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Tuesday 7 January 2014
Taiwan December export value up sequentially, down on year, says MOF
Taiwan recorded total export value of US$25.59 billion for December 2013, increasing 2.8% on month but decreasing 1.9% on year, while the corresponding total import value of US$24.18...
Tuesday 7 January 2014
Taiwan market: HTC unveils 2 LTE smartphones
HTC on January 7 unveiled two 4G LTE smartphones, the HTC One and HTC Butterfly S, for launch in the Taiwan market at recommended retail prices of NT$19,900 (US$663) and NT$20,900.
Tuesday 7 January 2014
Lenovo may lead in 2014 notebook shipments
Lenovo is likely to ship 28.3 million notebooks in 2014, followed by Hewlett-Packard (HP) with 28.0 million, Dell 18-19 million, and Acer and Asustek Computer 16-17 million each,...
Tuesday 7 January 2014
Digitimes Research: Japan to keep largest share of global LED lighting in 2014
Among main lighting markets around the world , Japan will remain as the largest LED lighting market with a global share of 25.6% in 2014, down 3.4pp on year, according to Digitimes...
Tuesday 7 January 2014
Japan, US take up 50%, 30% of Taiwan solar cell orders in 2013
The Japan and the US markets directly or indirectly accounted for 50% and 30% of total orders received by Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers in 2013, according to...
Monday 6 January 2014
Sony to offer MOD service from CHT on PS4
Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) Taiwan reportedly will cooperate with Taiwan's largest telecom carrier Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) to add the carrier's Multimedia on Demand (MOD) service...
Monday 6 January 2014
Korea TV vendors focus on Ultra HD TV production amid low production yields for OLED
Korea TV vendors plan to continue developing Ultra HD TVs in 2014 while development of OLED TVs is expected to remain slow due to low production yields for OLED TV panels.
Monday 6 January 2014
Taiwan market: LG to launch curved-screen smartphone G Flex
LG Electronics on January 6 unveiled G Flex, a smartphone with a curved screen and body, for launch in the Taiwan market in mid-January at a contract-free retail price of NT$24,900...
Monday 6 January 2014
Taiwan December CPI down on month, up on year, says DGBAS
Taiwan's December 2013 consumer price index (CPI) of 102.93 (2011 as base year) decreased 0.1% on month but increased 0.33% on year, while the corresponding wholesale price index...
Friday 3 January 2014
Digitimes Research: Korea tablet market being impacted by phablet products
South Korea's tablet shipments have been dropping after reaching a peak in 2011 due to the rapid appearance of large-size smartphones and phablets, which are gradually replacing consumer...
Friday 3 January 2014
Digitimes Research: South Korea government to invest nearly US$200 million in local touch panel industry
South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE) will invest in the nation's touch panel industry and has set up a plan that will bump up South Korea's global touch panel market...
Friday 3 January 2014
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom aims at 1.4 million MOD users in 2014
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) aims to increase its number of MOD (multimedia on demand) subscribers from 1.24 million currently to 1.4 million by the end of 2014, according to the company...
Thursday 2 January 2014
Taiwan protective component makers adopt different approaches for profit growth
Circuit protection device specialists Polytronics Technology, Thinking Electronic Industrial and Inpaq are looking to enhance their profitability in 2014 through different approaches,...
Thursday 2 January 2014
Taiwan market: Over 60% of population have used wireless Internet services, say TWNIC
Of the population aged 12 and above in Taiwan, 60.26% have used wireless Internet services in the past half year, growing by 13.03 percentage points on year, according to government-sponsored...
Thursday 2 January 2014
Taiwan panel makers expected to maintain profits in 2014
Taiwan's panel industry is expected to continue making profits into 2014 after recovering in 2013 following consecutive losses, according to market observers.