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Tuesday 22 March 2016
Taiwan February unemployment rate up, says DGBAS
Taiwan had 462,000 jobless citizens in February 2016, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.95%, rising 0.08pp on month and 0.26pp on year, according to statistics released by the...
Tuesday 22 March 2016
Taiwan market: FET aims at 500,000 OTT users at end of 2016
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) will enrich its OTT (over the top) content by procuring more drama series, movies and songs at a budget of up to NT$20 million (US$606,000) in...
Tuesday 22 March 2016
TUC to appeal patent ruling favoring Isola
Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) will file an appeal against a US district court ruling in favor of Isola in a patent dispute, according to the Taiwan-based CCL maker.
Monday 21 March 2016
Taiwan February export order value down on month, year, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$27.67 billion in total in February 2015, decreasing 19.1% on month and 7.4% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic...
Monday 21 March 2016
China vendors to ship 200-300 million fingerprint-recognition-enabled smartphones in 2016
China-based smartphone vendors have been mostly inclined to adopt fingerprint recognition for their mid-range and high-end models and consequently they will ship an estimated 200-300...
Monday 21 March 2016
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of nearly US$932 million in January-February, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 491 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$931.63 million in January-February 2016,...
Monday 21 March 2016
TSMC likely to raise 2016 capex
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is likely to revise upward its capex for 2016 as equipment purchases thus far this year have been made in advance, according to industry...
Monday 21 March 2016
EMEA external storage market continues to decline in 4Q15 but all-flash adoption soars, says IDC
The total EMEA external storage systems value fell 7.5% on year to US$2.08 billion in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to IDC's EMEA Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker. For...
Monday 21 March 2016
HPE and 2 universities cooperate to study intelligent transportation in Taiwan
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE), National Chiao Tung University and Chung Hua University have cooperated in research based on government-provided open data as well as IoT (Internet...
Monday 21 March 2016
Taiwan IC design firms cautious about placing orders for 2Q16
Taiwan-based IC design houses are still reluctant to raise their wafer starts at foundry service providers given that end-market demand except demand from China's handset market remains...
Friday 18 March 2016
Japan Display reforms highlight competitive nature of LTPS panel market
The announcement that Japan Display (JDI) is undertaking structural reforms is no surprise considering the competitive state of the LTPS display market for small- to medium-size pa...
Friday 18 March 2016
Broadcom rumors say company is looking to phase out Wi-Fi chip business
Broadcom is rumored to be looking to phase out its Wi-Fi chip business in a move to streamline its workforce and product offerings following its acquisition by Avago Technologies,...
Thursday 17 March 2016
Taiwan PC monitor shipments drop 7% on year in 2015, says IDC
Shipments of PC-use monitors by Taiwan-based makers totaled 1.32 million units in 2015, decreasing 7% from a year earlier, according IDC.
Thursday 17 March 2016
Xiaomi to delay first notebook launch to 2Q16
Xiaomi Technology is expected to delay the launch of its first notebook to the second quarter of 2016, one quarter behind its original schedule, according to sources from Taiwan-based...
Thursday 17 March 2016
Taiwan market: JD.com to start B2C online shopping platform
JD.com, a China-based operator of B2C online shopping services, on March 16 held a conference in Taipei to introduce Taiwan-based own-brand makers or vendors to its JD Worldwide pl...