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Monday 7 April 2014
Taiwan March CPI up, says DGBAS
Taiwan's March 2014 consumer price index (CPI) of 103.05 (2011 as base year) increased 0.19% on month and 1.61% on year, while the corresponding wholesale price index (WPI) of 97.57%...
Thursday 3 April 2014
Taiwan market: Asia Pacific Telecom to initially deploy 3,000 4G base stations
Asia Pacific Telecom will initially set up 3,000 4G base stations in Taiwan to cover 99% of target population, according to company president Vincent Chih.
Thursday 3 April 2014
Taiwan ODMs seeing increased direct-account orders for data center servers
Quanta Computer and Wiwynn have seen large increases in direct-account orders for data center servers from Facebook and Microsoft, with production capacities already fully utilized,...
Thursday 3 April 2014
Global Chromebook shipments in 2014 estimated at 4-5 million units, say Taiwan makers
Global Chromebook shipments in 2014 are expected to reach only 4-5 million units mainly because cloud-based storage is not popular enough and 4G mobile access is not sufficiently...
Wednesday 2 April 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD monitor shipments reach 24.47 million in 4Q13
Taiwan LCD monitor makers' shipments reached 24.47 million in the fourth quarter of 2014, up 1.5% on quarter, according to Digitimes Research.
Wednesday 2 April 2014
Taiwan component suppliers cautious about headhunting from China
Taiwan upstream supply chain players have been taking a cautious attitude about the aggressive headhunting by China-based competitors as demand for mid-level executives and R&D...
Wednesday 2 April 2014
Commentary: Taiwan handset vendors, ODMs advised to optimize rising supply chain in China
Taiwan-based handset vendors and ODMs are advised to optimize the advantages of the handset supply chain in China to sharpen their competiveness and to avoid of being marginalized...
Tuesday 1 April 2014
Taiwan 2600MHz frequency release plan objected by WiMAX operators
The Taiwan government plans to release two 2600MHz frequency band units with total bandwidth of 140MHz for FDD LTE and a 2600MHz band unit with bandwidth of 40MHz for TDD LTE, but...
Tuesday 1 April 2014
Taiwan PV module makers expanding capacities to compete for orders from Japan
Taiwan-based PV module makers have been expanding or will expand production capacities in 2014 to compete for orders from Japan-based clients who have adjusted their business strategies,...
Friday 28 March 2014
Japan Display to ship 5.5-inch 538ppi smartphone panels in April
Japan Display has begun mass producing WQHD (2,560 by 1,440) panels and is expected to begin shipments in April 2014, according to industry sources.
Friday 28 March 2014
Japan-, Korea-based vendors increase ODM orders for 8- to 10-inch Windows tablets
Japan- and Korea-based vendors have recently released more orders for 8- to 10-inch Windows tablets to ODMs in Taiwan, which is expected to boost Windows' share in the tablet market,...
Thursday 27 March 2014
Microsoft aims at global shipments of 25 million Windows tablets in 2014, say Taiwan makers
Microsoft has set an internal goal of increasing global Windows tablet shipments, including its Surface, in 2014 to 25 million units, five times the five million units shipped in...
Thursday 27 March 2014
Apacer to ramp SSD sales to Europe
Having posted record high revenues of NT$9.84 billion (US$322.15 million) in 2013, memory module maker Apacer Technology will aim to boost its sales of embedded, industrial, consumer...
Thursday 27 March 2014
Taiwan to release 2600MHz band units for LTE, says NCC
The Taiwan government plans to release three 2600MHz frequency band units with total bandwidth of 190MHz for FDD (frequency division duplexing) and TDD (time division duplexing) LTE...
Thursday 27 March 2014
Japan becomes largest market for China-made PV products, says CCCME
Japan has become the largest market for China-made PV products, accounting for 24.63% of total export value in 2013 and 34.23% in January-February 2014, according to the China Chamber...