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Thursday 2 March 2017
Taiwan market: Taiwan Mobile to launch gold-colored iPhone 6 32GB limited edition
Mobile telecom operator Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has begun taking pre-sale orders for a limited edition of gold-colored iPhone 6 32GB to be launched in the Taiwan market on March 10, according...
Thursday 2 March 2017
High component prices to squeeze margins at smartphone makers, says TrendForce
Prices for key components used in smartphones including memory chips and AMOLED panels have been rising the second half of 2016, according to market research firm TrendForce. With...
Thursday 2 March 2017
Digitimes Research: Smartphone shipments by Taiwan brand vendors, ODMs to decline nearly 40% in 1Q17
Shipments of smartphones by Taiwan-based brand vendors and ODMs are expected to decline 39.6% on year to below 10 million units in the first quarter of 2017, according to Digitimes...
Wednesday 1 March 2017
MWC 2107: China smartphone vendors show off new products
China-based smartphone vendors, including Huawei, Oppo, TCL and Lenovo all have tried to steal the spotlight at the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017.
Wednesday 1 March 2017
Advantest and W2BI to Exhibit Advanced Test Solutions at Mobile World Congress
Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857) and W2BI, Inc., an Advantest Group company whose test automation products help customers quickly launch...
Wednesday 1 March 2017
HTC to launch mobile VR devices for year-end holiday season
HTC plans to launch mobile VR (virtual reality) devices as well as a second-generation selfie Re Camera prior to the 2017 year-end holiday season, according to Chang Chia-lin, president...
Wednesday 1 March 2017
China market: Xiaomi unveils Surge S1 mobile chip
Xiaomi Technology has unveiled its first in-house developed smartphone solution, dubbed Surge S1, making it the second smartphone vendor to roll out its own mobile chips after Huaw...
Wednesday 1 March 2017
MediaTek rolls out 10nm mobile chips
MediaTek has announced the commercial availability of its Helio X30 system-on-chip (SoC) designed for high-end smartphones. Mass production for the SoC has kicked off, said the company,...
Wednesday 1 March 2017
Taiwan market: HMD to start marketing Nokia 6 in early March
HMD Global will start marketing the new Nokia 6 in the Taiwan market on March 8 after the Finland-based firm officially unveiled the model along with the Nokia 5, 3 and the iconic...
Friday 24 February 2017
Qualcomm makes splash with VR announcements
Qualcomm has made several announcements in the virtual reality (VR) space including introducing a new virtual reality development kit (VRDK) for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 mobile...
Friday 24 February 2017
Advantech sets up WISE-PaaS Marketplace as IoT application store
Industrial computing device maker and solution provider Advantech has established WISE-PaaS Marketplace, an open platform for providing on-demand IoT software solutions, according...
Friday 24 February 2017
Qualcomm share of China AP market to hit 30% for first time since 2012
Although the first quarter is the slow season in the China application processor (AP) market, Qualcomm is expected to continue outperforming its competitors and further increase its...
Friday 24 February 2017
Taiwan starts LWA 4G+Wi-Fi commercial operation
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), networking/communication device maker SerComm, IC design house MediaTek and smartphone vendor HTC have jointly announced the beginning of commercial operation...
Friday 24 February 2017
Advantech introduces edge computing to IoT solutions
Industrial computing device maker Advantech has introduced the concept of edge computing to its IoT (Internet of Things) solutions by offering edge intelligent servers, in which built-in...
Friday 24 February 2017
Advantech nets NT$8.96 per share for 2016
Industrial computing device maker Advantech posted consolidated revenues of NT$10.805 billion (US$341 million), gross margin 40.26%, net operating profit NT$1.737 billion, net profit...