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Tuesday 14 March 2017
EMEA server spending declines 12.9% on year, says IDC
IDC's EMEA Server Tracker shows that in the fourth quarter of 2016 the EMEA server market reported an on-year decline in vendor revenues of 12.9% to EUR$3.4 billion (US$3.62 billion)...
Tuesday 14 March 2017
LG will not launch G6 in China, says report
LG Electronics may not launch its latest flagship smartphone, the LG G6, in the China market, and eventually is likely to withdraw from the market due to heavy losses from its handset...
Tuesday 14 March 2017
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile unveils flagship Xperia XZ family products
Sony Mobile Communications has unveiled four new smartphones in the Taiwan market, including the flagship Xperia XZs and XZ Premium, and mid-range Xperia XA1 and XA1 Ultra.
Tuesday 14 March 2017
Global tablet shipments to dip below 40 million in 1Q17
For the first time in almost five years, global quarterly tablet shipments will dip below 40 million units in the first quarter of 2017, according to Digitimes Research.
Tuesday 14 March 2017
Pure Storage optimistic about all-flash storage solutions
Pure Storage Asia Pacific and Japan CTO Michael Cornwell believes the all-flash storage method will become the trend for the IT market and even grow to become a mainstream technology...
Tuesday 14 March 2017
Meizu to switch part of smartphone AP orders from MediaTek to Qualcomm in 3Q17, say sources
China-based smartphone vendor Meizu, which currently supplies over 90% of its smartphones with MediaTek application processor (AP) solutions, is expected to begin largely adopting...
Monday 13 March 2017
Digitimes Research: Growth in global 4G user base to slow down beginning 2017
The global number of LTE (4G) mobile communication subscribers quickly increased to 1.935 billion at the end of 2016 according to statistics by the GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association),...
Monday 13 March 2017
IBM pushes blockchain system for e-transaction
IBM has been aggressively pushing the blockchain system. In a recen press conference in Taiwan to talk about the system's development, Christopher Ferris, IBM's CTO of Open Technology...
Monday 13 March 2017
HTC expected to see revenues start picking up in March
HTC is expected to see its revenues begin to pick up in March due to increasing shipments of its HTC U series flagship smartphones, according to industry sources.
Monday 13 March 2017
FIH Mobile reports decreased earnings for 2016
FIH Mobile, the handset arm of the Foxconn Group, has reported net profits of US$136 million for 2016, declining 40.4% from a year earlier.
Monday 13 March 2017
Chunghwa Telecom sees profits down in February
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has reported net profits of NT$3.01 billion (US$96.96 million) for February, down 21.2% from a year earlier. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$0.39...
Friday 10 March 2017
Asustek reports 10% on-year decline in February revenues
Asustek Computer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$31.818 billion (US$1.02 billion) for February 2017, representing a 1.5% increase on month and 10.1% drop on year.
Friday 10 March 2017
China smartphone vendors conservative about placing component orders
Competition in China's smartphone market is getting keener, forcing some players including Huawei, Xiaomi, Vivo and LeEco to turn more conservative about placing orders with upstream...
Friday 10 March 2017
Taiwan Mobile sees profits up 7% on year in January-February
Mobile telecom carrier Taiwan Mobile saw its net profits increase 7% on year to NT$2.68 billion (US$86.47 million) in the first two months of 2017.
Friday 10 March 2017
Taiwan forms alliance to promote IoT
Taiwan's National Development Council (NDC) has organized Asia Silicon Valley Development Agency (ASVDA), a cross-industry alliance specifically to promote IoT, according to NDC deputy...