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Tuesday 4 February 2020
Taiwan manufacturers preparing measures against coronavirus outbreak
Many Taiwan-based manufacturers have prepared measures for their factories in China, making flexible adjustments in response to the quick developments of China's coronavirus outbreak,...
Tuesday 4 February 2020
China handset vendors to see shipments drop in 1Q20, says Digitimes Research
China-based handset makers shipped a total of 194 million smartphones worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2019, up 0.6% on quarter but down 4% on year, Digitimes Research has found.
Tuesday 4 February 2020
China smartphone AP shipments to slip in 1Q20, says Digitimes Research
Smartphone AP shipments in China reached a total of 197 million units in the fourth quarter of 2019, down 5.9% on year and 7.7% sequentially with volume for the whole year arriving...
Monday 3 February 2020
Highlights of the day: Huawei under extra pressure for smartphone sales
Huawei is the top smartphone vendor in China. But its sales have been under much pressure, first from the US trade ban, and now the coronavirus outbreak that has promised to dampen...
Monday 3 February 2020
Optical devices makers asked to step up shipments for China 5G base stations
The locakdown of Wuhan, the epicenter of coronavirus outbreak and China's production hub for optical communications components, may dent the construction of 5G base stations in the...
Monday 3 February 2020
Chip demand for 5G infrastructures remains significant
Taiwan-based IC distributors WPG Holdings and WT Microelectronics, despite the coronavirus outbreak in China, continue to see significant demand for chips and components used in 5G...
Monday 3 February 2020
Smartphone shipments to China to sink over 10% on year in 1Q20, says Digitimes Research
Smartphone shipments to the China market are expected to fall over 10% on year in the first quarter of 2020 affected by seasonality, insufficient supply of 5G models, high inventory...
Monday 3 February 2020
Chipmakers to see delayed handset replacements in China
Handset replacements are facing increasing postponement pressure in the China market due to the coronavirus outbreak, posing a big challenge to first-quarter 2020 revenue performances...
Monday 3 February 2020
Huawei facing extra pressure on smartphone sales
Huawei is facing added pressure on its smartphone sales in 2020 as rising handset inventory levels in China's channels are being compounded by the coronavirus outbreak, according...
Monday 3 February 2020
Taiwan 4Q19 international Internet bandwidth over 3,565Gbps
Taiwan's direct Internet connection with 12 countries/cities reached total bandwidth of 3,565.368Gbps as of the end of fourth-quarter 2019, increasing 4.84% sequentially and 28.61%...
Monday 3 February 2020
5G equipment, networking device suppliers to brace for coronavirus impact
Global 5G chipmakers and networking device suppliers were ready to begin ramping up shipments at the end of 2019 to cash in on the roll-outs of 5G networks worldwide, but they now...
Friday 31 January 2020
IPC makers mull raising Taiwan production as outbreak widens in China
Taiwan-based IPC makers expect their shipments not to be much affected by the coronavirus outbreak as they have production lines in both Taiwan and China, but some of them are mulling...
Friday 31 January 2020
5G fixed wireless broadband CPE market to reach nearly 7 million units in 2024, says ABI Research
As operators continue to roll out 5G networks, 5G fixed wireless broadband consumer premise equipment (CPE) shipments will hit more than two million units in 2020, and increase to...
Friday 31 January 2020
ASRock revenues to rise on increased shipments with AMD chipsets
Taiwan-based motherboard specialist ASRock, after seeing its 2019 revenues surge 31.61% on year to a record high of NT$13.415 billion (US$443.16 million), is expected to extend the...
Thursday 30 January 2020
Samsung profit plunges in 2019
Samsung Electronics has reported its profit plunged 51% to KRW21.74 trillion won (US$18.53 billion) in 2019, compared to KRW44.34 trillion for 2018, as its semiconductor sales dropped...