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Tuesday 13 July 2021
Reliance, Google reportedly to develop ultra-low-priced smartphones in India
India-based Reliance Industries reportedly is in talks with Google to jointly develop an ultra-low-priced smartphone, likely to be dubbed JioPhone Next, according to a local media...
Monday 12 July 2021
Vietnam partners with ADB to promote digital government
Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Asian Development Bank (ADB) at the end of June to form a partnership for the...
Monday 12 July 2021
South Korean firms building smart city in Vietnam
South Korea's SparkLabs Korea, Daewoo E&C Vina, and Bespin Global have signed a strategic partnership to construct a smart city platform in Vietnam, according to SparkLabs Grou...
Monday 12 July 2021
Notebook component shortage worsening in 3Q21 due to non-PC competition
Notebook ODMs expect component shortages to worsen in the third quarter, as competition to secure sufficient supply from other industry sectors such as automotive electronics, consumer...
Monday 12 July 2021
Philippines' Globe Telecom ventures into startups to generate revenue from value-added services
The Philippines' Globe Telecom created revenue growth of more than 60% of revenue in seven years, with its almost 9% in average annual growth higher than the average of 6.53% for...
Friday 9 July 2021
Highlights of the day: Server makers brace for worsening components shortage
Server makers have seen weaker than expected shipments because of components shortges, which they expect will worsen in second half of the year and further dampen their server...
Friday 9 July 2021
Wiwynn to build assembly plant in Malaysia
Server ODM Wiwynn will set up an assembly plant in Malaysia to serve customers locally, according to the Taiwan-based company. The new plant is expected to come online in 2023.
Friday 9 July 2021
Zhen Ding, Flexium to see strong shipments for new iPhones in 2H21
Flexible PCB specialists Zhen Ding Technology and Flexium Interconnect, reportedly among the suppliers of flexible antenna modules for the upcoming iPhones and other new Apple devices,...
Friday 9 July 2021
Supreme upbeat about server chip demand in 3Q21
Growth in memory chip demand for servers and data centers is poised to outperform that for handsets in the third quarter of 2021, according to Taiwan-based Supreme Electronics.
Friday 9 July 2021
Server ODMs to see shipment shortfall widen in 2H21
Server ODMs saw their shipments fall short of customer orders by 10-30% in the first half of 2021, with the shipment shortfall likely to widen in the second half of the year because...
Friday 9 July 2021
POS vendor Flytech to log revenue gains in 2H21
Taiwan-based Flytech Technology, dedicated to supplying point-of-service (POS) solutions, expects to its revenues to grow sequentially in the third quarter as component shortages...
Friday 9 July 2021
Samsung reportedly reconsidering smartphones with vapor chambers
Samsung Electronics reportedly is reconsidering adopting vapor chambers for its new smartphones for 2022, which could benefit cooling solution providers' sales, according to sources...
Thursday 8 July 2021
Acer subsidiaries eye IPC business opportunities
Acer's subsidiaries such as AOpen and Weblink are eyeing the business opportunity for industrial PC products in the post-pandemic era.
Thursday 8 July 2021
China tightens control of IoV
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), in view of fast growing application of 5G technology to IoV (Internet of vehicle), has published instructions and guidelines...
Wednesday 7 July 2021
Hinge makers see orders for foldable smartphones ramp up
Hinge makers expect their shipments for foldable smartphones to ramp up and start making positive contributions to revenues in the second half of 2021, according to industry source...