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Tuesday 3 May 2016
HTC sells land to improve financial operations
HTC has reported that it sold recently a land lot located in Taoyuan City, northern Taiwan for a total of NT$2.88 billion (US$89.29 million), which will generate an income of NT$990...
Friday 29 April 2016
China Telecom 1Q16 revenues up 6.1% on year
China Telecom has reported operating revenues of CNY86.426 billion (US$13.22 billion) growing 6.1% on year for the first quarter of 2016, according to the company.
Friday 29 April 2016
Notebook-use thermal module makers step into server applications
Notebook-use heat-dissipation module makers, including Taiwan-based Auras Technology, Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry, Asia Vital Components and Cooler Master as well as Japan-based...
Thursday 28 April 2016
iPhone shipments to continue to drop in 2Q16
Shipments of iPhone devices are expected to continue to decline to around 40 million units in the second quarter of 2016 (or Apple's fiscal third quarter) after shipments dropped...
Thursday 28 April 2016
Worldwide smartphone growth goes flat in 1Q16, says IDC
Global smartphone shipments reached 334.9 million units in the first quarter of 2016, up slightly from the 334.3 million units shipped a year earlier, marking the smallest on-year...
Thursday 28 April 2016
GSMA announces further details for Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2016
The GSMA provided further details for the 2016 GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai, which will be held 29 June to 1 July 2016 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC)...
Thursday 28 April 2016
Taiwan market: Smartphones sales dip in March; Samsung outperforms Apple in volume sales
Sales of handsets, mostly smartphones, totaled 672,000 units in the Taiwan market in March, a decline of 37,000 units from the previous month and 21,000 units from a year earlier...
Thursday 28 April 2016
Asustek denies plans to split company businesses
Asustek Computer has refuted a rumor that the company is considering separating its Open Platform business group, which includes motherboard, graphics card, monitor and peripheral...
Thursday 28 April 2016
Apple sees iPhone shipments drop in fiscal 2Q16
Apple has announced that it posted quarterly revenues of US$50.6 billion and quarterly net income of US$10.5 billion, or US$1.90 per diluted share for the fiscal 2016 second quarter...
Wednesday 27 April 2016
ITTS steps into smart factory, city, logistics services
IT outsourcing and business process outsourcing service provider Information Technology Total Services (ITTS) has extended operations to Internet of Things-based (IoT) services for...
Wednesday 27 April 2016
High-end smartphone sales decelerating, affecting IC orders
Sales of high-end smartphones are decelerating, affecting orders for ICs and other parts and components, according to sources from Taiwan-based IC design houses.
Wednesday 27 April 2016
PC, handset supply chain makers conservative about prospects for 2016
Makers in the PC and handset supply chains in Taiwan are conservative about a business rebound in the second half of 2016 as well as the overall performance for the entire year amid...
Tuesday 26 April 2016
HTC to launch accelerator programs to foster development of VR industry
HTC has announced plans to inject over US$100 million to carry out a business accelerator program, HTC Vive X, to foster development of the virtual reality (VR) industry.
Tuesday 26 April 2016
Inspection service company Sporton posts EPS NT$1.80 for 1Q16
Mobile device testing service company Sporton International has reported net profit of NT$160 million (US$4.94 million) for the first quarter of 2016, up 2.87% from a year earlier...
Tuesday 26 April 2016
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile to continue ramping up share in high-end smartphone segment
Sony Mobile Communications will continue to ramp up its share in the over-NT$15,000 (US$462) segment of Taiwan's smartphone market in 2016 although high-end smartphones' share of...