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Wednesday 27 January 2016
Taiwan Star Cellular aims at over 1 million 4G users by end of 2016
Mobile telecom carrier Taiwan Star Cellular has set a goal of exceeding one million subscribers by the end of 2016, 3.5 times the number at present, according to company president...
Wednesday 27 January 2016
EMEA PC market contracted by 18.2%, says IDC
PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) reached 20.8 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, an 18.2% decrease on year, according to IDC. After a strong shipment...
Wednesday 27 January 2016
Taiwan market: TWM launches VoLTE services
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has launched VoLTE (voice over LTE) services based on SRVCC (single radio voice call continuity) technology which features seamless switching from VoLTE to 3G...
Tuesday 26 January 2016
Taiwan LED makers expected to benefit from US objection to Philips selling Lumileds, says report
Philips has canceled the planned sale of an 80.1% stake in Philips Lumileds Lighting to China-based GO Scale Capital due to objections from US authorities concerned for the sake of...
Monday 25 January 2016
Order visibility prior to Lunar New Year remains unclear, say Taiwan IC designers
Taiwan-based IC design houses have expressed caution about the first quarter of 2016 citing unclear order visibility. Customers are still reluctant to place orders despite the approach...
Monday 25 January 2016
TSMC orders equipment worth NT$7 billion
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced two purchases of machinery equipment and engineering facilities for a total of NT$7.09 billion (US$211.5 million) from...
Monday 25 January 2016
Korea government invests in public displays, says report
The Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technologies (KEIT) will invest as much as US$6.67 million in public information displays, according to Korea-based ET News.
Monday 25 January 2016
TV continues to lead advertising market in Japan, online advertising coming on strong, says IHS
Though the Web would seem to be the obvious go-to medium for advertisers in the smartphone era, Japan-based advertisers are still primarily focusing their attention on TV commercials...
Monday 25 January 2016
Taiwan December manufacturing production index down on year, says MOEA
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 105.76 for December 2015, increasing 3.43% on month but decreasing 5.52% on year, according to the Ministry of...
Monday 25 January 2016
Neo Solar Power lowers utilization at PV module plant
Solar cell maker Neo Solar Power, in response to decreased orders for PV modules, has lowered the utilization of production capacity at its PV module factory in Chunan, northern Taiwan,...
Friday 22 January 2016
Taiwan market: Dell launches XPS 13, XPS 15 notebooks
Dell has launched two Windows 10 notebooks, the 13-inch XPS 13 equipped with Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processor and 15-inch XPS 15 equipped with Core i7 processor in the Taiwan market...
Friday 22 January 2016
Taiwan December unemployment rate down on month, up on year, says DGBAS
Taiwan had 453,000 jobless citizens in December 2015, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.87% which dropped 0.04pp on month but rose 0.08pp on year, according to statistics released...
Friday 22 January 2016
China market: Force touch sensor demand to increase in 2H16
More China-based Android phone developers are ready to roll out new models featuring force touch screens in 2016, but orders for force touch sensors from China are unlikely to see...
Friday 22 January 2016
ChipMOS Bermuda, ChipMOS Taiwan to merge
ChipMOS Technologies (Bermuda) has announced plans to merge with its 58.3%-owned subsidiary ChipMOS Technologies (ChipMOS Taiwan), with ChipMOS Taiwan to be the surviving company.
Friday 22 January 2016
Taiwan market: Smartphone sales to reach 7.5-8.0 million units in 2016
Smartphone sales in the Taiwan market are expected to stay flat at 7.5-8.0 million units in 2016 as compared to a year earlier, according to sources from local retail channels.