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Tuesday 16 August 2016
Asustek 2016 smartphone shipments to fall short of target, says paper
Asustek Computer is expected to ship 22-23 million smartphones in 2016, falling short of its target of 25 million units set for the year, according to a Chinese-language Economic...
Monday 15 August 2016
Asustek 2Q16 brand operations down
Asustek Computer saw global brand operations in the second quarter of 2016 drop on quarter and on year in terms of revenue and profitability, the company said at an August 12 investors...
Monday 15 August 2016
Digitimes Research: Smartphone shipments in China up slightly in 2Q16
Smartphone Shipments in the China market totaled 149 million units in the second quarter of 2016, representing an increase of 2.7% on quarter and 14.3% on year, according to data...
Monday 15 August 2016
Acer smartphone chief to leave, likely to head Qualcomm Taiwan
Acer has announced that ST Liew, co-president of Acer's BYOC Smart Products Business unit, will leave the company. The announcement follows local media reports indicating that Liew...
Friday 12 August 2016
China Mobile sees on-year growth in 1H16
China Mobile has reported first-half 2016 operating revenues of CNY370.351 billion (US$56.68 billion) increasing 7.1% on year, EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation,...
Friday 12 August 2016
China market: Huawei adjusting strategy to protect domestic smartphone market
Huawei will launch more entry-level and mid-range smartphones for sale in the China market to fend off increasing competition from local rivals Oppo and Vivo in the two segments,...
Friday 12 August 2016
Sales of iOS smartphones up in US and EU, down in China in 2Q16, says Kantar
Sales of iOS-based smartphones returned to growth in the US and in the three major markets in the EU – the UK, Germany and France – but continued to suffer on-year declines...
Thursday 11 August 2016
Digitimes Research: China vendors ship over 145 million smartphones in 2Q16
China-based vendors shipped 145.9 million smartphones globally in total during the second quarter of 2016, rising 13% on quarter and 22.9% on year and accounting for 44.1% of the...
Thursday 11 August 2016
Taiwan market: Cable TV user base over 5.14 million at end of 2Q16, says NCC
There were 5.1438 million subscribers of cable TV services in Taiwan at the end of the second quarter of 2016, accounting for 60.52% of all households, according to statistics released...
Thursday 11 August 2016
Taiwan Mobile leads telecom operators with highest EPS for January-July period
Taiwan Mobile led the top-3 Taiwan-based telecom operators with an EPS of NT$0.50 in July, followed by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) with NT$0.41 and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET)...
Thursday 11 August 2016
Asustek sees decreased July revenues
Asustek Computer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$33.34 billion (US$1.04 billion) for July, decreasing 21.34% on month and 3.49% on year, and NT$255.94 billion for January-July,...
Thursday 11 August 2016
China-based Luxshare to take up 51% stake in Merry subsidiary
The board of directors of headset maker Merry Electronics has approved a capital expansion project for its subsidiary in Suzhou, under which ICT-Lanto, a subsidiary of China-based...
Tuesday 9 August 2016
Digitimes Research: White-box tablet players see weak shipments in 2Q16
White-box tablet shipments were down 15.3% from sequentially to reach only 13.8 million units in the second quarter because the quarter was a slow season for North America and Europe,...
Tuesday 9 August 2016
TSMC grabs chip orders for new Apple Watch, says report
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will replace Samsung as the sole supplier of chips for the new Apple Watch starting the second half of 2016, according to a report...
Tuesday 9 August 2016
Aliyun forms strategic cooperation with HTC to develop VR solutions based on cloud computing technology
Alibaba Cloud (Aliyun), a cloud service provider belonging to the Alibaba Group, on August 9 announced a strategic cooperation agreement with HTC to develop VR (virtual reality) solutions...