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Wednesday 23 July 2014
China Mobile TD-LTE user base increases to nearly 14 million in June
China Mobile saw its number of TD-LTE subscribers increase to 13.943 million at the end of June 2014, according to the company.
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Domestic suppliers dominate China solar inverter market as demand doubles, says IHS
The China photovoltaic (PV) solar inverter market grew by more than 100% in 2013, providing a huge boost to the country's domestic supplier base, according to IHS.
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Chi Mei Materials starts construction of polarizer factory in China
Polarizer maker Chi Mei Materials Technology on July 22 started first-phase establishment of two production lines with annual capacity of 12 million square meters worth CNY2 billion...
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Innolux, AUO facing competition from South Korea-based Ultra HD TV makers in China
While still being the main suppliers of Ultra HD TV panels to China-based TV vendors, Innolux and AU Optronics (AUO) face strong competition from South Korea-based makers which have...
Tuesday 22 July 2014
China-based LeTV stops selling OTT device in China, says report
China-based LeTV has recently stopped selling its over the top (OTT) device as it violates China's new policies for the Internet TV market, but the company's LCD TV products are not...
Tuesday 22 July 2014
Digitimes Research: January-May handset shipments in China market down 28% on year
There were 178 million handsets shipped in the China market during January-May 2014, decreasing over 70 million units on year. The decrease was mainly because China Mobile shifted...
Monday 21 July 2014
Foxconn to set production lines for green handsets
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is planning to establish production lines at plants in Guiyang, China to manufacture handsets using recycled materials in the future,...
Monday 21 July 2014
China unlikely to get out of US-supply issues in short term
Because of IT security conflicts between China and the US, the China government has been trying to abandon the use of US-made IT products such as servers and storage from players...
Monday 21 July 2014
PCB maker Gold Circuit to swing back to profitability in 2014
PCB maker Gold Circuit Electronics is expected to swing back to profitability in 2014, buoyed by rising capacity utilization rate and an improvement in product mix, according to industry...
Friday 18 July 2014
Foxconn recruiting 100,000 workers for China factory, says report
Taiwan-based EMS provider Foxconn Electronics is recruiting 100,000 production line workers aged 23-40 for its factory in Zhengzhou City of Henan Province, northern China, mainly...
Friday 18 July 2014
China glass substrate production still weak
While China-based panel makers have been expanding production capacities to increase global market share, China-based glass substrate makers, mainly the Tunghsu Group, Irico Display...
Thursday 17 July 2014
Digitimes Research launches Special Report to examine recent revisions made by China government targeting domestic semiconductor industry goals
Facing a funding shortage for local IC manufacturers, the China State Council in June 2014 published guidelines to strengthen government support for China's semiconductor industry,...
Thursday 17 July 2014
China-based HiWiFi unveils OS for smart routers, say reports
China-based router maker HiWiFi has announced an in-house developed operating system, HiWi-Fi OS, designed specifically for smart routers. The OS features three major applications:...
Thursday 17 July 2014
China market: White-box makers to roll out Xperia T3-like models
China-based white-box handset makers are ready to roll out Xperia T3-like models in September-October as they believe that the forthcoming new 4G-enabled Xperia T3 from Sony Mobile...
Thursday 17 July 2014
China market: China Telecom starts dual-mode 4G trial operation
China Telecom has kicked off TD-LTE/LTE FDD dual-mode 4G trial operation in 16 cities in China and plans to invest CNY13.2 billion (US$2.1 billion) in 4G infrastructure in 2014, according...