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Monday 28 March 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan players have strong influence in server upstream supply chain
Server brand vendors and ODMs are mainly purchasing their components in three business styles: buy and sell, direct sourcing and direct buying and Taiwan-based component makers are...
Monday 28 March 2016
Fiber-optic networks unlikely to entirely replace copper wiring in 10 years, says Alpha Networks chairman
While fiber-optic networks are increasingly replacing copper-wired networks, they are unlikely to completely replace copper in 10 years, according to chairman John Lee for networking/communication...
Friday 25 March 2016
China market: Coolpad revenues down, but profits up in 2015
China-based smartphone vendor Coolpad has reported that revenues for the whole group reached HK$14.668 billion (US$1.89 billion) in 2015, decreasing 41.09% from a year earlier. However,...
Friday 25 March 2016
Avalue Technology to produce tablets used in retail operation
Embedded computing and industrial computer maker Avalue Technology has developed tablets for use in retail through cooperation with Compal Electronics and will begin production in...
Friday 25 March 2016
IEI workers probed for insider trading
Industrial PC player IEI Integration's headquarters in Taiwan were raided by Taiwan's Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau on March 24 for suspicion of having conducted insider...
Friday 25 March 2016
Acer splits into 2 major business groups
Acer has announced the division of its core and new businesses into two groups. The new structure will address the diverse development needs of IT hardware products versus cloud services,...
Friday 25 March 2016
Taiwan market: LG launches modular G5
LG Electronics has unveiled its G5, an Android 6.0 modular smartphone, in Taiwan at a contract-free retail price of NT$23,900 (US$724) with availability to begin in early April. The...
Friday 25 March 2016
Chunghwa Telecom starts operating 4G on 2,600MHz bands
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on March 24 began operating 4G on 2,600MHz frequency bands using 3-carrier aggregation (3CA) technology, becoming the first among Taiwan's four operators to...
Thursday 24 March 2016
IDC comments on Qualcomm server-chip venture in China
In a move that is likely to alleviate its strained relationship with Beijing and give new impetus to big data in one of China's poorer regions, Qualcomm has signed a strategic cooperation...
Thursday 24 March 2016
EMEA x86 server spending grows 5% on year in 4Q15, says IDC
As reported in IDC's EMEA Server Tracker, in the fourth quarter of 2015 the EMEA server market continued to show moderate growth, reporting US$3.9 billion in vendor revenues and 625,000...
Thursday 24 March 2016
Intel IDF Shenzhen to promote IoT
Intel will host Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in Shenzhen, China on April 13, focusing on Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Intel will also unveil its latest business strategies...
Thursday 24 March 2016
Google to establish new Cloud Platform Region
Google has announced it will expand its Cloud Platform Region and establish new centers in Oregon, the US and Tokyo, Japan with both to start operating at the end of 2016.
Thursday 24 March 2016
Inventec, Advantech set up joint venture
Inventec and Advantech on March 22 jointly announced the establishment of a joint venture, AIMobile, for R&D, production and marketing of industrial wireless mobile devices for...
Wednesday 23 March 2016
HTC to hold product presentation on April 12
HTC will hold product presentations in Taipei, New York and London on April 12. The vendor is expected to unveil its new flagship model for 2016, likely named HTC M10, during the...
Wednesday 23 March 2016
Quanta partners with Ericsson for cloud computing datacenter business
Quanta Computer has partnered with telecom equipment maker Ericsson to push the cloud computing datacenter market and the cooperation is expected to boost its telecom products' revenue...