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Tuesday 8 March 2016
Worldwide Ethernet switch market and enterprise and service provider router market post positive results for 4Q15 and 2015, says IDC
The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) exceeded US$6.4 billion in revenues in the fourth quarter of 2015, an increase of 3.2% on year and a healthy increase of 5.1% on quarter...
Tuesday 8 March 2016
Advantech reports on-year revenue growth for February
Advantech has reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.7 billion (US$81.13 million) for February 2016, representing a 17.78% drop on month and 14.73% increase on year.
Tuesday 8 March 2016
Public cloud services in Middle East and North Africa to reach US$864.2 million in 2016, says Gartner
The public cloud services market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is projected to grow 18.1% in 2016 to total US$864.2 million, up from an estimated US$731.6 million...
Monday 7 March 2016
Demand for dual-lens camera modules picking up
Demand for dual-lens camera modules from the smartphone sector is expected to begin to surge in the second half of 2016 as Android phone vendors are upgrading the functionary of their...
Monday 7 March 2016
Advantest introduces new universal analog pin module to extend V93000 platform's capabilities for smart testing of smart devices
Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857, NYSE: ATE) has begun shipping its new DC Scale AVI64 module, designed to give the V93000 single scalable...
Monday 7 March 2016
HTC revenues tumble in February
HTC has reported consolidated revenues of NT$4.2 billion (US$129.14 million) for February 2016, representing a 35.16% drop on month and 54.48% drop on year.
Friday 4 March 2016
Smartphone growth expected to drop to single digits in 2016, says IDC
According to a recent forecast update from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 2015 is likely to be the last year of double-digit smartphone growth. The 2015 calendar...
Friday 4 March 2016
Congatec optimistic about China market, says executive
Germany-based industrial embedded PC module maker Congatec is optimistic about opportunities in China and believes now is the best time for Congatec to expand its presence in China,...
Friday 4 March 2016
Digitimes Research: Smartphone APs to face fierce competition in China in 2016
Observing China's mobile market in 2016, Digitimes Research expects smartphone AP price competition to grow fiercer, while Qualcomm and MediaTek will continue to push Internet of...
Friday 4 March 2016
China market: LeTV strong smartphone shipments to benefit supply chain
Some suppliers in Taiwan's handset supply chain are benefiting from strong smartphone sales of China-based channeled-TV operator LeTV.
Thursday 3 March 2016
Tablet supply chain sees weak 1Q16 orders as vendors reduce development
The upstream tablet supply chain is seeing orders from clients continue to shrink, and shipments for the first quarter are expected to be significantly impacted. In addition to brand...
Thursday 3 March 2016
China Unicom procures 469,000 4G base stations, say reports
Telecom carrier China United Network Communications (China Unicom) has procured equipment for setting up 469,000 4G base stations, with Huawei Technologies and ZTE together winning...
Wednesday 2 March 2016
China vendors pushing into 2-in-1 market
With assistance from Microsoft and Intel, China-based brand vendors and white-box players have been aggressively pushing new 2-in-1 devices recently. In addition to Huawei's MateBook...
Wednesday 2 March 2016
Taiwan market: Huawei Device launches flagship smartphone
Huawei Device on March 1 launched Mate 8, its Android 6.0 flagship smartphone, in the Taiwan market at a contract-free retail price of NT$17,900 (US$535).
Wednesday 2 March 2016
Driving innovation for surveillance and smart home market – and other key IoT developments
In an interview with Machina Research during Mobile World Congress, Patrick Kuo, CEO of ThroughTek, shares his thoughts on the mobile industry and addresses challenges in developing...