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Friday 2 May 2014
Chunghwa Telecom aims at 40% share in Taiwan 4G market in 2014
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) aims at a market share of 40% in the Taiwan 4G market by the end of 2014, company chairman Rick Tsai has disclosed.
Friday 2 May 2014
Taiwan LED chip makers expect to see increased orders from Korea TV vendors in 2Q14
Taiwan LED chip makers expect to benefit from orders from Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics for direct-type LED TVs as of the second quarter of 2014.
Wednesday 30 April 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan small- to medium-size panel shipments down in 1Q14
Taiwan panel makers' shipments of small- to medium-size panels reached 301 million in the first quarter of 2014, down 18.3% on quarter and down 13.9% on year, according to Digitimes...
Wednesday 30 April 2014
PV system installation in China may surge in 2H14, say Taiwan makers
There is likely to be concentration of PV systems installed around China due to government-offered feed-in tariff subsidies in the second half of 2014, and consequently Taiwan-based...
Wednesday 30 April 2014
Taiwan 1Q14 economic growth rate upward adjusted to 3.04%, says DGBAS
Taiwan's economic growth rate, on-year growth in GDP, in the first quarter of 2014 has been upward adjusted from 3.02% estimated in February 2014 to 3.04%, according to advance estimates...
Tuesday 29 April 2014
Skyworth to release 55-inch OLED TV priced half of Korea competitors, say sources
China-based TV vendor Skyworth will release a 55-inch OLED TV that will go on sale during the May 1 holiday period in China.
Tuesday 29 April 2014
Taiwan market: HTC to price Desire 816 lower to boost market share
HTC will launch its high performance mid-range model, the Desire 816, in the Taiwan market in May at a price lower than market expectations, a move which will add more pressure on...
Tuesday 29 April 2014
Taiwan halts nuclear power plant project
The Taiwan government, bowing to anti-nuclear pressure from the general public, has decided to immediately suspend construction on the country's nearly completed fourth nuclear power...
Tuesday 29 April 2014
China-based GCL-Poly Energy sets up subsidiary in Taiwan
GCL-Poly Energy Holdings, the largest China-based maker of polysilicon and solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, has established a subsidiary in Taiwan to strengthen cooperation...
Monday 28 April 2014
Taiwan market: FET to launch 2nd own-brand 4G smartphone, the Smart 403
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of the six next-generation (4G) mobile communication licensees in Taiwan, on April 28 unveiled the Smart 403, its second own-brand 4G smartphone...
Monday 28 April 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan handset shipments to grow over 40% in 2Q14
Taiwan-based handset ODMs and brand vendors are expected to see their combined handset shipments grow over 40% on quarter and also on year to a total of 23.4 million units in the...
Monday 28 April 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan large-size panel shipments to rise 4.4% in 2Q14
Taiwan panel makers' shipments of large-size (9-inch and above) TFT LCD panels are expected to reach 64.95 million units in the second quarter of 2014, up 4.4% on quarter but down...
Monday 28 April 2014
Samsung offering 48-inch LCD TV panels at similar price as 50-inch Taiwan models
Samsung Display is reportedly trying to push its new 48-inch LCD TV panels into the market, offering them at prices at approximately US$30 cheaper than Taiwan makers' 50-inch units,...
Monday 28 April 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan to see sequential growth in 2Q14 digital camera shipments
Taiwan-based ODMs Ability Enterprise, Altek, Asia Optical and Foxconn Electronics will ship 2.703 million digital cameras in total in the second quarter of 2014, increasing 14.2%...
Monday 28 April 2014
Taiwan market: LEDs can save 45.9% of lighting power consumption, say analysts
The total electricity used in industrial, commercial, residential and public (including street lamps) lighting in Taiwan in 2013 has been estimated at 22 billion kWh, and if all lighting...