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Friday 5 July 2013
Foxconn setting up Cybermart in northwestern China
Although Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is facing some issues entering Taiwan's retail channel, the company continues to expand its malls in China, and is establishing...
Thursday 4 July 2013
China smartphone vendors to foray into tablet segment
China-based smartphone vendors, including Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo and Xiaomi Technology, all will step up their efforts to penetrate the tablet market, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 3 July 2013
LG, Innolux bump up tablet panel orders to customers in China
LG Display is reportedly in discussions to supply 7-inch 1024 by 600 TV panels to customers in southern China, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 3 July 2013
China white-box vendor introduces ultra-thin smartphone
China-based white-box smartphone vendor UMeox Mobile has joined the world's ultra-thin smartphone market by introducing its UMeox X5, which has a thickness of only 5.6mm.
Tuesday 2 July 2013
Korea 8.5G TV panel fabs in China to shift to 48- and 49-inch production
Two Korea-based panel makers' 8.5G fabs in China will reportedly focus on production of 48- and 49-inch TV panels, according to industry sources.
Monday 1 July 2013
Taiwan component makers increase subcontract orders to China makers
Viewing that their profits are being impacted by weakened notebook demand, some Taiwan-based notebook component makers have increased subcontracting their orders to China-based makers...
Monday 1 July 2013
95% of Ultra HD TVs sold in China during May 1 period from local vendors
Approximately 95% of the Ultra HD TVs sold in the China market during the nation's May 1 holiday period were from local-based vendors while the remaining 5% were from Korea- and Japan-based...
Monday 1 July 2013
Asustek and HP enter China tablet market with entry-level models
Asustek Computer and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are both set to enter the China tablet market with new cheap tablet models: the Asustek 7-inch 8GB MeMO Pad HD 7, priced below CNY999 (US$163)...
Monday 1 July 2013
China white-box tablet players seeing success in landing government procurement orders
China-based white-box players are gaining the upper hand in the competition with first-tier brand vendors for tablet procurement orders from Asia Pacific governments due to their...
Monday 1 July 2013
STATS ChipPAC to close Malaysia plant
STATS ChipPAC, which provides IC assembly and test services to semiconductor companies and electronics OEMs, has unveiled plans to consolidate manufacturing at its production units...
Friday 28 June 2013
MediaTek, Spreadtrum advance in China market as Qualcomm chip sales decline, says TrendForce
MediaTek has been making an impressive run lately; not only is the Taiwan-based chip manufacturer commanding its way in the mid-to-high end smartphone space, it has also successfully...
Friday 28 June 2013
China stringent money policies expected to benefit Taiwan component factories
As the China government has enforced very stringent money supply policies, small China-based notebook component makers have faced operational problems due to difficulty obtaining...
Friday 28 June 2013
China Mobile aims to start VoLTE business in 2014, says company president
China Mobile plans to start testing Voice over LTE (VoLTE) in second-half 2013 and aims to start commercial operations in 2014, company president Li Yue revealed at the 2013 Mobile...
Friday 28 June 2013
Harvatek quits joint venture project with TCL
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Harvatek has announced the termination of joint venture with China-based TV brand TCL. Harvatek noted that both parties have had disagreements on...
Thursday 27 June 2013
China market: Chine Mobile to launch over 10 TD-LTE smartphones in 2H13, says report
China Mobile, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, will launch more than 10 models of TD-LTE smartphones in the China market, China-based tech.163.com quoted company...