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Tuesday 1 March 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan handset shipments set to drop in 1Q16
Total handset shipments by Taiwan-based brand vendors and ODMs are expected to decline 13.3% on quarter and 11.4% on year to 15.55 million units in the first quarter of 2016, affected...
Tuesday 1 March 2016
Taiwan January manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 102.13 for January 2016, decreasing 3.67% on month and 6.32% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs...
Tuesday 1 March 2016
Taiwan market: HTC sets Vive price
HTC's first virtual reality (VR) device, the HTC Vive, will be available at NT$28,288 (US$848) in the Taiwan market, according to the company.
Friday 26 February 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan sees decreased handset shipments in 4Q15
Total handset shipments by Taiwan-based brand vendors and ODMs reached 17.94 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, decreasing 5.7% on quarter and 29% on year, according to...
Friday 26 February 2016
Taiwan PCB output value increases 1.8% in 2015
The production value of PCBs produced by Taiwan-based companies in Taiwan and China rose 1.79% on year to NT$573.2 billion (US$17.3 billion) in 2015, according to the Industrial Economics...
Friday 26 February 2016
Taiwan January unemployment rate up on year, says DGBAS
Taiwan had 453,000 jobless citizens in January 2016, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.87% which remained unchanged on month but rose 0.16pp on year, according to statistics...
Thursday 25 February 2016
Digitimes Research: NTT DoCoMo looking to cross into smart family market in Japan, selling fixed and mobile networks together
Japan-based telecom carrier NTT DoCoMo began establishing Uchisuma (smart family) experience zone in its stores and distributors' stores on October 16, 2015, looking to help consumers...
Thursday 25 February 2016
Taiwan market: Advantech cooperates with Microsoft to market cloud computing solutions
Industrial computing device maker Advantech, in view of large market potential for IoT (Internet of Things) applications, has cooperated with Microsoft to provide cloud computing-based...
Thursday 25 February 2016
Taiwan FTC extends review period on ASE-SPIL takeover bid
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has extended its review period on a proposal submitted by Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) to acquire a majority stake in Siliconware...
Thursday 25 February 2016
China, Taiwan IC firms ramp 16nm chip orders at TSMC
China- and Taiwan-based IC design houses including MediaTek, HiSilicon Technologies and Spreadtrum Communications have placed 16nm chip orders with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Thursday 25 February 2016
Taiwan January export order value down, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders totaling US$34.19 billion in January 2015, decreasing 11.9% on month and 12.4% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).
Thursday 25 February 2016
Taiwan science parks post 2015 total revenues of over NT$2.3 trillion, says MOST
Government-run Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) and Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) generated combined revenues of NT$2.308 trillion (US$70.27 billion)...
Wednesday 24 February 2016
TSMC orders equipment for NT$2.7 billion
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has purchased facility equipment from M+W High Tech Projects Taiwan and United Integrated Services (UIS) for a total of about NT$2.72...
Tuesday 23 February 2016
Taiwan plans to allow PV power stations on inarable land
The Taiwan government plans to allow PV power stations to be built on contaminated land not suitable for farming and land with serious subsidence, according to vice economics minister...
Tuesday 23 February 2016
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of nearly US$533 million in January
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 283 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) totaling US$533 million in January 2016, respectively increasing 2.17%...