Last update: Friday 10 February 2012 [1127 news items]
Compal Communications, Arima Communications post mixed results for January
Newswatch - Feb 10, 12:16
ODM handset maker Compal Communications has posted strong revenue gains in January thanks to orders from Nokia, while fellow company Arima Communications saw its revenues decline...
Nokia, Motorola and Sony likely to increase handset orders to Taiwan ODMs
Feb 10, 01:35
Nokia, Motorola Mobility and Sony Mobile Communications are expected to increase their outsourcing of handsets to Taiwan-based ODMs in 2012 in an effort to regain their global market...
Alltek looks to wireless and LED products for 2012 revenue growth
Feb 7, 12:18
IC distributor Alltek Technology expects products used for wireless and LED applications to drive its revenue growth in 2012. Overall, the company is more optimistic about its sales...
Nokia maintains largest global handset market share in 2011, says IDC
Feb 3, 01:20
Nokia sold 417.1 million feature phones and smartphones together to maintain the largest global handset market share of 27% in 2011, but dropping 5.6pp from 2010, according to International...
LG to increase purchases of handset parts and components from Taiwan, say sources
Feb 2, 15:50
Buoyed by strong sales of its high-end Optimus LTE smartphones, LG Electronics is expected to increase its purchases of handset parts and components from Taiwan makers in 2012, according...
Handset keypad maker Ichia reports revenue declines for January
Newswatch - Feb 2, 15:34
Handset keypad and flexible PCB maker Ichia Technologies has posted consolidated revenues of NT$751.45 million (US$25.3 million) for January, down 44% on month and 3.8% on year, according...
VIA Telecom ships 18 million CDMA handset solutions in 2011, says paper
Newswatch - Jan 30, 14:00
VIA Telecom shipped 18 million units of CDMA chipset solutions in 2011, including 10 million units for entry-level CMDA handsets, the Chinese-language Commercial Times quoted...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan handset shipments post 17% sequential decline in 4Q11
Jan 9, 15:09
Shipments of handsets by Taiwan makers totaled 20.29 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, down 17.4% on quarter and 19.7% on year as smartphone shipments by HTC were affected...
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: 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...
Compal Communication expects to ship 9.6 million handsets in 2012
Jan 5, 01:25
Compal Communication has announced revenues of NT$10.9 billion (US$359.65 million) for the fourth quarter of 2011 with its handset shipments in the quarter reached 1.5 million units...
Branded handset vendors moving into dual-SIM smartphone segment, say sources
Jan 4, 14:19
Owing to a fast growing number of cross-border workers, branded handset vendors including Nokia, Motorola Mobility and Samsung Electronics, in addition to white-box handset makers...
China market: Handset makers form alliance to counter possible patent infringement lawsuits
Dec 30, 01:15
A number of handset makers in China, including Lenovo, ZTE, TCL, Coolpad and Konka, has formed an alliance in preparation to counter possible patent infringement lawsuits to bring...
MediaTek reiterates 4Q11 sales guidance
Dec 29, 01:05
Following a report regarding falling feature phone and smartphone demand in China, MediaTek has said its sales guidance for the current fourth quarter should remain on track. MediaTek...
China market: Handset demand weak
Dec 26, 10:42
Demand for feature phones in China has turned weaker than expected since the middle of October, according to sources at Taiwan's LCD driver IC design houses. Smartphone demand in...
Demand for handset-use 3-megapixel lens modules rising
Dec 23, 11:48
While 5- and 8- megapixel resolution has become the mainstream camera specifications for smartphones, demand for 3-megapixel lens modules is expected to be on the rise due to growing...
Taiwan handset component makers expect small increase in orders from LGE in 2012
Dec 23, 10:14
Taiwan-based handset component makers expect orders from LG Electronics (LGE) in 2012 to grow at a pace lower than the projected growth rates for orders from Nokia and Motorola, according...
Asustek outsources motherboard orders to Cal-Comp Electronics
Dec 20, 01:10
Asustek Computer has recently added Taiwan-based Cal-Comp Electronics, an affiliate of Compal Electronics, as its motherboard manufacturing partner and is expected to outsource 5-6...
Handset component makers operating at full capacity at China factories, say sources
Dec 16, 14:22
Most factories operated by Taiwan-based handset component makers in China are currently operating at full capacities due to increasing orders from branded handset vendors including...
Taiwan market: Smartphone penetration rate to reach 34% in 2011
Dec 15, 01:20
The penetration rate of smartphones in the Taiwan handset market is expected reach 34% in 2011 compared to 17% in 2010. Sales of handsets in Taiwan total about seven million units...
Motorola to outsource all sub-US$350 smartphones in 2012, says paper
Newswatch - Dec 14, 12:21
Motorola Mobility will subcontract all of its orders for entry-level and mid-range smartphones with a price tag of below US$300-350 to handset ODMs in 2012, with Foxconn International...
MediaTek, Spreadtrum, MStar sharing China market of handset chips
Dec 13, 01:10
Taiwan-based IC design house MediaTek and MStar Semiconductor and China-based fellow company Spreadtrum Communications are sharing the market demand for handset chips, according to...
Qualcomm competing with MediaTek in China market with price competition
Dec 6, 01:00
In view of increasing adoption of the MT6575, a 1GHz chip solution developed by Taiwan-based MediaTek for use in 3G handsets and smartphones, by several China-based vendors and white-box...
China market: 2.5G handset chipset prices falling
Nov 24, 10:41
Prices for 2.5G handset chipsets have slipped more than 10% in the fourth quarter of 2011, and will continue to fall at the same rate in first-quarter 2012 due to continued oversupply...
Compal Communications handset shipments increasing, says paper
Newswatch - Nov 22, 16:31
Buoyed by orders from Nokia, Compal Communications is expected to ship over 600,000 handsets in November compared to 200,000 units shipped in October, according to a Chinese-language...
MStar taping out 3.75G handset solutions in 4Q11
Nov 9, 14:38
Taiwan-based IC design house MStar Semiconductor will begin to tape out 3.75G handset solutions supporting TD-SCDMA and CDMA technologies soon with end market devices to hit the market...
Orders from Nokia, Motorola to Taiwan ODMs have highest growth potential in 2012
Nov 2, 16:36
For Taiwan-based handset ODMs including Compal Communications, Arima Communications and Foxconn International Holdings (FIH), orders from Nokia and Motorola Mobility in 2012 will...
RF transceiver market for mobile devices to reach 1.5 billion by 2015, says Petrov Group (part 2)
Oct 28, 15:36
RF transceivers are critical components of mobile devices including handsets/smartphones and tablet PCs. By 2015, the total RF transceiver market will reach 1.5 billion units while...
Compal Communications posts losses for January-September
Newswatch - Oct 25, 16:34
Compal Communications has reported net losses of NT$199 million (US$6.6 million), or NT$0.33 per share, for the third quarter of 2011. For the January-September period, net losses...
Asustek, Pegatron to host investor conferences with new products to be focus
Oct 25, 01:15
Pegatron Technology and Asustek Computer are set to host their third-quarter investor conference on October 27 and 31, respectively, with Asustek's Eee Pad Tranformer and Zenbook...
Coolpad sets up marketing joint venture in Taiwan
Oct 21, 16:53
Coolpad, a China-based vendor of handsets for sale under the own brand Coolpad, on October 20 announced the establishment of Taiwan Coolpad Technology, a marketing joint venture with...
Standalone transceiver chips to dominate the smartphone market, says Petrov Group (part 1)
Oct 21, 16:36
Transceivers are essential to the performance of mobile devices. They are designed to detect weak signals at a specific frequency when receiving and to send signals at a specific...
LTE handset shipments to top 154 million in 2015, says In-Stat
Oct 20, 10:46
As new LTE networks are deployed across the world, demand for LTE handsets will increase exponentially, according to In-Stat. The research firm forecast that more than 154 million...
SPI NOR to become mainstream, says Winbond
Oct 18, 15:31
NOR solutions using the serial peripheral interface (SPI) will become the mainstream choice for consumer electronics products thanks to growing adoption among mobile handsets, according...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan handset shipment growth under 10% in 4Q11
Oct 18, 15:30
Shipments of handsets from Taiwan makers will grow at a slower-than-expected pace in the fourth quarter of 2011, affected by the launch of iPhone 4S and the suspension or cancellation...

- China Mobile reportedly to obtain 4G license in December 2012
- Nokia, Motorola and Sony likely to increase handset orders to Taiwan ODMs
- Gross margins for ODM TV production to remain low in 2012
- MStar sees 8-13% sales drop in 1Q12
- Asustek, Pegatron see mixed January revenues
- Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom poised to offer mobile satellite communication service
- New products to account for 60% of AUO total shipments in 2012
- Intel, Nvidia to showcase latest technologies at MWC 2012
- Coretronic looks to rising projector shipments in February
- HannStar Display posts sequential revenue gains in January
- Lenovo 4Q11 revenues hit record
- Compal Communications, Arima Communications post mixed results for January
- Thinking Electronic positive about ultrabook demand
- Delta sees falling January revenues
- PTI 1Q12 sales to drop up to 10%, says chairman
- Novatek expects sales to hit bottom in 1Q12
- Largan expects shipments of phone camera lens modules to begin to rise in 2Q12
- Nvidia expected to benefit from new HTC strategy
- 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
- Amtran revenues down in January
- Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage see January revenues decrease
- Silicon wafer shipments down in 2011, says SEMI
- Digitimes Research: Solar wafer makers in Greater China increase quotes
- Digitimes Research: Solar PV installations booming in US southwestern states
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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
- 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...
- Overview of the Greater China small- to medium-size TFT LCD industry
This DIGITIMES Research Special Report provides a comprehensive overview of the players and market direction of panel makers in the Greater China region, as well as outlining the potential market influence of OLEDs.
- The role of PV in China energy policy through 2015
During China 12th Five Year Plan period (2011-2015), solar PV will be the fastest growing renewable energy. Installed capacity in China grow by tenfold to reach the target of 10GWp by 2015.
- Industry development and government policy in China animation sector
The animation industry production value in China is projected to exceed CNY50 billion by 2015. This Digitimes Special Report provides an overview of the industry, including regional development, government policy and a breakdown of the various market segments.


























