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Thursday 25 April 2013
Sapphire substrate prices may increase in 2Q13
Sapphire substrate makers have noted that order visibility is clear to May due to expected demand growth in the LED backlighting and lighting markets. Market observers believe prices...
Thursday 25 April 2013
China panel makers low-pricing strategy no match for Taiwan technology
Despite China-based panel makers offering competitive pricing for low-end smartphone panels, Taiwan makers possess more competitive technology for producing mid-range and high-end...
Wednesday 24 April 2013
Europe solar module prices rise for first time in 4 years, says IHS
Reflecting a major shift in the global solar market after four years of severe erosion, prices for solar modules in the key Europe market are rising due to number of factors, including...
Wednesday 24 April 2013
Sapphire substrate market in oversupply
The market of sapphire substrates, an upstream material for LEDs, has been in oversupply with prices falling. The prices are lower than the production costs of many firms. This has...
Wednesday 24 April 2013
China March mobile phone user base growing to 1.146 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.146 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of March 2013, growing 1.24% sequentially and 12.46% on year, and 277.27 million (24.20%)...
Tuesday 23 April 2013
China medium-size OGS products 20% cheaper than those from Taiwan, say sources
China-based touch panel makers' medium-size one glass solution (OGS) products have reportedly dropped in price to about 20% less than Taiwan makers' due to increased production, according...
Tuesday 23 April 2013
Ilitek, Sitronix 2Q13 sales to rise over 20%
LCD driver IC suppliers ILi Technology (Ilitek) and Sitronix Technology both expect to enjoy revenue growth of more than 20% sequentially in the second quarter of 2013, thanks to...
Tuesday 23 April 2013
Samsung takes 30% of global smartphone market in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
In the first quarter of 2013, smartphone shipments increased steadily worldwide, with total shipments reaching 216.4 million units for a 9.4% on growth. Since the beginning of 2012,...
Tuesday 23 April 2013
Asustek to push Padfone Infinity in China
Asustek Computer has recently partnered with China Unicom to sell its new Padfone Infinity in China and the company will also host a launch conference later this month (April) to...
Monday 22 April 2013
MediaTek likely to raise shipment target for 2013
MediaTek is expected to revise upward its handset-IC shipment target for 2013, according to industry sources, which judge from China's booming smartphone market.
Monday 22 April 2013
Commentary: Foxconn can focus on solar end market applications
Terry Guo, chairman of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), has mentioned that the firm wants to produce different kinds of solar products. Market observers believe Foxconn...
Monday 22 April 2013
Taiwan panel makers continue seeing strong orders from China handset vendors
Taiwan-based panel makers are continuing to see increased orders from China-based handset vendors for handset panels, and expect orders to remain steady until the third quarter of...
Monday 22 April 2013
China Mobile sets 2013 capex of CNY41.7 billion for TD-LTE
China Mobile has set aside a capex budget of CNY41.7 billion (US$6.7 billion) for procurement of about 200,000 TD-LTE base stations and related equipment in 2013 to deploy its TD-LTE...
Monday 22 April 2013
Global average prices of 40W and 60W retrofit LED light bulbs fall in March, says LEDinside
The global average price of retrofit 40W LED light bulbs fell 3.9% on month in March, to US$17.10/unit. March global average pricing of retrofit 60W LED light bulbs fell 6.5% on month,...
Monday 22 April 2013
Taiwan ODM factories in western China unaffected by earthquake
Four Taiwan-based notebook ODMs, Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec, have indicated that their factories in Chongqing and Chengdu, western China, were not affected...