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Wednesday 18 November 2015
CAYIN Enters Video Wall Battle Field with the Launch of SMP-8000
CAYIN Technology Co., Ltd. today announced the release of SMP-8000, its newest addition to the next-gen SMP-NEO digital signage player series. This versatile digital signage player...
Wednesday 18 November 2015
Open bid for 2,500-2,600MHz band units reaches NT$15.07 billion on first day, says NCC
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on November 17 started open-bid competition for six 2,500-2,600MHz frequency band units with total bandwidth of 190MHz available...
Wednesday 18 November 2015
China market: Foxconn ties up with CCTV to launch IoT-based video services
Shenzhen-based NxEra, a subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics, has set up a joint venture with a subsidiary of China Central Television (CCTV) for providing IoT-based video services,...
Wednesday 18 November 2015
China market: Xiaomi to unveil new smartphone on November 24
Xiaomi Technology is expected to unveil its new smartphone the Redmi Note 2 Pro and Mi Pad 2 during a product event to be held on November 24. The product offerings may also include...
Tuesday 17 November 2015
Advantech acquires B+B SmartWorx to expand in industrial telecom network market
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Advantech has announced it will spend US$99.85 million acquiring wireless/wired network solution provider B+B SmartWorx from Graham Partners...
Tuesday 17 November 2015
Taiwan market: Mid-range segment becomes a new target for smartphone vendors
As competition in Taiwan's smartphone market has continued to stay fierce, some brand vendors have started adjusting their business strategy and are no longer flooding the market...
Tuesday 17 November 2015
Taiwan market: HTC launches One M9s
HTC has unveiled its new smartphone, the HTC One M9s, a revised model of its One M9, for the Taiwan market priced at NT$12,900 (US$397).
Tuesday 17 November 2015
Taiwan market: FET offers rental smartphones
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has announced the offering of rental smartphones bundled with a 2-year contract at monthly rents of NT$297-397 (US$9.10-12.20) in the Taiwan market,...
Monday 16 November 2015
6.4 billion connected "things" will be in use in 2016, up 30% from 2015, says Gartner
Gartner has said it forecasts that 6.4 billion connected things will be in use worldwide in 2016, up 30% from 2015, and will reach 20.8 billion by 2020. In 2016, 5.5 million new things...
Monday 16 November 2015
Worldwide PELS market continues to shrink in 3Q15, says IDC
Worldwide personal and entry-level storage (PELS) shipments declined 13.4% on year to 16.7 million units in the third quarter of 2015, but were up 10.3% compared to the previous quarter,...
Monday 16 November 2015
Digitimes Research: Global LTE users to grow to 945 million by year-end 2015
According to Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), there were 755 million LTE mobile communication subscribers around the world at the end of June 2015. Digitimes Research forecasts...
Monday 16 November 2015
Brand vendors gearing up to launch Surface-similar 2-in-1 devices in 1Q16
Seeing demand for Microsoft's Surface-series 2-in-1 devices having been rising, several notebook brand vendors have started adjusting their 2-in-1 projects for 2016 and plan to launch...
Monday 16 November 2015
Taiwan market: Smartphone shipments to stay flat in 2015, 2016
Smartphone shipments in the Taiwan market are expected to total 8-8.5 million units in 2015, equaling the amount shipped a year earlier, according to an estimate by sources from local...
Friday 13 November 2015
China smartphone market and industry – 3Q 2015
In September, Digitimes Research surveyed China's smartphone supply chain. After analyzing the industry as well as relative market data, it found that in the third quarter, there...
Friday 13 November 2015
Quanta reports strong performance for 3Q15
Quanta Computer has reported its financial results for the third quarter with consolidated revenues growing 9.9% sequentially and 12.9% on year to reach NT$275.9 billion (US$8.44...