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Monday 27 November 2017
China October mobile user base grows to 1.403 billion, says MIIT
China logged 1.403 billion subscribers to mobile communication services as of October 2017, increasing 0.64% sequentially and 6.49% on year, with 139.63 million (9.95%) of them being...
Friday 24 November 2017
Lenovo assigns new head for Taiwan office
Lenovo has appointed Benjamin Lin, its ex-head of the large enterprise PC business group, as general manager of its Taiwan branch office. Lin had worked for Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard...
Friday 24 November 2017
Taiwan market: Huawei launches Mate 10 series smartphones
Huawei has launched its Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro smartphones in the Taiwan market with the availability to begin on November 28. The Mate 10 carries a price tag of NT$20,900 (US$697),...
Thursday 23 November 2017
IT spending in India to reach US$87.1 billion in 2018, says Gartner
India IT spending is projected to total US$87.1 billion in 2018, an increase of 9.2% from 2017 estimated spending of US$79.7 billion, according to Gartner.
Thursday 23 November 2017
Automation market full of opportunities, says Aurotek executive
Aurotek, founded in 1981, was one of the earliest automation equipment component suppliers in Taiwan. The company started the business as a distribution agent of mechanical equipment...
Thursday 23 November 2017
Taiwan market: Oppo launches R11s
China-based vendor Oppo has launched its new model, R11s, an all-screen Android smartphone, in the Taiwan market with the availability to begin in early December at prices starting...
Wednesday 22 November 2017
Volkswagen adopts Getac diagnostics solutions
Getac has developed two robust computer solutions for use in Volkswagen's international and group-wide vehicle diagnostics and other production applications.
Wednesday 22 November 2017
Xiaomi taps ex-MediaTek executive as investment partner
China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi Technology has appointed former MediaTek co-COO Jeffrey Ju as a partner of its industrial investment unit, sparking widespread concerns in Taiwan's...
Wednesday 22 November 2017
Digitimes Research: Global smartphone shipments to reach over 1.5 billion units in 2018
Global smartphone shipments are expected to grow 5% on year to reach 1.43 billion units in 2017 and expand another 4.8% to over 1.5 billion units in 2018, according to Digitimes Re...
Tuesday 21 November 2017
Qualcomm suspends IIoT development projects with Taiwan IT players, say sources
Qualcomm may also temporarily suspend its cooperation with Taiwan-based IT players on the development of related Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications after it had decided...
Tuesday 21 November 2017
Digitimes Research: Worldwide tablet shipments to reach 128 million units in 2018
Seeing all-screen smartphones continue eroding tablet demand, tablet vendors, to differentiate the two product lines, are turning aggressively to promote 10-inch and above models...
Tuesday 21 November 2017
Taiwan market: Smartphone sales remain weak in October
Sales of smartphones in the Taiwan market totaled 581,000 units in October, down 1.02% from the previous month and 19.53% from a year earlier, according to data compiled by local...
Monday 20 November 2017
Taiwan market: Garmin to launch vivomove HR
Garmin has unveiled vivomove HR, a stylish hybrid smart atch, for launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$6,990 (US$231) for a sports edition and NT$9,990...
Monday 20 November 2017
Acer digital signage products enter Japan market, says paper
Acer has partnered with Japan-based software integration service provider SMedio to begin marketing its digital signage products in Japan's smart retailing market, according to a...
Monday 20 November 2017
Digitimes Research: Top-3 Korea fixed-network players vary in marketing strategies
The top-three high speed fixed network communications firms in South Korea have adopted different marketing strategies to attract customer patronages, with the leading player Korea...