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Monday 5 February 2018
Oppo to begin marketing R11s in Japan on Feb 9
China-based smartphone vendor Oppo will begin marketing its R11s smartphone in Japan on February 9 as part of its plans to further ramp up overseas shipments, according to industry...
Monday 5 February 2018
Foxconn to invest NT$10 billion to develop AI applications
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will invest NT$10 billion (US$341 million) over the next five years to develop AI (artificial intelligence) applications for industrial...
Monday 5 February 2018
iPhone shipments up 66% on quarter in October-December 2017, says Apple
Apple shipped 77.316 million iPhone devices in the fiscal 2018 first quarter ended December 30, 2017, up 66% on quarter but down 1% on year, according to a company announcement.
Friday 2 February 2018
CHT expects revenues to rise in 2018
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) expects its revenues for 2018 to between NT$231.47 billion (US$7.92 billion) and 232.97 billion, up from NT$227.55 billion of a year earlier.
Friday 2 February 2018
Taiwan readies blueprints to develop smart machinery
Taiwan's economics ministry has released a set of blueprints for promoting the development of smart machinery, seeking to make the country the world's research and manufacturing center...
Friday 2 February 2018
Google Taiwan R&D team to expand hardware development, says executive
Google's R&D team in Taiwan will not only develop smartphones but also other products, while expanding the company's hardware development, according to Rick Osterloh, senior hardware...
Friday 2 February 2018
Mobile SoC designs, embedded processing lift microprocessor market
The fastest growing types of microprocessors in 2012-2017 were mobile system-on-chip (SoC) designs for smartphones and tablets, and microprocessors used in embedded-processing applications,...
Friday 2 February 2018
Intel, MediaTek well galvanized to perform better in 2018
Though not scoring good revenue and profit performances in most part of 2017, chipmakers Intel and MediaTek have both witnessed significantly improved gross margins in the fourth...
Friday 2 February 2018
China ODM smartphone shipments reach 260 million units in 2017
ODM smartphone shipments by China-based suppliers totaled 260 million units in 2017 with the Wingtech Group and Huaqin Telecom Technology serving as the top-two vendors, according...
Friday 2 February 2018
China smartphone shipments to fall over 30% on quarter in 1Q18, says Digitimes Research
Smartphone shipments in the China market are likely to decline over 30% sequentially in the first quarter of 2018 after such shipments expanded nearly 10% on quarter to 199.8 million...
Thursday 1 February 2018
Foxconn aims to provide platform services through IIoT networks
Foxconn Electronics has given priority to building up its industrial IoT (IIOT) networks as it moves to transform itself from a hardware manufacturing firm into a platform service...
Thursday 1 February 2018
Lite-On Tech installs IoT devices on LED street lamps in Taipei
EMS provider Lite-On Technology has erected several LED lamp posts that are equipped IoT devices in Taipei, in a project to demonstrate smart city solutions, according to the compa...
Thursday 1 February 2018
Smartphone solution providers face increasing uncertainty in 2018
Smartphone solution providers are expected to face increasing uncertainty in 2018 as the global smartphone market has become more mature and will grow at a slow pace, if not shrinking,...
Thursday 1 February 2018
Asustek to unveil new ZenFone 5 devices at MWC
Asustek Computer will unveil its new ZenFone 5-series smartphones at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 with shipments to kick off in the beginning of the second quarter...
Wednesday 31 January 2018
HTC completes deal with Google
HTC has completed the deal of transferring its ODM smartphone team to Google, and the company will now focus more on developing branded smartphone and VR products, according to a...