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Friday 20 April 2012
China Mobile to operate FDD LTE in Hong Kong
The Hong Kong branch of China Mobile on April 19 announced that the mobile telecom carrier will launch FDD LTE mobile communication services with a maximum data download speed of...
Friday 20 April 2012
Applied Materials holds solar technology innovation summit conference in China
Applied Materials' Solar Technology Center in Xi'an, western China, will hold a solar technology innovation summit on April 20, according to the company. The center is an R&D...
Friday 20 April 2012
China market: Huawei Device aims to sell 20 million smartphones in 2012, says report
Huawei Device has launched a high-end smartphone, the Ascend P1, for contract-free sale at CNY2,999 (US$476) in the China market and aims to sell 30 million handsets, of which 20...
Friday 20 April 2012
Fire breaks out at GCE PCB plant in China
Taiwan-based PCB maker Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) has halted production at one of its Changshu, China factories after a fire broke out at the facility in the early hours of April...
Thursday 19 April 2012
Factories moving further into inland China poses a challenge for distributors, says Avnet
Taiwan-based firms have been moving factories further into mid-west China, posing a challenge for IC distributors as the local logistics network will need to stay efficient and flexible...
Thursday 19 April 2012
China-based touch panel makers expanding capacities
China-based touch panel makers are following their rivals in Taiwan in ramping up their production and aggressively expanding capacity – a development which may trigger an oversupply...
Thursday 19 April 2012
China PC market to enjoy healthy 13% growth in 2012, says IHS
Driven by the rise of ultrabooks, the release of Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system and the arrival of Intel's Ivy Bridge microprocessor, China's PC market in 2012 will expand...
Thursday 19 April 2012
China market: IT brand vendors turn to strengthen online shopping platforms
Facing strong competition from China-based retail chains such as Gome and Suning as well as online shopping platforms, IT malls in China have started to lose their popularity, forcing...
Thursday 19 April 2012
Digitimes Research: China solar module makers see major reshuffle in 4Q11 rankings
Digitimes Research has found that solar module shipments from China's tier-one firms Yingli Solar, Suntech, Hanwha SolarOne and Jinko Solar decreased slightly, while Canadian Solar...
Thursday 19 April 2012
HP to establish printer production line with Foxconn in Chongqing, China
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has announced it will cooperate with Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) to establish production lines in Chongqing, China for printer manufacturing...
Thursday 19 April 2012
China market: Samsung top smartphone vendor in January-February
Samsung Electronics ranked as the top smartphone vendor in China in the first two months of 2012 with a 19.4% share, followed Huawei Device, ZTE, Lenovo and Coolpad with market shares...
Thursday 19 April 2012
Back wiring for solar cells needs downstream cooperation, say Taiwan makers
Taiwan-based solar cell makers have said there are difficulties to adopting back wiring for solar cells in the short-run because it requires cooperation with downstream solar module...
Wednesday 18 April 2012
China market: HTC launches One, new Desire lineups
HTC has launched its One series smartphones, the HTC One X, One S and One V, as well as three customized models of its HTC Desire lineup in China, with the Desire lineup targeting...
Wednesday 18 April 2012
Large-size panel shipments surge 5.6% in March on strong Labor Day demand in China, says WitsView
Coupled with TV brand vendors' preparation for new models in 2012, the top-4 LCD panel makers' shipments of TV applications in March jumped as inventory stocking started to surge...
Wednesday 18 April 2012
China market: TD-LTE development likely to slow down
China Mobile's development of the locally-developed TD-LTE may be forced to slow down as China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) may wait another two to three...