NT$2.17
Jun 12, 09:40
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on June 11 reported net profit of NT$3.54 billion (US$119 million) for May 2012, resulting in January-May net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$2.17.
Taiwan market: Vee TIME to procure 2,000 WiMAX base stations
Jun 6, 14:41
Vee TIME, a WiMAX operator in the southern half of Taiwan, will procure 2,000 base stations to expand its WiMAX network, as well as the networks of Tatung InfoComm and Vmax Telecom,...
China market: China Unicom gearing up for sub-CNY800 WCDMA smartphones
Jun 4, 11:40
China United Network Communications (China Unicom), the only WCDMA mobile telecom carrier in China, will promote sale of WCDMA smartphone models priced at below CNY800 (US$127) to...
Newswatch - Jun 1, 15:18
Three MSOs (multi-system operators of cable TV) and four terrestrial TV broadcasters in Taiwan as well as a multimedia-on- demand (MOD) service provider will procure an estimated...
Fiber-optic chip maker TrueLight looks to strong revenue gains in 2012
May 31, 16:43
TrueLight Corporation, a Taiwan-based maker of chips and active devices used in fiber-optic communication equipment including EPON and GPON, is expected to see its revenues for 2012...
Taiwan market: NCC to measure mobile, fixed-line Internet-access speeds
May 30, 14:12
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on May 29 announced plans to make sample measurements of mobile and fixed-line broadband Intern-access speeds during August-November...
China operators to invest CNY370 billion in fiber-optic infrastructure in 2012
May 28, 14:49
China Telecom, China Unicom and China Mobile, the three largest telecom carriers in China, will invest a total of CNY370 billion (US$58.6 billion) in fiber-optic infrastructure in...
China market: April mobile phone users reach 1.03 billion
May 24, 11:25
There were 1,030.05 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of April 2012, growing by 1.10% on month and by 14.40% on year, and 158.97 million...
Taiwan market: Four operators to begin selling HTC WiMAX smartphones
May 24, 11:02
Taiwan-based WiMAX operators Vee TIME, Global Mobile, Vmax Telecom and Tatung InfoComm will begin contract-bundled sale of the WiMAX/WCDMA dual-mode HTC EVO Design smartphone in the...
Taiwan market: WiMAX operator Global Mobile obtains NT$640 million loan
May 22, 11:25
Global Mobile, a WiMAX operator in northern Taiwan, on May 21 announced that it has obtained a 5-year syndicated loan of NT$640 million (US$21.7 million) from seven local banks, with...
Faraday tapes out 40nm ASICs for 4G LTE base stations, says paper
Newswatch - May 21, 15:33
IC design service provider Faraday Technology has completed the tape-out of ASICs for 4G LTE base stations, utilizing a 40nm process at United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC),...
China Unicom aims at 30% of revenues from e-commerce services in 2014
May 18, 14:48
China Unicom, one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in China, plans to have its existing e-commerce platform become the largest of its retail channels, with a goal of having...
China Telecom procures PON equipment in large volume
May 18, 11:19
China Telecom has finished 2012 open-bid procurement of PON equipment, with China-based vendors ZTE and FiberHome Technologies as well as Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell being major...
China Mobile to expand TD-LTE trial run
May 17, 10:09
China Mobile will expand trial operation of TD-LTE by setting up trial networks in four more cities in China, tech.sina.com has cited company CEO Li Yue as telling a shareholders...
Taiwan market: Global Mobile to launch HTC WiMAX smartphone
May 15, 16:40
Global Mobile, a WiMAX operator in the northern Taiwan region, has revealed it will launch the HTC EVO Shift, a WiMAX smartphone customized for the carrier, in late May.
Taiwan market: FET, TWM selling new iPad bundled with contracts
May 11, 16:23
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) and Taiwan Mobile (TWM), two mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, on May 11 began contract-bundled sale of the new iPad through retail outlets.
Chunghwa Telecom posts January-April net EPS of NT$1.72
May 11, 01:00
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on May 10 reported net profit of NT$3.83 billion (US$130 million) for April 2012, resulting in January-April net EPS of NT$1.72.
Mobile telecom carriers tend to support WP8, say Taiwan makers
May 10, 12:25
The support for Microsoft Windows Phone 8 (WP8) by Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel is likely to spread to other mobile telecom carriers due to concerns over the growing dominance...
China aims at 250 million fixed-line broadband Internet-access subscribers in 2015
May 10, 10:48
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has set forth plans to establish broadband Internet-access infrastructure around China under the 12th Five-year (2011-2015)...
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile launches Xperia ion LT28i
May 9, 10:13
Sony Mobile Communications on May 8 unveiled Xperia ion LT28i, its latest smartphone model, for launch in the Taiwan market in late May exclusively through Taiwan Mobile's (TWM) contract-bundled...
Commentary: The battle cry in the global LCD TV market
May 4, 16:37
The LCD TV market was hit by low demand in 2011. Due to Thanksgiving holidays in North America, the market finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel near end of 2011.
China March mobile phone user base growing to over 1.018 billion
May 4, 10:39
There were 1.01882 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of March 2012, growing 1.18% on month and 14.44% on year. 152.06 million (14.93%) were...
Chunghwa Telecom working with Intel for green cloud computing
May 3, 11:48
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Intel will cooperate to promote green cloud computing by integrating the chipmaker's cloud server technology and the carrier's cloud computing R&D and...
May 2, 16:28
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) expects the number of its mobile Internet-access subscribers to increase from 1.801 million at the end of March 2012 to 2.35 million at the end of the year,...
Broadcom launches first 100Gbps full duplex network processor
Apr 28, 07:02
Broadcom recently announced the industry's first 100Gbps full duplex network processor unit (NPU). Targeting the next wave of 100GbE switches and routers for service provider networks,...
Taiwan Mobile sees net profits move higher in 1Q12
Apr 27, 16:48
Taiwan Mobile has posted net profits of NT$3.36 billion (US$113.84 million) for the first quarter of 2012, edging up 2% from a year earlier. First-quarter EPS stood at NT$1.25 compared...
China wireless infrastructure investment to peak in 2014, says IHS
Apr 26, 01:00
Increasing expenditures on equipment intended to support the rollout of 4G LTE wireless services are expected to cause China's total spending on mobile infrastructure gear to peak...
ACX sees earnings up over 60% sequentially in 1Q13
Bits + chips | May 21, 21:53
Ilitek to post revenues of over NT$900 million in May
Bits + chips | May 21, 21:39
Sharp to produce 3 types of IGZO LCD panels for notebooks
Displays | May 21, 21:27
3M announces new development of quantum dot enhancement film
Displays | May 21, 20:41
NLT demonstrates latest display technologies, including projective capacitive touch panel technology
Displays | May 21, 20:15
AGC to release new self-adhesive glass for optical bonding used in electronic products
Displays | May 21, 20:03
eMagin enters electronic viewfinder market with OLED microdisplay
Displays | May 21, 19:59
New Vision Display exhibits PMVA color display based on Corning Willow Glass
Displays | May 21, 19:58
Lextar expected to see 2Q13 gross margin rise to 13-14%
LED | May 21, 19:55
Samsung to launch complete line up of notebooks in 2H13
IT + CE | May 21, 19:13
Taiwan panel industry output value worth US$7.86 billion in 1Q13, says IEK
Displays | May 21, 18:13
Sharp announces new Ultra HD TVs
Before Going to Press | May 21, 21:27
Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
Before Going to Press | May 21, 21:19
Shipment proportions of 8- and 10-megapixel lens modules on the rise, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | May 21, 20:58
Telecom operators in China expected to stop placing orders for 3.5-inch smartphones by July 2013
Before Going to Press | May 21, 20:48
Taiwan connector makers worried about competition from China-based makers
Before Going to Press | May 21, 20:37
Taiwan FPCB makers to face renewed competition from rivals in Japan
Before Going to Press | May 21, 20:36
China-based ARM-architecture IC designers to attend 2013 Computex Taipei
Before Going to Press | May 21, 20:35
Taiwan market: Sony to launch Xperia Tablet Z
Before Going to Press | May 21, 20:03
Monitor panel pricing expected to remain stable in May
Before Going to Press | May 21, 19:00
CSOT successfully produces 32-inch Oxide TFT LCD module
Before Going to Press | May 21, 19:00
Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | May 21, 18:04
HTC and Verizon Wireless have jointly announced the HTC Droid DNA, a smartphone with a Full HD 1080p display. It runs on Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor featuring a quad-core...
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At the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Nokia and AT&T announced the Nokia Lumia 900, the first of Nokia's Windows Phone-based range to feature high-speed LTE connectivity...
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AT&T and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) have announced the upcoming availability of the Samsung Infuse 4G. Exclusive to AT&T customers, the Samsung Infuse 4G...
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Verizon Wireless has announced that the HTC Droid Incredible 2, an Android-based smartphone, will be available beginning April 28 and sell for US$199.99 with two-year service agreements...
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HTC has introduced the HTC Sensation, a smartphone that is powered by a Qualcomm 1.2GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android. HTC said smartphones have evolved into pocket-sized...
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Living on the IP edge: Q&A with Vitesse CTO Martin Nuss
Vitesse Semiconductor has been a major player in the semiconductor industry for the past 28 years, from its role in the telecom area in the heyday of SONET/SDH to becoming involved...
China-based Huawei Technologies has always been known for its telecom technologies and equipment, but seeing the rise of cloud computing, the company has also become aggressive about...
The challenge for mobile telecom carriers: Q&A with FET president Yvonne Li
Along with increasing use of smartphones, competition among mobile telecom carriers is changing and they are faced with a big challenge to transform themselves into total solution...
China aiming at balanced development: Q&A with Digitimes Research analyst Joanne Chien
The 12th Five-Year Plan that China is implementing next month has a very different focus than those in the past, namely it is aiming at a more balanced development of the country...
China 3G market growing fast: Q&A with Digitimes Research analyst Roger Huang
The China telecom market officially entered the 3G era just two years ago, much later than some of its neighbors, such as Japan and Taiwan. But its 3G market will be growing fast...
- AMD falls to 4th rank MPU supplier in 2012, says IC Insights
- Revenues for drivers in LED general lighting applications to triple, says IMS Research
- Supply chain to begin volume shipments of new Xbox console orders in 3Q13
- MediaTek 2Q13 sales likely to beat guidance
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 22% in 1Q13
- Taiwan panel makers lower pricing for Ultra HD TV panels
- Innolux expected to ship 1 million TOD units in 2013
- China market: Third-party e-payment services generate CNY1.2 trillion in 1Q13 total trade value, says Analysys
- China market: Online advertising valued at CNY18 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Touch screen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong performance in May
- AUO publishes 65-inch Full HD OLED panel technology paper at SID Display Week
- Taiwan networking device makers see decreasing profit-to-R&D spending ratio
- Win Semi expects to post double-digit revenue growth in 2013
- LED maker Epistar expects more revenues from lighting applications in 3Q13
- TSMC presence in advance process market remains strong
- Chicony seeks growth from non-notebook product lines
- Taiwan makers expected to benefit from Lenovo targeting smartphones in 2013
- LED firms to lower prices through improved technology
- Commentary: High-end LED lighting in demand
- Digitimes Research: Europe solar trade tariffs may slow down market growth
- BenQ Materials expects performance to improve in 2Q13
- TV panel pricing expected to further drop in May, says WitsView
- Demand for large-size driver ICs to boom in 2H13, say backend firms
- TPK expected to see decline in touch screen notebook market share during 2Q13
- Taiwan attracts January-April foreign direct investment of over US$1.5 billion
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- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Leadtek to Show Total Cloud Solutions at Computex Taipei 2013
- Clientron to exhibit its latest Zero/Thin Client and POS solutions along with the full product line at Computex Taipei 2013
- DIGIEVER partnership with EverFocus for better professional network surveillance solutions
- Advantech Introduces New 18" and 21" Widescreen Multitouch Panel PCs
- 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
21-May-2013 markets closed
| Last | Change |
| TAIEX (TSE) | 8383.05 | +6.00 | +0.07% |
| TSE electronic | 316.85 | +0.06 | +0.02% |
| GTSM (OTC) | 120.38 | +0.64 | +0.53% |
| OTC electronic | 144.61 | +0.55 | +0.38% |
- 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.
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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.
- 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.