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Friday 20 July 2018
Taiwan Mobile ready to offer commercial NB-IoT service
Taiwan Mobile has completed the installation of its NB-IoT networks and will team up with over 300 relevant companies to form an ecosystem that will offer smart IoT services including...
Thursday 19 July 2018
TSMC expects modest sales growth in 3Q18
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its revenues fall nearly 20% sequentially in the second quarter of 2018. The world's largest pure-play foundry expects to post...
Thursday 19 July 2018
India plans to impose safeguards tariffs on imported solar cells, PV modules
Directorate General of Trade Remedies under India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry on July 16 announced the final determination based on results of safeguards investigation into...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
Taiwan makers could play key role in global self-driving market, says ITRI
Taiwan-based makers of automotive components and electronics as well as semiconductors should capitalize on their international competitiveness to play an important role in the global...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
MOEA to set up PV power-generating station in coastal central Taiwan
Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has selected three undertakers of PV power generation projects to jointly set up a PV power-generating station with installation capacity of 323MWp...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
Solomon introduces Meca500 robotic arm to Taiwan market
Automation solution provider Solomon Technology on July 17 announced that it has become the exclusive sales agent for the Meca500, an ultra-compact 6-axis industrial robotic arm developed...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
Taiwan telecoms eyeing new 4G service subscribers
With Taiwan's 3G service licenses set to expire at the end of 2018, local telecom operators are starting offering more affordable packages and subsidies to lure their 3G subscribers...
Wednesday 18 July 2018
Winbond completes NT$10 billion bond issue
Winbond Electronics has completed the sale of NT$10 billion (US$327.2 million) worth of secured corporate bonds in Taiwan, according to the maker of specialty DRAM and flash memory...
Tuesday 17 July 2018
Taiwan vows efforts to turn IoT into next NT$1 trillion industry
While machinery production has become Taiwan's third industry with annual production value of over NT$1 trillion (US$32.67 billion) in 2017 after going smart, the IoT (Internet of...
Tuesday 17 July 2018
Taiwan CIS suppliers put increased focus on niche-market applications
Taiwan-based CMOS image sensor (CIS) suppliers including related backend service providers have put increased focus on niche-market applications such as automotive and medical, as...
Tuesday 17 July 2018
Taiwan backend firms to post slight revenue increases in 3Q18
Taiwan-based packaging and testing companies including second-tier players are expected to report slight revenue increases sequentially for the third quarter, as orders coming from...
Tuesday 17 July 2018
PCB makers ready to embrace significant revenue increases in 2H18
Taiwan PCB makers are poised to embrace brisk orders expected in the second half of 2018, traditional high season for consumer devices, and most of them have readied sufficient materials...
Monday 16 July 2018
Taiwan solar-grade poly-Si wafer makers suffer from China PV installation control
The China government on June 1 announced plans to control PV installation, leading to drastic reduction in PV demand in the China market and consequently bringing large negative impact...
Monday 16 July 2018
Ultra HD TVs propelling flat panel TV market to 194 million units in 2022, says ABI Research
The rapid and increasing number of worldwide Ultra HD flat panel TV shipments over the past few years is contributing to the overall growth of the global flat panel TV market. Ultra...
Monday 16 July 2018
Taiwan moving to help makers avert China-US trade war impact
The government in Taiwan has taken three major countermeasures to avert possible impact of the escalating China-US trade spats, including helping makers to boost their domestic R&D...