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Wednesday 17 August 2016
Taiwan aims to install 3 million smart electricity meters by 2024
The Taiwan government, in order to ease tight supply of power during peak hours and lower peak power consumption, will promote smart electricity meters and has set a target of installing...
Wednesday 17 August 2016
Taiwan science park total revenues top NT$1 trillion in 1H16, says MOST
Government-developed and run Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) and Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) generated combined revenues of NT$1.078 trillion...
Wednesday 17 August 2016
Capacitor maker Taiwan Chinsan reports earnings for 2Q16
Capacitor maker Taiwan Chinsan Electronic Industrial has reported net profits of NT$107 million for the second quarter of 2016, down 16.4% on quarter but up 39% on year. EPS stood...
Wednesday 17 August 2016
Taiwan market: ACTi offers cloud computing-based retail store solution via cooperation with Microsoft
Microsoft Taiwan has announced that ACTi, a provider of IP surveillance solutions, has become a new partner under its Cloud Solution Provider program. ACTi has launched a cloud computing-based...
Wednesday 17 August 2016
Taiwan government to boost development of flexible OLED industry
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has announced that it will promote development of a flexible AMOLED and PMOLED supply chain in Taiwan, aiming to build a production cluster...
Tuesday 16 August 2016
Taiwan firms enter supply chain for 2017 iPhone
In addition to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Chipbond Technology and MJC Probe (MPI) have entered the supply chain for Apple's 2017 iPhone series, according to...
Tuesday 16 August 2016
Taiwan market: FET offers payment services for App Store, Apple Music, iTunes
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has announced that it will allow its monthly mobile service subscribers to pay for applications and services purchased from Apple's App Store,...
Tuesday 16 August 2016
Innolux to showcase smartphone-, tablet-use touch panels at Touch Taiwan 2016
Innolux has extended development of touch panels from TOD (touch on display, On-Cell) to TID (touch in display, In-Cell) and will exhibit 5-, 5.2-, 5.5- and 5.7-inch TID smartphone-use...
Monday 15 August 2016
Acer smartphone chief to leave, likely to head Qualcomm Taiwan
Acer has announced that ST Liew, co-president of Acer's BYOC Smart Products Business unit, will leave the company. The announcement follows local media reports indicating that Liew...
Thursday 11 August 2016
Asia Pacific Telecom forms first Taiwan IoT alliance
Mobile telecom carrier Asia Pacific Telecom on August 9 announced the formation of IoT by GT, Taiwan's first IoT alliance based on LoRa (low-power long-range WAN) technology.
Thursday 11 August 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship 61.57 million large-size panels in 3Q16
Taiwan-based panel makers will together ship 61.57 million large-size (9-inch and above) panels during the third quarter of 2016, growing 5.5% on quarter and 5% on year, and accounting...
Thursday 11 August 2016
Taiwan market: Cable TV user base over 5.14 million at end of 2Q16, says NCC
There were 5.1438 million subscribers of cable TV services in Taiwan at the end of the second quarter of 2016, accounting for 60.52% of all households, according to statistics released...
Thursday 11 August 2016
Taiwan Mobile leads telecom operators with highest EPS for January-July period
Taiwan Mobile led the top-3 Taiwan-based telecom operators with an EPS of NT$0.50 in July, followed by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) with NT$0.41 and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET)...
Tuesday 9 August 2016
Digitimes Research: White-box tablet players see weak shipments in 2Q16
White-box tablet shipments were down 15.3% from sequentially to reach only 13.8 million units in the second quarter because the quarter was a slow season for North America and Europe,...
Tuesday 9 August 2016
Taiwan market: Samsung expected to ship 500,000 Galaxy Note 7s
Samsung Electronics has launched its new flagship model, the Galaxy Note 7, in the Taiwan market, and sources at the local retail channels expect the Korea-based vendor to ship over...