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...

Commentary: PV demand picking up, but Europe firms still struggling

Feb 10, 11:18

The solar market rebounded slightly before the Lunar New Year holidays. Many firms in the Greater China region experienced increasing capacity utilization rates due to urgent orders...

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...

More Taiwan makers stepping into NAND flash production

Feb 9, 14:19

Winbond Electronics has revealed plans to venture into the manufacture of NAND flash memory, joining fellow Taiwan-based memory makers Powerchip Technology and Macronix Internation...

GET seeking cash injection of NT$2.1 billion

Feb 9, 01:30

Solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) plans to issue 50,000 shares to obtain a cash injection. GET shares closed at NT$42.30, meaning GET hopes to obtain NT$2.1 billion...

Intel and AMD low-power processors not price competitive with ARM, say notebook makers

Feb 8, 01:25

While Intel and AMD have been making efforts to develop low power processors for use in smartphones and tablet PCs, they cannot compete with solutions from ARM in terms of price,...

Everlight, Edison Opto see decreasing January revenues

Feb 8, 01:10

Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight reported January revenues of NT$1.147 billion (US$39 million), down 10.5% on month and 2.4% on year. According to Everlight, the falling...

Taiwan January export value decreases

Feb 7, 16:47

Taiwan recorded total export value of US$21.08 billion in January 2012, decreasing 12.0% on month and 16.8% on year, while the total import value of US$20.66 billion fell 4.5% on...

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 January CPI up

Feb 7, 11:53

Taiwan's January 2012 consumer price index (CPI) of 108.36 (2006 as base year) rose 0.33% on month and 2.37% on year, while the corresponding wholesale price index (WPI) of 112.66%...

Catcher announces on-year growth in January revenues

Feb 7, 01:25

Catcher Technology announced consolidated revenues of NT$2.82 billion (US$95.19 million) for January, down 13.3% on month, but up 16.7% on year; however, the company's non-consolidated...

Vendors dropping ultrabook prices in preparation of second-generation models

Feb 7, 01:15

As ultrabooks from brand vendors such as Acer, Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are all recently seeing price drops in the North America, sources from retail channel believe that the...

Taiwan to hold first touch exhibition in August 2012

Feb 6, 14:39

The 2012 Touch Taiwan will take place at the Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall from August 29 to September 1, 2012.

Sapphire substrate maker Wafer Works Optronics reports net loss for 2011

Feb 6, 14:20

Weak demand in the LED market in 2011 caused pricing of upstream sapphire substrates to decrease as well. 2-inch substrates have been quoted around US$8-10/unit.

Taiwan Mobile plans to set up retail network in China

Feb 4, 15:11

Taiwan Mobile (TWM), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, plans to extend its self-operated retail network in Taiwan myfone, into China, with 30-50 stores to...

Taiwan DRAM makers post mixed January results

Feb 4, 12:41

Revenues at Nanya Technology registered a 28% sequential increase in January 2012 while Inotera Memories' grew 0.2% on month. Powerchip Technology, however, saw its January sales...

Taiwan networking equipment makers to expand capacity in 2012

Feb 3, 15:57

Alpha Networks, Gemtek Technology, SerComm and AzureWave Technologies, four Taiwan-based makers of networking/communication devices/equipment, plan to expand their production capacities...

Taiwan graphics card vendors see over 2 million shipments in 2011, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 3, 14:33

Taiwan-based graphics card vendors and makers, Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI), Gigabyte Technology and PowerColor (TUL), each shipped more than two million graphics...

Chip demand picking up, say Taiwan IC designers

Feb 3, 13:59

Taiwan-based fabless IC firms have recently landed an influx of short lead-time orders from clients that had been keeping inventory lean due to the uncertain market outlook, according...

Taiwan analog IC firms gearing up for switch to 8-inch wafers

Feb 3, 01:10

Taiwan-based fabless analog IC firms are all expected to carry out their transition to 8-inch wafers in 2012, according to industry sources. The move will help improve their cost...

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...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD monitor shipments decline in 4Q11

Feb 2, 01:25

Shipments of LCD monitors by Taiwan makers totaled 27.46 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, down 5.7% sequentially and 13.1% on year, according to data compiled by Digitimes...

Notebook shipments expected to rise significantly in 2H12

Feb 2, 01:10

Notebook shipments, benefiting from the recovery of hard drive shortages and launch of Windows 8 in the third quarter, are expected to rise significantly in the second half, compared...

Taiwan 2011 economic growth lowered to 4.03%

Feb 1, 11:22

Taiwan's GDP growth in 2011 has been downward adjusted to 4.03% from 4.51% projected in November 2011, according to the latest estimates by the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting...