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Monday 26 January 2015
China market: China vendors to beef up competition for CNY2,000-3,000 segment, say sources
China-based smartphone vendors, including Xiaomi Technology, Lenovo, ZTE and Coolpad, all plan to strengthen their presence in the CNY2,000-3,000 (US$320-478) smartphone segment in...
Monday 26 January 2015
China smartphone supply chains estimate demand to pick up in March
China smartphone supply chain makers estimate they will begin shipments for new devices following the Lunar New Year period as local handset vendors remain concerned over clearing...
Monday 26 January 2015
China reaches PV installation capacity of 10.52GWp in 2014, says report
Total installation capacity of rooftop and ground-mounted PV power-generating system set up in China in 2014 stood at 10.52GWp, increasing 13% on year but short of the target of 14GWp...
Friday 23 January 2015
China smartphone vendors keen to adopt metal-stamping chassis
China smartphone vendors are keen to adopt unibody metal-stamping chassis for their smartphones because of low production costs. Stamping can produce large volumes of products in...
Friday 23 January 2015
Metal chassis makers expected to achieve good revenue performances in 1Q15
Despite the first quarter being the traditional slow season, Taiwan-based metal chassis maker Catcher Technology is expected to see its revenues drop only 6% sequentially thanks to...
Friday 23 January 2015
Digitimes Research: China players becoming strong threat to first-tier brand vendors
Observing vendors' showcases at CES 2015, Digitimes Research believes first-tier notebook brand vendors' 2-in-1 devices are expected face fierce price competition from China's white-box...
Friday 23 January 2015
Most China tier-1 PV module suppliers sold out until 2Q15, says IHS
Most China tier-1 solar PV module suppliers have sold out until the second quarter of 2015, according to IHS. Along with the consolidation of the PV module industry, China tier-1...
Friday 23 January 2015
China December mobile phone user base grows to 1.286 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.286 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of December 2014, growing 0.40% on month and 4.64% on year. 485.26 million (37.73%) were...
Friday 23 January 2015
2015 China IC design market forecast
Global economic growth is forecast to reach 3.8% in 2015, up from 3.3% in 2014. From the perspective of the electronics industry though, PC shipments will continue to decline, smartphone...
Thursday 22 January 2015
China market: IC demand for 4G smartphones to pick up after Lunar New Year holidays
IC demand for 4G smartphones is set to pick up after the Lunar New Year holidays as China-based brand vendors and OEMs are gearing up for new product roll-outs in the second quarter,...
Thursday 22 January 2015
Digitimes Research: China smartphone industry to report shipment growth of 8.6% for 4Q14
During visits to firms in China's smartphone supply chain in November and December 2014, Digitimes Research found that their shipments to the domestic market were weak in the fourth...
Thursday 22 January 2015
China government moving forward with panel component subsidies
Demand for upstream panel components is increasing in China and local makers are unable to meet supply, particularly for TFT polarizers. The China government, as a result, is issuing...
Thursday 22 January 2015
HP appoints new chairman for China subsidiary H3C Technologies
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has appointed chairman of HP China Mao Yunan to concurrently serve as new chairman of its subsidiary in Hangzhou, H3C Technologies. The move has reportedly triggered...
Wednesday 21 January 2015
Second-tier motherboard players planning new strategies for 2015
Facing fierce competition from the top-two players, Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology, small motherboard players such as ASRock, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) and Micro-Star...
Wednesday 21 January 2015
Sunplus to sell STB chip business to China firm
Sunplus Technology, a Taiwan-based IC design house specializing in multimedia and PC peripheral chips, has announced plans to sell its STB (set-top box) IC business to China-based...