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Tuesday 7 February 2017
KT, LG U+, SK Telecom post mixed growth in 4Q16 net operating profits, says paper
Korea Telecom (KT), LG U+ and SK Telecom, the three largest South Korea-based telecom carriers, have reported fourth-quarter 2016 net operating profits of KRW226.3 billion (US$196...
Tuesday 7 February 2017
Digitimes Research: China FTTx, mobile Internet-access user bases increase to 228 million, 941 million at end of 2016
The number of FTTx subscribers increased to 228 million and 3G/4G mobile broadband Internet-access subscribers grew to 941 million in China as of the end of 2016, accounting for 76.8%...
Tuesday 7 February 2017
Advantech sees revenues drop to 11-month low
Advantech saw its consolidated revenues decline 20.68% on month and 7.75% on year to an 11-month low of NT$3.034 billion (US$98.086 million) in January.
Tuesday 7 February 2017
Qualcomm extends deadline for NXP purchase offer
Qualcomm has announced that it has extended the offering period of its previously announced cash tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding common shares of NXP Semiconductors...
Tuesday 7 February 2017
HTC January revenues hit 9-month low
Smartphone vendor HTC saw its consolidated revenues decline 27.16% on month and 27.98% on year to a nine-month low of NT$4.664 billion (US$148 million) in January.
Monday 6 February 2017
Digitimes Research: 124.2 million smartphones shipped in China market in 4Q16
There were 124.2 million smartphones shipped in the China market in the fourth quarter of 2016, increasing 8.0% on quarter and 5.3% on year and accounting for 29.6% of the global...
Monday 6 February 2017
Investment compass pointing south for Taiwan ODMs
China has long been considered the cause and solution for all of Taiwan's economic and political problems, but with exports to China stagnating and Taiwan's government introducing...
Monday 6 February 2017
Top-3 China smartphone vendors grab nearly half of domestic market in 2016, says IDC
The smartphone market in China saw a 19% on-year growth and 17% quarterly growth in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to IDC. For the full year of 2016, the market grew by 9%...
Monday 6 February 2017
Chunghwa Telecom aims to turn MOD operations profitable
Chunghwa Telecom will strive to improve the operation of its MOD (multimedia on demand) business and drive the money-losing business unit to become a profitable one within two years,...
Friday 3 February 2017
Made in India coming soon for Apple iPhone production
Multiple media reports are indicating that the Karnataka state in south western India is confirming that Apple iPhone production will take place at a manufacturing facility in Bang...
Friday 3 February 2017
Global smartphone shipments up 6.9% in 4Q16 with Apple as top vendor, says IDC
Global smartphone shipments reached 428.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016, increasing 6.9% on year. For all of 2016, global smartphone shipments totaled 1.47 billion,...
Friday 3 February 2017
HTC confirms departure of its top executive
HTC has confirmed that its global executive vice president Jason Mackenzie has left the company. HTC said operations will not be affected by the departure of individual personnel...
Friday 3 February 2017
Oppo raises shipment target for 1Q17, placing short lead-time orders
Taiwan-based IC and handset component suppliers reportedly have landed short lead-time orders from China-based smartphone vendor Oppo after the company recently raised its smartphone...
Thursday 2 February 2017
Acer expect fruition of new business development in 2017
Acer has been developing new business other than PCs for a while and expects to begin commercial application of AI (artificial intelligence) and deep learning and shipments of in-house-developed...
Thursday 2 February 2017
LG to launch two Android Wear-based smartwatches, says paper
LG Electronics is expected to soon launch two smartwatches, the LG Sport and LG Style, in cooperation Google. Both of the models will support Android Wear 2.0, according to a Chinese-language...