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Friday 30 December 2011
China market: Handset makers form alliance to counter possible patent infringement lawsuits
A number of handset makers in China, including Lenovo, ZTE, TCL, Coolpad and Konka, has formed an alliance in preparation to counter possible patent infringement lawsuits to bring...
Friday 30 December 2011
China market: Asustek, Gigabyte together may share 60% of motherboard sales in 2012
Taiwan-based vendor Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology aim to ship 10.0 million and 8.0 million motherboards, respectively, in the China market, together accounting for 60%...
Thursday 29 December 2011
Commentary: A recap of the solar market, 2004-2011
Managing a business is like managing a battle. The many problems and challenges require the management to have good organization and coordination skills. Mostly importantly, the management...
Thursday 29 December 2011
China market: Qualcomm deepens penetration in entry-level smartphone segment
Owing to concerns of hardware specifications, support of operating systems, product diversification and global marketing, more and more handset makers have strengthened their cooperation...
Thursday 29 December 2011
3D TV gaining momentum in Western Europe and China, says DisplaySearch
Consumer behavior and TV set maker strategies are resulting in widely diverging TV product ranges across the world. While the industry is truly global, regional differences are increasing...
Thursday 29 December 2011
AUO, CMI to introduce AMOLED panels in 2012
Taiwan-based panel makers AU Optronics (AUO) and Chimei Innolux (CMI) will both introduce AMOLED panel products in 2012 to compete against Korean rivals who have been dominating the...
Thursday 29 December 2011
MediaTek reiterates 4Q11 sales guidance
Following a report regarding falling feature phone and smartphone demand in China, MediaTek has said its sales guidance for the current fourth quarter should remain on track. MediaTek...
Wednesday 28 December 2011
Electricity shortage problem in China to continue, says report
The rise of the renewable energy industry in China has been causing investments into fossil fuel electricity generation projects to decrease. According to experts from China Electricity...
Wednesday 28 December 2011
China market: Household appliance vendors joining competition for smartphones
While China-based handset vendors ZTE, Huawei Device, Coolpad and Lenovo have been dominating the smartphone procurement projects released by mobile telecom carriers in China, a number...
Wednesday 28 December 2011
Foxconn to expand smartphone capacity at Zhengzhou factory in northern China
Taiwan-based EMS provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will expand production capacity of smartphones at its factory in Zhengzhou City, northern China, from 200,000...
Wednesday 28 December 2011
Leading Taiwan-based IC distributors to focus on China smartphone market in 2012
Zenitron, WPG Holdings, WT Microelectronics and Edom Technology, four Taiwan-based IC distributors, will focus their 2012 business operation on the China smartphone market, according...
Tuesday 27 December 2011
China targets solar PV installations to reach 15GW in 2015
The 2015 solar PV installation target for China's 12th Five-Year Plan for renewable energy has been increased to 15GW, 50% higher than the previous target. According to China media,...
Tuesday 27 December 2011
China market: China Unicom to launch mid-level smartphones for sale at below CNY1,500
China United Network Communications (China Unicom), the only WCDMA mobile telecom carrier in China, on December 26 unveiled mid-level Android smartphone models equipped 1GHz processor...
Monday 26 December 2011
Epistar to benefit from Greater China LED lighting projects
The growing number of LED lighting projects in Greater China is likely to benefit LED chipmaker Epistar as the firm may become the main supplier of LED chips, according to industry...
Monday 26 December 2011
Taiwan LED industry output value ranks No. 1 worldwide in 2011
Taiwan's total LED output value (including upstream chips/epitaxial wafer, and downstream packaging) in 2011 can reach US$4.537 billion, a slight 0.4% decrease on year, but it ranks...