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Friday 11 July 2014
China government demands OTT/smart TVs switch to TVOS from Android, say reports
The China government is demanding cable TV service providers in the country only adopt TVOS 1.0 for their over the top (OTT) devices and smart TVs, which is expected to significantly...
Friday 11 July 2014
MediaTek remains calm on Qualcomm price reduction
MediaTek has said it is not concerned much about Qualcomm's announcement that it is lowering prices for its entry-level 4G solutions, believing that the price reductions will not...
Thursday 10 July 2014
Foxconn chairman to make keynote at China Eco Forum Global
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) chairman Terry Guo is set to participate in the Eco Forum Global Annual Conference Guiyang 2014 in China on July 11 and will make...
Thursday 10 July 2014
Digitimes Research: Competition in emerging markets remains the focus for smartphone industry
Competition in emerging markets continued to be the focus of the global smartphone industry in June 2014, according to Digitimes Research.
Thursday 10 July 2014
Digitimes Research: China market sees mixed LED bulb pricing trend in June
June average retail price for 7W LED light bulbs (equivalent to 40W incandescent ones) in the China market decreased 7.8% on month to CNY34.50 (US$5.50), while 9W ones (equivalent...
Wednesday 9 July 2014
Notebook vendors continuing to shift touch panel orders to China
Taiwan touch panel makers are continuing to see increased pressure from China-based makers due to their low-price solutions, which is also prompting more notebook vendors to shift...
Wednesday 9 July 2014
EU to probe China PV makers, say Taiwan makers
The European Union (EU), in response to Germany-based SolarWorld AG's complaint that some China-based PV module makers have stealthily offered Europe-based importers prices below...
Friday 4 July 2014
China touch panel makers aiming at international vendors and Taiwan OEMs, says Holitech
China touch panel makers are continuing to bump up efforts to land orders from international vendors as well as Taiwan-based OEMs in order to expand their business models, according...
Thursday 3 July 2014
China market: Hisense to launch new phones under Vidaa brand
China-based vendor Hisense will launch a secondary handset brand, Vidaa, with the first model to be released in November 2014, targeting the younger generation, according to industry...
Thursday 3 July 2014
Xiaomi looking to establish Android tablet ecosystem to compete against iPad, says CEO
Commenting on the company's plans to join the tablet industry, CEO of China-based Xiaomi Lei Jun has said that the lack of a healthy ecosystem was the main problem holding Xiaomi...
Thursday 3 July 2014
Samsung sells 4.5G production facilities to Truly
Truly Optoelectronics has purchased 4.5G production facilities from Samsung Display that will be shipped to China for producing small- to medium-size LCD panels.
Wednesday 2 July 2014
Taiwan component makers to enhance competitiveness through vertical integration and automated production
Having almost no advantages competing against China-based component makers in terms of price and volume, Taiwan-based notebook component makers have recently started organizing their...
Wednesday 2 July 2014
Xiaomi sees smartphone shipments jump 271% on year in 1H14, outperforming Taiwan rivals
Xiaomi Technology shipped 26.11 million smartphones in the first half of 2014, increasing 271% from a year earlier, an achievement far ahead of Taiwan-based rivals including HTC,...
Wednesday 2 July 2014
Innolux to shift 25-30% of manufacturing capacity in China back to Taiwan, says report
Innolux will shift roughly 25-30% of its manufacturing capacity in China back to Taiwan in order to speed up production and increase panel yields, according to an Economic Daily...
Wednesday 2 July 2014
Digitimes Research: Local brands to see smartphone sales rebound in China market in 3Q14
Sales of smartphones by local brands in China are expected to rebound starting the second half of third-quarter 2014 after seeing their sales drop by nearly 30% sequentially in second-quarter...