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Wednesday 10 December 2014
Advantech reports sequential decline in November revenues
Advantech has reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.895 billion (US$93.39 million) for November 2014, representing a 6.48% drop on month and 6.11% increase on year.
Wednesday 10 December 2014
Competition in Taiwan IPC industry heating up
Competition in Taiwan's industrial PC (IPC) sector has begun to intensify recently amid rising demand for IPC products and embedded PC systems driven by the emerging Internet of Things...
Tuesday 9 December 2014
Taiwan market: Acer unveils 4G smartphone Liquid Jade S
Taiwan-based vendor Acer on December 9 unveiled an Android 4.4.4 4G smartphone, Liquid Jade S, for launch in the Taiwan market on December 18 at a contract-free retail price of NT$6,990...
Tuesday 9 December 2014
Russia market: China-based smartphone vendors ramping up market share
China-based handset vendors including TCL (Alcatel), Lenovo and Huawei have seen their market share in Russia's smartphone market continue to grow thanks to the rising popularity...
Tuesday 9 December 2014
Standardization of 5G begins as firms lay royalties groundwork, says ABI Research
Work on new technologies that will form the foundation of 5G standards has been occurring for the last few years; however, the formal standard process has just begun.
Tuesday 9 December 2014
Asustek November revenues buoyed by smartphone demand
Asustek Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$48.95 billion (US$1.57 billion) for November, up 5.1% on month, but down slightly by 0.72% on year, and combined consolidated...
Tuesday 9 December 2014
Digitimes Research: Microsoft Mobile exit from feature phone market to benefit white-box makers and Samsung
Samsung Electronics and China-based white-box handset makers will benefit from Microsoft Mobile's decision to phase out its feature phone business within one and a half years, Digitimes...
Monday 8 December 2014
Digitimes Research: Lenovo mobile device shipments to lead Samsung by 9 million units in 2015
Enjoying growths in both tablet and notebook shipments, Lenovo is estimated to beat Samsung Electronics in mobile computing device shipments (notebooks and tablets) by about one million...
Monday 8 December 2014
Taiwan ODMs to attract IoT partnerships with fund-raising platforms
With Internet of things (IoT) applications growing popular, many Taiwan-based ODMs and EMS providers are planning to establish fund-raising platforms to attract partnerships with...
Monday 8 December 2014
Coolpad aims to ship over 20 million 4G smartphones in 2014
China-based vendor Coolpad will launch Dazen F2, an Android 4.4.4 smartphone supporting 1,800MHz 4G frequency band, in the Taiwan market at a contract-free retail price of NT$5,490...
Monday 8 December 2014
CEVA offers total solutions for the multi-billion-dollar IoT market
Driven by growing demand in emerging markets including China, the Middle East, and Africa, smartphones broke the one-billion mark in unit shipments in 2013, while tablet shipments...
Monday 8 December 2014
Seizing IoT opportunities, CEVA acquires RivieraWaves
The number of IoT (Internet of Things) devices worldwide is estimated to rapidly grow from 900 million in 2009 to 26 billion in 2020, an increase by more than 30 times, driven by...
Friday 5 December 2014
Will Xiaomi get caught in the antitrust crossfire between China and Qualcomm?
China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is investigating Qualcomm's alleged monopolization of patents concerning smartphones through alleged unreasonable licensing...
Friday 5 December 2014
Advantech, Microsoft to jointly set up IoT platform
Advantech will team up with Microsoft to set up an IoT WISE-Cloud (Wireless IoT Sensing Embedded-Cloud) platform to develop related solutions and products for a wide range of IoT...
Friday 5 December 2014
Taiwan market: Google launches Chromecast
Google on December 4 launched Chromecast in the Taiwan market through cooperation with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and KKBOX at a retail price of NT$1,390 (US$44.80), according to Googl...