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Wednesday 21 December 2016
Prize-winning: Raiden series triumphs in Taiwan Excellence Awards 2017
Raiden series by AVEXIR Technologies Corp. was awarded with Taiwan Excellence Awards 2017. "Taiwan Excellence Award" is based on five key indicators: R&D, Design, Quality,...
Tuesday 20 December 2016
Taiwan foreign direct investment tops US$10.6 billion in January-November, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 3,093 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$10.634 billion in January-November 2016,...
Tuesday 20 December 2016
Digitimes Research: MVNOs growing fast in Japan, may face mergers due to price competition
MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) services have seen fast growing demand in Japan mainly due to the government asking mobile telecom carriers to unlock SIM cards and stop offering...
Tuesday 20 December 2016
Taiwan Mobile to reduce capex for 2017
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) expects its capex for 2017 to be significantly lower than the amount it spent in 2016 due to decreased spending on establishing network infrastructure, according...
Tuesday 20 December 2016
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile, Samsung to launch mobile e-payment services
Mobile electronic payment (e-payment) services will gain a boost in the Taiwan market in 2017 as Sony Mobile Communications and Samsung Electronics will launch related services soon,...
Friday 16 December 2016
NTU and NTHU achieve breakthrough in near IR OLED
An joint R&D team from National Taiwan University (NTU) and National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) has synthesized a platinum complex compound that can form a linear array able...
Friday 16 December 2016
Foxconn to benefit from education procurement orders in Japan, says paper
Sharp is planning to release four new electronic dictionaries in January 2017, targeting mainly the Japan market. The project is codenamed Brain and the four products will feature...
Friday 16 December 2016
Taiwan IT players showcasing Windows 10 innovations at WinHEC 2017 Taiwan
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) makers and chip designers demonstrated their latest Windows 10 smart solutions at Microsoft's WinHEC Taiwan event from December 14-15.
Thursday 15 December 2016
Taiwan market: Xiaomi pushing sales of Mi Band bracelets, OTT boxes, smartphones
Xiaomi Technology has continued to make headway for a number of its products, including Mi Band bracelets, OTT (over-the-top) boxes and smartphones, in the Taiwan market, according...
Thursday 15 December 2016
Quanta participates at WinHEC 2017 Taiwan; will partner with Microsoft on MR platform
Quanta Computer vice chairman CC Leung has participated at Microsoft's WinHEC 2017 event in Taiwan, hosted from December 14-15 in Taipei, and said that the company will cooperate...
Thursday 15 December 2016
Dell Taiwan partners with Taipei city government to create IoT Innovation Lab
Dell Taiwan has partnered with the city government of Taipei, Taiwan to establish Taipei IoT Innovation Lab, looking to push the city to become a Living Lab for smart city technolo...
Thursday 15 December 2016
The Inotera model unlikely to be implemented in China, says Micron CEO
For Micron Technology, it is no longer meaningful to implement the "Inotera Memories model" in China, according to Mark Durcan, CEO for the US memory vendor.
Wednesday 14 December 2016
TGS 2017 to begin on January 19 with VR spotlight, says paper
Taipei Game Show (TGS) 2017 will be hosted from January 19-24, 2017 in Taipei, Taiwan and virtual reality (VR) software and hardware are expected to be under the spotlight at the...
Wednesday 14 December 2016
China to join top-3 semiconductor equipment spenders for first time, says SEMI
Worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment are projected to increase 8.7% to US$39.7 billion in 2016, according to SEMI. In 2017, another 9.3% growth is expected,...
Wednesday 14 December 2016
India currency reform having mix influence on Taiwan IT players, says paper
India's recent currency reform reportedly has made local consumers become less willing to make purchase and has impacted smartphone sales in the country; however, Compal Electronics,...