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Tuesday 29 December 2015
Internet service providers slowing down on taking in server orders
Worldwide Internet service providers such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook have recently started slowing down on pulling in their server orders from ODMs as they have been...
Tuesday 29 December 2015
Arima Communications to expand capital of Brazil subsidiary
Handset ODM Arima Communications will expand the capital of its wholly owned subsidiary in Brazil, Arima Communicacoes Brasil, by US$25 million, according to a company filing with...
Monday 28 December 2015
Thin and terminal client outlook lowered due to project delays and emerging market issues, says IDC
The global thin and terminal client market deteriorated during the third quarter of 2015, declining 6.7% on year, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Client Device...
Monday 28 December 2015
Taiwan market: Handset sales down slightly in November
Sales of handsets in the Taiwan market totaled 765,000 units in November, down slightly from the previous month, according to data compiled by local retail channels. Smartphones currently...
Monday 28 December 2015
Inventec becomes largest server ODM/OEM, says paper
Inventec has become the world's largest server ODM/OEM with a global market share of about 30% and clients including Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Lenovo, according to a Chinese-language...
Friday 25 December 2015
Taiwan market: Xiaomi ships over 600,000 smart bracelets in first nine months of 2015
Xiaomi Technology shipped over 600,000 units of its smart Mi Band in the Taiwan market during the January-September period of 2015, according to the company.
Friday 25 December 2015
Foxconn to set up datacenter in Czech Republic, says paper
Foxconn Electronics and Czech Republic-based KKCG will establish a joint venture, SafeDX, with each holding a 50% stake, specifically for setting up a datacenter in Prague to provide...
Friday 25 December 2015
Taiwan market: Asia Pacific Telecom aims at 1.4 million 4G users by end of 2016
4G operator Asia Pacific Telecom has 700,000 subscribers currently and has set a goal of reaching 1.4 million by the end of 2016, according to company chairman Lu Fang-ming.
Thursday 24 December 2015
2016 will be the year of USB Type C and DisplayPort is along for the ride: Q&A with Analogix
At this point most consumers are not that familiar with the USB Type C specification but it has the IT industry excited, with adoption rates among makers ramping up quickly. Leading...
Thursday 24 December 2015
China November mobile phone users reach 1.304 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.304 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of November 2015, growing 0.15% on month and 1.77% on year, and 408.34 million (32.32%)...
Thursday 24 December 2015
China market: Meizu 2015 smartphone shipments to reach over 20 million units
Smartphone shipments by Meizu in 2015 will reach over 20 million units, increasing 350% from a year earlier, according to a China-based qq.com report, citing company vice president...
Thursday 24 December 2015
HTC, Huawei to release new smartphones in 1Q16, says paper
HTC and Huawei both are expected to launch their respective new smartphones in the first quarter of 2016, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN)...
Wednesday 23 December 2015
Worldwide wearables shipments to surpass 200 million in 2019, says IDC
The worldwide wearable device market will see continued growth as second- and third-generation iterations reach the market. These new devices will build upon the hardware and software...
Wednesday 23 December 2015
Quanta, Wiwynn to compete for orders for servers small- to medium-size datacenters
As competition for orders for datacenter-use servers from Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft has become intense and the companies have added suppliers, ODMs Quanta Computer and...
Wednesday 23 December 2015
Acer announces brisk sales of smart bracelets
Acer has announced that it sold out 70,000 units of its fitness bracelet Liquid Leap Active during a 24-hour limited-time promotional campaign held through a TV shopping channel in...