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Tuesday 29 January 2019
Smartphone shipments in China fall to lowest since 2013, says Canalys
Smartphone shipments in China totaled 396 million units in 2018, the lowest level since 2013, according to Canalys. Shipments for the fourth quarter of 2018 fell for the seventh consecutive...
Tuesday 29 January 2019
PCB makers see little impact from Huawei 5G equipment boycott
Despite the raging US-led campaign to boycott 5G network equipment supplied by China's leading telecom equipment maker Huawei, Taiwan PCB makers are less worried about its possible...
Tuesday 29 January 2019
BOE to lead in China smartphone panel sector, says Digitimes Research
BOE Technology, which has adopted an aggressive strategy by foraying into the flexible AMOLED panel sector and stopping further investment in LTPS TFT LCD technology, is likely to...
Tuesday 29 January 2019
Taiwan Mobile, Nokia jointly demonstrate 5G equipment and applications
Taiwan Mobile has recently teamed up with Nokia to demonstrate "real 5G" equipment and VR/AR applications and carry out relevant 5G connection tests, seeking to jointly develop 5G,...
Monday 28 January 2019
Taiwan firms gearing up for OLED market boom
With more LCD panel suppliers capable of producing in commercial volume OLED displays for smartphones, Taiwan-based driver IC firms and related backend houses are gearing up to grow...
Monday 28 January 2019
Makers moving to tap demand for 5G servers, networking devices
As 5G applications will disrupt central office equipment at telecom operators, software suppliers and hardware makers, especially those of servers and networking switches, are aggressively...
Monday 28 January 2019
Huawei makes early preparations for 5G
As China's leading smartphone and telecom equipment maker, Huawei is moving at full throttles to strengthen its capabilities for the upcoming 5G commercialization era by placing orders...
Monday 28 January 2019
Neurobit launches nystagmus-recording smart glasses
Neurobit Technologies has developed wireless smart glasses that can record nystagmus waveforms and analyze related imaging data to make early prediction and prevention of strokes...
Monday 28 January 2019
AR/VR spearheading into niche application markets, says Digitimes Research
VR applications are spearheading into the fields such as sports tournaments and concerts, despite a recent setback in IMAX's announcement that it plans to close all of its IMAX VR...
Friday 25 January 2019
Hole-punch, foldable screens rising as new handset designs
The global smartphone market has experienced a significant boost in brand concentration rate amid lackluster sales sentiment, and brand vendors are aggressively moving to stimulate...
Friday 25 January 2019
Taiwan revving up green power generation efforts
With green energy increasingly adopted by international tech firms, the government in Taiwan will enhance the implementation of diverse renewable energy policies in line with the...
Thursday 24 January 2019
US firms less confident about 2019 Taiwan economic outlook, says AmCham survey
Multinational business leaders are less confident about Taiwan's economic outlook for the next 12 months, with only 45.8% of those surveyed noting that they were very or somewhat...
Thursday 24 January 2019
Intel, MediaTek, Qualcomm dominating 5G modem chips supply
While chipmakers and brand vendors of smartphones are striving to seek a preemptive presence in the segments of 5G IPs, patents and AP chips, the most critical 5G modem chip solutions...
Thursday 24 January 2019
3GPP standard working meeting sees royalties undercurrent
Some IP and patent holders of the latest communication technologies are taking the advantage of a 3GPP workshop currently being held in Taipei seeking to also accrue royalties for...
Wednesday 23 January 2019
Cisco offers Taiwan enterprises help in biz transformation
Cisco has hosted Cisco Connect TPE 2019 in Taipei, sharing its ideas about cloud computing. Cisco Taiwan president George Chen, during his keynote speech, ointed out that the company...