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Friday 16 March 2018
Siemens announces MindSphere and investment in Taiwan
Siemens Taiwan has unveiled its open Internet of Things (IoT) operating system MindSphere in Taiwan and announced to invest NT$60 million (US$2.04 million) to establish a digital...
Friday 16 March 2018
SAS Taiwan expects double-digit growth in 2018
Global analytics software leader SAS saw its revenues from the Taiwan market post a 25%% CAGR over the past eight years after scoring a high growth of over 20% in 2017 driven particularly...
Friday 16 March 2018
Asustek launches ZenFone 5Q in Taiwan
Asustek Computer has launched its ZenFone 5Q (ZenFone 5 Lite) in the Taiwan market priced at NT$9,900 (US$339). The vendor began to take pre-orders on March 15 with the availability...
Friday 16 March 2018
Pegatron upbeat about 1H18
Pegatron expects its performance in the first half of 2018 to outperform that seen a year ago, and is optimistic about demand for consumer electronics devices this year.
Friday 16 March 2018
Acer to reach third stage of business transformation
Acer chairman Jason Chen, at the company's supply chain conference on March 14, said that Acer's business transformation will soon enter the third stage where the goal is to maintain...
Friday 16 March 2018
Tech startup incubation on course to flourish in Taiwan
The Cloud Computing and IoT Association in Taiwan (CIAT) is actively promoting the development of SIGs (special interest groups) in four major areas - IoT information security, AI...
Friday 16 March 2018
IC distributors seeing upbeat demand for niche-market apps
Robust demand for niche-market ICs particularly high-speed transmission chips and FPGAs will be driving related IC distributors' revenue growth in 2018, according to industry sourc...
Thursday 15 March 2018
Garmin Pay launched in Taiwan
Garmin has launched Garmin Pay e-payment platform combining electronic ticket cards and credit cards based on smartwatches or wristbands in the Taiwan market through cooperation with...
Thursday 15 March 2018
Wistron dismisses report about suspension over faulty iPhone production
Wistron has dismissed a report that claimed its iPhone production at a China plant had been suspended by Apple over alleged use of unauthorized components.
Thursday 15 March 2018
Advantech to buy 25% stake in Turkey distributor Alitek
Taiwan-based IPC player Advantech has announced plans to acquire a 25% stake in Alitek, the largest channel distributor in Turkey, and will continue increasing the shareholding each...
Thursday 15 March 2018
Challenges looming for Foxconn IIoT arm after going public
Amid speculations on reasons behind the recent speedy regulatory approval of Foxconn Industrial Internet's (FII) initial public offering (IPO) in China, it remains unclear to outsiders...
Thursday 15 March 2018
UR, Quanta Storage gearing up to enhance cobot sales deployments
To better cash in on the robust worldwide demand for collaborative robots (cobots), leading makers including the Denmark-based Universal Robots (UR) and Taiwan-based Quanta Storage...
Thursday 15 March 2018
Foxconn top smartphone manufacturer in 4Q17, says IDC
Foxconn Electronics outperformed Samsung Electronics to take the top ranking for the manufacture of smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2017 thanks to orders for iPhone 8 and iPhone...
Thursday 15 March 2018
Taiwan Star expects positive EBITDA in 2018
Taiwan Star Telecom expects its EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) to become positive in 2018 as the number of its mobile service subscribers...
Wednesday 14 March 2018
Wistron expects better profits in 2018
Wistron, having survived the difficult times over the past two to three years, is seeing rapid growths for its high-margin products and expects its gross margins and operating profit...