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Friday 21 October 2016
Taiwan market: Gamania provides mobile e-payment services Gama Pay
Online game developer and operator Gamania Digital Entertainment has started operation of Gama Pay, smartphone-based third-party mobile e-payment services, in the Taiwan market, becoming...
Friday 21 October 2016
Nichia wins patent infringement litigation in Japan
The Tokyo District Court has judged that Tachibana Eletech and E&E Japan infringed on Nichia's Japan patent No. 2780618 for blue-light LED products, coded 1254 and 7344, they...
Friday 21 October 2016
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$10 billion in January-September, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 2,549 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$10.084 billion in January-September 2016,...
Friday 21 October 2016
Taiwan sees increased September export order value, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$42.96 billion in total in September 2016, increasing 13.3% on month and 3.9% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic...
Thursday 20 October 2016
Taiwan market: We Can Financial Technology launches smart POS
We Can Financial Technology, a hardware/software system integration service provider for payment and retail value-added services, on October 19 announced the launch of MF-2351 in...
Wednesday 19 October 2016
Microsoft bridging IoT innovation to seek new growth drivers for Taiwan
The latest generation of innovation in Taiwan's IT industry has been focused on the Internet of Things (IoT) and it is safe to say that IoT is the most popular term in Taiwan's IT...
Wednesday 19 October 2016
Taiwan market: Epson launches 5 inkjet printers
Seiko Epson have launched five multi-functional inkjet printers, L1455, L605, L485, L385 and L380, in the Taiwan market at recommended retail prices of NT$22,900 (US$725), NT$8,490,...
Tuesday 18 October 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan top-3 foundries see combined revenues rise in 3Q16
Combined revenues of Taiwan's top-3 foundries - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) - are...
Monday 17 October 2016
Merits of poly-Si and mono-Si wafers debated at PV Taiwan forum
Shu Hua, vice president for the largest China-based solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer maker GCL-Poly Energy Holdings, and Li Zhenguo, chairman of largest China-based solar-grade...
Monday 17 October 2016
Digitimes Research: Japan electronic medical records market value to reach JPY259.4 billion in 2018
Viewing that 82.5% of large hospitals with 400 or more beds in Japan have adopted electronic medical records, leading vendors of digital medical systems including NEC, Fujitsu and...
Monday 17 October 2016
Microsoft retrieving component purchasing rights to maintain server quality
Microsoft has recently become more involved in choosing specific hardware component suppliers for its datacenter servers. Microsoft used to let its ODM partners choose the component...
Monday 17 October 2016
Taiwan market: MSO Taiwan Optical Platform to acquire 65% stake in EBC
Taiwan Optical Platform (TOP), a MSO (multi-system operator) of cable TV, has said it will acquire a 61% stake in Eastern Broadcasting Co. (EBC), a cable TV channel operator, from...
Thursday 13 October 2016
Taiwan Mobile appoints new chairman
Taiwan Mobile has announced the appointment of Daniel Tsai to serve as its new chairman, replacing incumbent Richard Tsai, who will assume the chairmanship left by Daniel Tsai at...
Thursday 13 October 2016
Taiwan FTC to hold public hearing on ASE-SPIL merger
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has said it will arrange a public hearing on Advanced Semiconductor Engineering's (ASE) planned merger with Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL)...
Thursday 13 October 2016
Taiwan market: Asustek Transformer Mini becomes available
Asustek Compute has started selling its new 10-inch Transformer Mini 2-in-1 device in Taiwan and expects the device to boost its shipments in the fourth quarter as tablet demand has...