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Saturday 18 February 2017
Taiwan market: Cable TV operator CNS to procure 400,000 STBs in 2017
Cable TV MSO (multi-system operator) China Network Systems (CNS) plans to set aside a capital expenditure budget of NT$2.6-2.8 billion (US$83.9-90.3 million) for 2017, aiming to further...
Saturday 18 February 2017
Samsung unveils a new line of smart appliances at Samsung SEAO Forum 2017
Samsung Electronics has unveiled a new line of consumer electronic products at the ongoing Samsung SEAO Forum 2017 in Singapore.
Saturday 18 February 2017
China smartphone market and industry – 4Q 2016
Digitimes Research estimates overall fourth-quarter 2016 shipments from China-based smartphone firms were 181.8 million units with an on-quarter increase of 4.4% and an on-year increase...
Saturday 18 February 2017
China market: Smartphone shipments hit record 131.6 units in 4Q16, says Canalys
Smartphone shipments in China reached 131.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016, accounting for nearly a third of worldwide shipments, according to Canalys.
Friday 17 February 2017
Display bookings to top US$2 billion in Fiscal 2017 for Applied Materials
Semiconductor equipment provider Applied Materials delivered another strong quarter for its display business, with its first quarter display revenues increasing 66% on year to US$422...
Friday 17 February 2017
HannStar becomes largest small- to medium-size panel maker in Taiwan in 4Q16
HannStar Display enjoyed the spoils of its aggressive capacity expansion in the feature phone panel segment in the fourth quarter of 2016, helping Taiwan's small- to medium-panel shipments...
Friday 17 February 2017
OLED smartphones and the TV pricing connection
One side effect of the expected craze for AMOLED panels in high-end smartphones this year is that LCD TV prices may not drop as quickly as they have in the past.
Friday 17 February 2017
Mentor Graphics announces Veloce Strato platform scales up to 15BG
Mentor Graphics has announced the Veloce Strato emulation platform. The company also claimed it is the only emulation platform on the market with full scalability across both software...
Friday 17 February 2017
MediaTek to lag in 10nm-chip race, says paper
MediaTek may suffer a setback in the ongoing 10nm mobile chip race as the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) has reported that Xiaomi Technology has decided...
Friday 17 February 2017
CHT ties up with NTT, Itochu to develop hardware specifications for SDN/NFV equipment
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has signed an MoU with Japan-based telecom carrier NTT and ICT solution provider Itochu for cooperation to develop common specifications for telecom equipment...
Thursday 16 February 2017
Smart City Summit and Expo 2017 to open on February 21 in Taiwan
The Smart City Summit and Expo 2017 will be hosted from February 21-24 at the Nangang Exhibition Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. The show will host about 200 exhibitors and feature special...
Thursday 16 February 2017
Lenovo quarterly sales down 6% on year
Lenovo has announced results for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2016. Quarterly revenues were US$12.2 billion, a 6% decrease year-on-year. Third quarter pre-tax income...
Thursday 16 February 2017
Samsung limps to smartphone gold in 2016
Nearly 1.5 billion smartphones were sold to end users in 2016, an increase of 5% from 2015, according to market research firm Gartner. And despite a sloppy second half of the year,...
Thursday 16 February 2017
FET sees revenues to stay flat in 2017
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) expects its revenues to reach NT$94.359 billion (US$3.069 billion) in 2017, which will be almost flat as compared to NT$94.344 billion recorded...
Thursday 16 February 2017
Asustek expects sequential drop in 1Q17 revenues
Asustek Computer expects first-quarter 2017 revenues from the PC product line to decrease 15-20% on quarter, those from smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices to slip 10-15%...